Featured byThe University of Sydney
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
$5,000 per year
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
This Scholarship was established to provide assistance to students undertaking an Honours program in the School of Humanities who are experiencing financial hardship.
This Scholarship is funded by a bequest from the estate of Miss Lucy Firth in 1997. Lucy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney.
Benefits
A full-time enrolled recipient will receive $5,000 per annum for up to one year.
A part-time enrolled recipient will receive $2,500 per annum for up to two years.
Eligibility
You must:
- have an unconditional offer of admission or being currently enrolled to study philosophy within the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney in one of the following:
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Philosophy
- Honours (Philosophy) pathway in the final year of the combined Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies, or
- Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Honours) in Philosophy
- be able to demonstrate financial hardship based on one or more of the below:
- identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person as defined in the University of Sydney’s Confirmation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identity Policy 2015
- low socio-economic status
- carer responsibilities
- long-term medical condition/disability (including ongoing effects of abuse)
- sole-parent responsibilities
- regional or remote disadvantage
- refugee status
- identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer (LGBTIQ+), and/or
- first in family.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
Australia
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Please complete the application form.