William McIlrath Rural Scholarship UGCE1044

Key

Scholarship Details

Stage

High school leavers

Opens

02/07/2020

Closing Date

30/09/2020

Value

$5,000 up to $10,000
1 Scholarship(s) available
For Duration of program (minimum)

Residency

Aus Citizen/Aus Permanent Resident

Outline

The William McIlrath Rural Scholarship was established to encourage and assist rural students from NSW to undertake a full-time undergraduate program in the following UNSW Faculties: Science, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Built Environment and the UNSW Business School.

The scholarship is valued at $10,000 for the first year only and $5,000 pa for the following years of your program.

Eligibility

• Must be currently undertaking an Australian Senior Secondary Certificate (i.e.the HSC) or equivalent
• Applicants who have completed their schooling in the previous two years are also eligible to apply provided they have not commenced any tertiary study in the meantime
• Must be proposing to undertake the first year of a full-time undergraduate program in the following Faculties: Science, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Built Environment or UNSW Business School in 2021.
• Students must be from a rural or isolated area of New South Wales with the family home, for at least four years of the applicants high school years, located in an outer regional or remote rural area of NSW

*To determine whether your home postcode is classified as outer regional (RA3) or remote rural (RA4 or RA5) please refer to Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) map for details: AGSC Remoteness Map

Selection

• Academic merit
• Leadership qualities at school and in the wider community
• Contribution to the wider community through activities such as community service and sporting participation.

Interviews

Interviews are not required for this Scholarship