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
- 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 | Awarded |
Bartier Perry Leadership Scholarship for Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year duration of degree2 | Awarded |
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 | Awarded |
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 | Awarded |
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 | Under assessment |
Dialysis Australia Scholarships in Nursing | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 2 years | Under assessment |
EA Southee Undergraduate Research Scholarship | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $2,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
EJ Dibbs Business Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
EJ Dibbs SCEM Scholarship for Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$10,000 per year duration of degree2 | Awarded |
Enza Zaden Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping | B | New students, Undergraduate | $7,500 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
Fast Forward Academic Excellence Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 4 years | Open for 2024 S1 |
Fast Forward Leadership and Community Scholarship | A | New students, Undergraduate | $5,000 per year for up to 4 years | Open for 2024 S1 |
Flavorite Hydroponic Tomatoes Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $5,000 for up to 1 year | Awarded |
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 |
George Bennett Memorial Scholarship in Science | B | New students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 1 year | Allocated |
George WH Lan Business Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Awarded |
Hawkesbury City Council Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Awarded |
Honours Scholarship | A |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 for up to 1 year | Open for 2024 S1 |
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 Management | B | Continuing 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 | Awarded |
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 per year for up to 1 year | Awarded |
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 1 year | Awarded |
MistryFallahi Scholarship | B |
Continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 2 years | Open for 2024 S1 |
The Moruya Medical Centre & Liz Hallahan Scholarship in Diabetes Education | B | New students Undergraduate | $6,000 per year for up to 1 year | Awarded |
Neville Amy Scholarship in Science | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $5,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
PATHE Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 4 years | Open for 2024 S1 |
Perfection Fresh Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 for up to 1 year | Awarded |
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 | Awarded |
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 | Awarded |
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 Scholarship | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
Sports Scholarship | A |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate, Postgraduate |
$5,000 for up to 1 year | Open for 2024 S1 |
Sydney Zoo Engineering & Robotics Scholarship | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $10,000 per year for up to 3 years | Open for 2024 S1 |
The College Merit Scholarship | A | Continuing students, College | $2,500 for up to 2 years | Open until 11 February 2024 |
Two Blues Charter Hall Scholarship | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $15,000 per year for up to 1 year | Open for 2024 S1 |
Veolia Mulwaree Trust Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$3,000 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 | Open for 2024 S1 |
Western Sydney University’s THE Impact Scholarship | A | New students, Undergraduate | $8,500 for up to 3 years | Awarded |
Westpac Young Technologist Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 3 years | Awarded |
Yara Australia Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping | B | New & continuing students, Postgraduate | $5,000 per year for up to 2 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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