Daniel and Helen Gauchat Port Macquarie Award for Rural Medical Students UGCE1372

Key
Key
Scholarship Details
Criteria
High School Leavers Rural 1st year
Stage

High school leavers, First year students

Opens

01/08/2023

Closing Date

22/03/2024
For commencement Term 1 2024

Value

$5,000
Scholarship(s) available
For 1 year

Residency

Aus Citizen/Aus Permanent Resident/NZ Citizen

Outline

The purpose of the Award is to support accommodation fees at Forster College for first year UNSW Medicine Students from a rural area, commencing study at the UNSW Rural Clinical School in Port Macquarie.

Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be commencing a UNSW eligible program
  • Be classified as rural or remote(see below)
  • Be applying to or have been offered a place to undertake full-time study in the first year of an eligible UNSW undergraduate degree; and
  • Be residing at Forster House

    Refer to the Australian Standard Geographic Classification Remoteness Areas (ASGC) classifications at www.doctorconnect.gov.au

    Selection

    Each applicant will be assessed on their ability to demonstrate:

    • Academic merit
    • Leadership skills (school, workplace or community)
    • Extra-curricular activities (sporting, cultural activities, volunteer/work experience
    • Aptitude and commitment to studies

    You must provide evidence supporting the above criteria in your online application. Please refer to the Scholarship Application Supporting Documents for a detailed list of examples.

    Unanswered application questions or claims without supporting documentation will not be assessed. Late applications/supporting documentation will not be accepted.

    UNSW reserves the right not to award a scholarship, where there is no applicant of sufficient merit, or if the applicant does not meet the scholarship eligibility and/or selection criteria.

    Interviews

    Interviews are not necessary


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