Southern Highlands Foundation Indigenous Scholarship
2023 Southern Highlands Foundation Indigenous Scholarship
Community
The Southern Highlands Community Foundation aims to support a thriving community through partnerships, leadership and giving. They focus on building and supporting long lasting initiatives and have distributed over $1M in grants into the Southern Highlands since 2002, strengthening and building a strong connected community.
The UOW Southern Highlands Community Foundation Indigenous Scholarship provides students with $7,500 per year over 3 years, and aims to provide financial assistance to support Southern Highlands Indigenous persons undertake academic study at the University of Wollongong. The objective of the scholarship is to assist the successful scholarship holder gain a university qualification that will build knowledge and skills and strengthen employment opportunities.
Open from 14/Aug/2023 to 24/Sep/2023
Value
$7,500 per annum
Duration
Three (3) years
Level of Enrolment
First Year, Second Year, Third Year, Fourth Year, Fifth Year
Graduate Type
Undergraduate
Number Available
One (1)
Year of Scholarship
2023
Degree
Any Undergraduate degree
Offer Type
Scholarship
Category
Community
Broad Study Area
Arts & International Studies, Business, Creative Arts, Education, Engineering, Health & Medicine, Information & Communications Technology, Law, Mathematics & Statistics, Media, Communications & Journalism, Physics, Psychology, Science
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Law, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Application Criteria
Applicants must be enrolled in any undergraduate degree at the University of Wollongong
Applicants must be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, in line with the eligibility criteria for this scholarship
Applicants must be enrolled full-time or part-time in an undergraduate degree at the UOW.
Applicants must originate from the Southern Highlands (Wingecarribee Shire LGA) and demonstrate a long term commitment to the area
Preference will be given to applicants enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree at the University of Wollongong but part-time applicants can also apply.
Applicants must submit a one page statement outlining their connection to the Southern Highlands region and long term commitment in considering this their home.
Successful applicants must maintain enrolment in an undergraduate degree for the duration of the Scholarship.
Successful applicants must maintain a minimum Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 55
