$5,000
available for 1 year
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 | Established to support 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 | Established to support 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 |
| 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 |
| Science | ||
| Moses Honours Year Equity Scholarship | The purpose of the Scholarship is to support 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 p.a. one year |
| John Ragnar Anderson Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry | The purpose of the Scholarship is to support students undertaking an undergraduate degree program specialising in Chemistry, at the UNSW School of Chemistry. | $5,000 p.a. for remaining standard program duration |
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.