High Potential Scholarships
Scholarships recognising excellence, engaged leaders, elite athletes, and Western program participants. These scholarships are designed for students who show exceptional promise within and beyond their academic achievements. Strong academic performance and excellence in extracurricular activities, sports, the arts, community service or leadership all hold the key to success.
To apply for scholarships in this category you only need to submit one application through the Western Sydney University scholarship form. We will ask you a range of questions, and once we know more about you, we will assess your eligibility for each available scholarship in this category, and in the High Potential category.
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Closing Dates
- 2023 Session 2: Submit by Sunday, 25 June 2023
- 2024 Session 1: Submit by Sunday, 4 February 2024
- Vice-Chancellor's Leadership Scholarship: Submit by Sunday, 26 November 2023
Note: there is a separate application form for equity scholarships, please refer to the Equity Scholarships page.
High Potential Scholarships
The scholarships available will be continuously added to the table below over the coming months. By submitting an application form, you will be assessed for every scholarship released until the closing date.
Scholarship | Group | Eligibility | Value1 | Availability3 |
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Academic Excellence Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 4 years | Open for 2024 S1 |
Academy U Engagement Scholarship | A | New students, Undergraduate | $7,500 for up to 3 years | Open for 2024 S1 |
Academy U Excellence Scholarship | A | New students, Undergraduate | $7,500 for up to 3 years | Open for 2024 S1 |
AIS Greenworks Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping | B |
New & continuing students, Postgraduate |
$5,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
Bartier Perry Leadership Scholarship for Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year duration of degree2 | Under assessment |
Bathurst Regional Council School of Medicine Rural Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 for up to 1 year | Allocated |
Better Rehab Occupational Therapy Scholarship - Final Year | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 for up to 1 year | Allocated |
Better Rehab Occupational Therapy Scholarship - First Year | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year for up to 4 years | Allocated |
Brenton Banfield Medical Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 5 years | Allocated |
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta Teaching Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate, Postgraduate |
$7,500 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
Costa Group Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
Crescent Foundation Leadership Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year for up to 3 years | Allocated |
Dialysis Australia Clinical Placement Scholarships in Nursing | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $2,000 for up to 1 year | |
Dialysis Australia Scholarships in Nursing | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 2 years | |
Dr Bob Fisher Memorial Scholarship in Nursing | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
EJ Dibbs Business Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Under assessment |
EJ Dibbs SCEM Scholarship for Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$10,000 per year duration of degree2 | Under assessment |
Enza Zaden Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping | B | New students, Undergraduate | $7,500 for up to 1 year | |
Fast Forward Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 4 years | Under assessment |
Flavorite Hydroponic Tomatoes Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $5,000 for up to 1 year | |
Frasers Property Australia Masters of Architecture Urban Transformation Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Postgraduate |
$30,000 per year for up to 2 years | Allocated |
GE Healthcare Biomedical Engineering Scholarship for Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$10,000 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
GE Healthcare Cardiac Sonography Scholarship | B | New & continuing students Postgraduate | $10,000 per year for up to 2 years | Allocated |
George WH Lan Business Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Under assessment |
Hawkesbury City Council Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
Hawkesbury Foundation George Bennett Memorial Food Scholarship | B | New students, Undergraduate | $7,500 for up to 1 year | Open for 2023 S2t |
Honours Scholarship | A |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
Ian Porter Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$2,500 per year for up to 3 years | Allocated |
JG & C Seddon Scholarship for Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
John E Hely Engineering Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
John Holland Building Scholarship for Women in Construction Management | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $10,000 per year for up to one year | Under assessment |
John R Marsden Memorial Scholarship for Gay Men and Lesbians | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Under assessment |
Julie Evans Scholarship in Midwifery | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year for up to 3 years | Allocated |
Katie Page Scholarship for High Achieving Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
The Liz Hallahan Scholarship in Diabetes Care | B | New students Undergraduate | $6,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
Liverpool Boys High School Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year for up to 2 years | Allocated |
Lynch Group Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Horticulture | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 2 years | Under assessment |
MistryFallahi Scholarship | B |
Continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 2 years | Allocated |
The Moruya Medical Centre & Liz Hallahan Scholarship in Diabetes Education | B | New students Undergraduate | $6,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
Neville Amy Scholarship | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $5,000 for up to 1 year | Open for 2023 S2 |
PATHE Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 4 years | Under assessment |
Paul J Keating Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$10,000 per year for up to 3 years | Allocated |
Perfection Fresh Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
Protected Cropping Australia – Next Gen Scholarships | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $5,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
Robert Hayes Memorial Scholarship | B |
Continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
Rotary Club of Narellan Medical Scholarship | B | New students, Undergraduate | $6,000 per year duration of degree2 | Under assessment |
Rotary Club of Richmond Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
Rowe Scientific Chemistry Scholarship | B |
Continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
Roy Medich Bachelor of Medical Research Scholarship | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $10,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
School of Medicine Rural Accommodation Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate | One year's on-campus accommodation at Campbelltown Campus | Under assessment |
School of Medicine Rural Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$10,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
SGS Economics and Planning Graham Larcombe Scholarship | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 1 year | Open for 2023 S2 |
Two Blues Charter Hall Scholarship | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $15,000 per year for up to 1 year | |
Veolia Mulwaree Trust Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$3,000 for up to 1 year | Allocated |
Vice-Chancellor's Leadership Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$10,000 per year for up to 5 years | Open |
Sports Scholarship | A |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate, Postgraduate |
$5,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
The College Merit Scholarship | A | Continuing students, College | $2,500 for up to 2 years | Under assessment |
Western Sydney University’s THE Impact Scholarship | A | New students, Undergraduate | $8,500 for up to 3 years | Under assessment |
Westpac Young Technologist Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 3 years | Under assessment |
1 Per year amount is the maximum annual scholarship entitlements. Payments are based on enrolment. Refer to the Scholarships for Undergraduate Policy.
2 Duration of Degree means the scholarship entitlements are determined by an assessment of the degree you were enrolled in at the time the offer is made and the credit points remaining to complete the degree.
3 Availability:
- Open - scholarship is included in application process;
- Awarded - scholarship has been awarded this year;
- Under assessment - Applications are currently being assessed. Scholarship offers are continually made over the coming months and offers will be sent to the successful applicants;
- Allocated - scholarship was awarded in previous year(s).
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