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.

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.

Closing date

Applications for 2024 Session 1 High Potential Scholarships are now closed.

ScholarshipGroupEligibility Value1Availability3
Academic Excellence ScholarshipA New students,  
Undergraduate 		$5,000 per year
for up to 4 years 		Awarded
Academy U Engagement ScholarshipANew students,  
Undergraduate		$7,500
for up to 3 years		Awarded
Academy U Excellence ScholarshipANew students,  
Undergraduate		$7,500
for up to 3 years		Awarded
AIS Greenworks Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping B New & continuing students,  
Postgraduate 		$5,000
for up to 1 year 		Allocated
Bartier Perry Leadership Scholarship for Women B New & continuing students,  
Undergraduate 		$7,500 per year
duration of degree2		Allocated
Bathurst Regional Council School of Medicine Rural Scholarship B New students,  
Undergraduate 		$10,000
for up to 1 year 		Under assessment
Better Rehab Occupational Therapy Scholarship - Final YearBContinuing students,  
Undergraduate		$7,500
for up to 1 year		Under assessment
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		Allocated
Crescent Foundation Leadership Scholarship B New & continuing students,  
Undergraduate 		$7,500 per year
for up to 3 years 		Allocated
Dahua Civil Engineering ScholarshipBContinuing students,  
Undergraduate		$8,750
for up to 1 year		Allocated
Dialysis Australia Clinical Placement Scholarships in NursingBContinuing students,  
Undergraduate		$2,000
for up to 1 year		Under assessment
Dialysis Australia Scholarships in NursingBContinuing students,  
Undergraduate		$7,500 per year
for up to 2 years		Allocated
EA Southee Undergraduate Research ScholarshipBContinuing students,  
Undergraduate		$2,000
for up to 1 year		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		Allocated
Enza Zaden Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected CroppingBNew students,  
Undergraduate		$7,500
for up to 1 year		Allocated
Fast Forward Academic Excellence ScholarshipA New students,  
Undergraduate 		$5,000 per year
for up to 4 years 		Awarded
Fast Forward Leadership and Community ScholarshipANew students,  
Undergraduate		$5,000 per year
for up to 4 years		Awarded
Flavorite Hydroponic Tomatoes Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected CroppingBNew & continuing students,  
Undergraduate		$5,000
for up to 1 year		Allocated
Frasers Property Australia Masters of Architecture Urban Transformation Scholarship B New & continuing students,  
Postgraduate 		$30,000 per year
for up to 2 years 		Under assessment
GE Healthcare Biomedical Engineering Scholarship for Women B New & continuing students,  
Undergraduate 		$10,000 per year
for up to 2 years		Allocated
GE Healthcare Cardiac Sonography ScholarshipBNew & continuing students,
Postgraduate		$10,000 per year
for up to 2 years		Under assessment
George Bennett Memorial Scholarship in ScienceBNew students,  
Undergraduate		$7,500 per year
for up to 1 year		Under assessment
George WH Lan Business ScholarshipB New & continuing students,  
Undergraduate 		$5,000 per year
duration of degree2		Allocated
Hawkesbury City Council Scholarship B New students,  
Undergraduate 		$5,000 per year
duration of degree2		Allocated
Honours Scholarship A New & continuing students,  
Undergraduate 		$5,000
for up to 1 year 		Under assessment
JG & C Seddon Scholarship for Women  B New & continuing students,  
Undergraduate 		$7,500 per year
duration of degree2		Allocated
John Holland Building Scholarship for Women in Construction ManagementBContinuing students,  
Undergraduate		$10,000 per year
for up to one year		Allocated
John R Marsden Memorial Scholarship for Gay Men and Lesbians B New & continuing students,  
Undergraduate 		$5,000 per year
duration of degree2		Allocated
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 CareBNew students
Undergraduate 		$6,000 per year
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 HorticultureBContinuing students,
Undergraduate		$7,500 per year
for up to 1 year		Awarded
Margaret Duffy Law ScholarshipBNew students$7,500 per year
for up to 1 year		Allocated
MistryFallahi Scholarship B Continuing students,
Undergraduate 		$5,000 per year
for up to 2 years 		Under assessment
The Moruya Medical Centre & Liz Hallahan Scholarship in Diabetes EducationBNew students
Undergraduate		$6,000 per year
for up to 1 year		Allocated
Neville Amy Scholarship in ScienceBNew & continuing students,  
Undergraduate		$7,500 per year
for up to 1 year		Under assessment
PATHE Scholarship A New students,  
Undergraduate 		$5,000 per year
for up to 4 years 		Awarded
Perfection Fresh Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping B New & continuing students,  
Undergraduate 		$5,000
for up to 1 year 		Allocated
Protected Cropping Australia Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected CroppingBNew & continuing students,  
Undergraduate		$5,000
for up to 1 year		Allocated
Robert Hayes Memorial ScholarshipB Continuing students,
Undergraduate 		$5,000 per year
duration of degree2		Under assessment
Rotary Club of Narellan Medical ScholarshipBNew 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 		Allocated
Rowe Scientific Chemistry Scholarship B Continuing students,
Undergraduate 		$5,000
for up to 1 year 		Allocated
School of Medicine Rural Accommodation Scholarship A New students,  
Undergraduate 		One year's on-campus accommodation at Campbelltown Campus Allocated
School of Medicine Rural Scholarship A New students,  
Undergraduate 		$10,000
for  up to 1 year 		Allocated
SGS Economics and Planning Graham Larcombe ScholarshipBContinuing students,
Undergraduate		$7,500 per year
for up to 1 year 		Allocated
Sports Scholarship A New & continuing students,  
Undergraduate, Postgraduate 		$5,000
for up to 1 year 		Under assessment
Sydney Zoo Engineering & Robotics ScholarshipBNew & continuing students,  
Undergraduate		$10,000 per year
for up to 3 years		Under assessment
The College Merit ScholarshipAContinuing students,
College		$2,500
for up to 2 years		Under assessment
Two Blues Charter Hall ScholarshipBNew & continuing students,  
Undergraduate		$15,000 per year
for up to 1 year		Under assessment
Veolia Mulwaree Trust Scholarship B New & continuing students,  
Undergraduate 		$4,500 per year
for up to 1 year 		Under assessment
Vice-Chancellor's Leadership Scholarship A New students,  
Undergraduate 		$10,000 per year
for up to 5 years 		Awarded
Western Sydney University’s THE Impact ScholarshipANew students,  
Undergraduate		$8,500
for up to 3 years 		Allocated
Westpac Young Technologists Scholarship B New students,  
Undergraduate 		$5,000 per year
for up to 3 years 		Awarded
Yara Australia Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected CroppingBNew & continuing students,  
Postgraduate		$5,000 per year
for up to 2 years		Allocated
Young Academics Early Learning Centre ScholarshipBNew & continuing students,  
Undergraduate		$7,500 per year
for up to 4 years		New

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).
  • New - new scholarship to be offered in a future scholarship round