2025 Equity Scholarships for Current Students
2025 Equity Scholarships for Current Students
UNSW offers a range of Equity Scholarships to assist current students while they study.
Candidates will be considered on the basis of their UAC Equity Scholarship (ES) application. UAC Equity Scholarship applications for 2024-2025 are now open.
You only need to submit ONE equity scholarship application via UAC during each 12-month admissions period. Your application remains live throughout this period, and you will be considered for all available Equity Scholarships for which you are eligible.
Students who have submitted an ES application via UAC and are successful will receive a notification from UAC and an official offer letter from UNSW Scholarships. UNSW may also make scholarship offers directly to successful applicants.
High School students who have submitted an application for the 2024-2025 UAC Educational Access Scheme (EAS) and received an offer of admission to UNSW will also be considered for equity scholarships. Please refer to the UAC EAS website for further information, including application dates.
Important note: some scholarships may require an additional separate application (e.g. accommodation, direct UNSW Scholarships application). Please carefully review the information below for the relevant scholarships.
Our Equity Scholarship program for students currently enrolled in their studies in 2025 includes:
| Scholarship Name | Description | Value and Duration |
|---|---|---|
| UNSW Equity Award | Assists currently enrolled undergraduate or postgraduate coursework students with their studies at UNSW. | $5,000 for one year |
| Arts, Design & Architecture | ||
| Brenda Smith Award in Social Work | Supports students enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work at UNSW who are experiencing educational disadvantage, particularly whilst completing their third and/or fourth year practicum. | $5,000 for one year |
| Theresa Lindsay Hayward Indigenous Social Work Award | Supports a currently enrolled Indigenous Australian student undertaking their third or fourth year field placement as part of the UNSW Bachelor of Social Work program. | $5,000 for one year |
| Kamal Bamadhaj Memorial Scholarship (UGCE1470) | Established to support a students commencing full-time studies in an Honours Year program in the Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture in one of the following specialisations: history, politics or developmental studies. | $5,000 for one year |
| Penelope Seidler International Travel Award | Supports current undergraduate or postgraduate students at the School of Built Environment who are commencing the Seidler International Summer Course Venice OR Seidler International Summer Course Vienna. | $5,000 for one year |
| UNSW Hong Kong Global Studio Travel Award | Supports current undergraduate students at the School of Built Environment who are undertaking the international course at the Hong Kong or Shanghai Global Studio. | $5,000 for one year | Engineering |
| Origin Foundations Grant King Indigenous Scholarships (UGCE1382) | Assists Indigenous students commencing an undergraduate degree program in the Faculty of Science or Faculty of Engineering at UNSW. The $25,000 will be paid as accommodation fees directly to the accommodation provider. Where the annual residential fees are less than the annual scholarship value, the difference will be paid as a stipend. The recipients will also receive a UNSW President and Vice-Chancellors Equity Scholarship (UGCE1319) valued at $5,000 per annum stipend for the duration of a single or double degree program. Students must have applied and received an offer to a UNSW on-campus accommodation provider to be eligible. To discuss the financial implication of the stipend option please contact Nura Gili (UNSWs Centre for Indigenous Programs) in order to make the decision that is best for your circumstances |
$25,000 p.a. towards residential fees + $5,000 p.a. stipend for standard program duration | Science |
| Origin Foundations Grant King Indigenous Scholarships (UGCE1382) | Assists Indigenous students commencing an undergraduate degree program in the Faculty of Science or Faculty of Engineering at UNSW. The $25,000 will be paid as accommodation fees directly to the accommodation provider. Where the annual residential fees are less than the annual scholarship value, the difference will be paid as a stipend. The recipients will also receive a UNSW President and Vice-Chancellors Equity Scholarship (UGCE1319) valued at $5,000 per annum stipend for the duration of a single or double degree program. Students must have applied and received an offer to a UNSW on-campus accommodation provider to be eligible. To discuss the financial implication of the stipend option please contact Nura Gili (UNSWs Centre for Indigenous Programs) in order to make the decision that is best for your circumstances |
$25,000 p.a. towards residential fees + $5,000 p.a. stipend for standard program duration |
| Moses Honours Year Equity Scholarship (UGCE1486) | Supports students commencing full-time studies in an Honours Year program in the School of Mathematics & Statistics. Preference will be given to students doing a double degree and/or a pure mathematics stream. |
$10,000 for one year |
| Medicine | ||
| Longevity Exercise Physiology Award (UGCE1494) | Supports a 4th-year exercise physiologist student. |
$10,000 for one year |
UNSW Scholarships work in partnership with the Office of the PVC Indigenous and Nura Gili, Centre for Indigenous Programs. In some cases UNSW may prioritise Indigenous students for Equity scholarships. While Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity is unique and sacred to every person, UNSW scholarships prioritising Indigenous students will require proof of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity and heritage. If you have not already provided proof of identity and heritage to Nura Gili, any Indigenous specific scholarship offer made by UNSW Scholarships will be conditional upon receipt of proof of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage to Nura Gili as outlined on the Nura Gili website. For more information, please visit: https://www.indigenous.unsw.edu.au/confirmation-aboriginal-andor-torres-strait-islander-descent.
More scholarships may be added progressively to the above lists.