Grants
 Continuing Students |
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Students |
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Rural Students |
 Economically Disadvantaged Students |
 International Students |
Disabled Students |
Please note: Scholarships and Grants are subject to change and are awarded based on conditions current at the time of award.
Art,
Architecture and Design Higher Degree Research International Travel Grant
The grant is available to assist a research student in Art, Architecture
and Design to undertake fieldwork outside Australia as part of their higher
degree research project.
Value: $1,500
Closing date: October each year
For more information contact:
For further information contact:
Mrs Hazel Ryder
Research Support Officer
Art, Architecture and Design
University of South Australia
Tel: (08) 8302 0426
Fax: (08) 8302 0670
Email: hazel.ryder@unisa.edu.au
Art,
Architecture and Design Higher Degree Research National Travel Grant
This grant is available Art, Architecture and Design students to
undertake a research project in a geographical area in rural or remote area
of Australia.
Value: $1,000
Closing date: October each year
For more information contact:
Mrs Hazel Ryder
Research Support Officer
Art, Architecture and Design
University of South Australia
Tel: (08) 8302 0426
Fax: (08) 8302 0670
Email: hazel.ryder@unisa.edu.au
Codan
Engineering Transition Grant
The Codan Engineering Transition Grant will assist an engineering student in the transition to tertiary education. The grant is available to a high achieving full-time student who is commencing the first year of a Bachelor of Engineering, or associated double degree program, at UniSA.
The grant will be awarded on the basis of Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) and financial disadvantage. Preference may be given to a student undertaking a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems), (Electrical and Mechatronic), (Electronics and Communication) or (Networking and Communications) or associated double degree program.
Applicants must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident. The grant will provide a total of $2,500 to assist with educational costs incurred by the recipient in the transition to tertiary education, and will be paid in a single instalment after the Study Period 2 (SP2) census date.
Value: $2,500 (To be paid in a single instalment after the SP2 census
date.)
For further information please contact:
Irene Spong, Coordinator Academic Services
Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment
University of South Australia
Tel: (08) 8302 3207
Email: irene.spong@unisa.edu.au
Consult
Australia Engineering Transition Grant
The Consult Australia Transition Grant will assist an engineering student in the transition to tertiary education. The grant is available to a high achieving full-time student who is commencing the first year of a Bachelor of Engineering, or associated double degree program at UniSA. The grant will be awarded on the basis of academic merit (TER) and financial disadvantage..
Applicants must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident. The grant will provide a total of $2,500 to assist with educational costs incurred by the recipient in the transition to tertiary education, and will be paid in a single instalment after the SP2 census date.
Value: $2,500
For further information please contact:
Irene Spong, Coordinator Academic Services
Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment
University of South Australia
Tel: (08) 8302 3207
Email:
irene.spong@unisa.edu.au
Cowan
Ability Grants
Grants are available to assist students who have disabilities to manage the additional expenses associated with studying with disabilities. Many students with disabilities require additional equipment, have travel expenses and limited ability to earn additional income whilst studying.
The Cowan Ability Grants target recent school leavers who have completed high school within two years of commencing their current university program and who have successfully completed a year of study (equivalent to 36 units). This has been identified as a time when students are often struggling with the financial cost associated with continuing their study. Online applications will open through the Scholarships Management System in mid February.
Online applications will open
through
my Scholarships
in mid February.
Value: $2,000
For more information contact:
Learning & Teaching Unit Disability Service
Email: disability@unisa.edu.au
Cowan
Regional Grants
Cowan Regional grants are available to assist commencing students studying full time at the Whyalla Campus and the Mt Gambier Campus.
The grants assist students with the costs associated with full time study including study, living and travel expenses. Students must demonstrate financial disadvantage and provide a written statement addressing the grant criteria
Value: $2,000 and payments are split in two instalments of $1,000 after the Study Period 2 and 5 Census Dates. The funds must be used for the intended purpose and recipients will be required to sign a grant agreement to this effect.
Application Closing Date: 19 March 2010
For more information contact:
Tracey Watson
Marketing Officer
Centre for Regional Engagement
Tel: (08) 8302 8150
Email: tracey.watson@unisa.edu.au
Cowan
Young Endeavour Grant
The Cowan Young Endeavour Grant is available to students who are enrolled full-time in any program at UniSA.
The Young Endeavour is Australia's national sail training ship and a voyage involves 11 days at sea, living and sailing with 23 other youth crew from all over Australia. The Young Endeavour is operated by the Royal Australian Navy and provides a unique professional development opportunity to develop communication, leadership and team work skills. Please note that students must be aged between 16 - 23 years to undertake the voyage.
The grant is valued at up to $5,000 and includes a berth on the Young Endeavour and additional travel expenses.
Recipients will be selected on the basis of demonstrated financial disadvantage, academic merit (GPA) and a personal written statement.
Value: up to $5,000
For further information contact:
Jo Sharp
Development Officer
Corporate and Named Scholarships
Marketing and Development Unit
Tel: (08) 8302 7634
Email: jo.sharp@unisa.edu.au
David Pank Rural Student Placement
Grants
The David Pank Rural Student Placement Grants are available to students who have relocated to Adelaide from a rural or isolated area to pursue their studies, who are enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree program and who are required to undertake a placement to gain professional experience.
Applicants must undertake a rural or metropolitan placement for a minimum of two consecutive weeks in the year that they apply for the grant. The grants will provide financial assistance for the costs associated with undertaking a placement including travel, accommodation and living expenses.
Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents, be able to demonstrate financial disadvantage and provide a statement (max 500 words) detailing the location and duration of the placement, how the grant will assist them in undertaking the placement and their future career goals.
Please note that applicants who are in receipt of an award provided by the Pank Family are not eligible to apply for the grant.
Recipients will be selected on the basis of demonstrated financial hardship, academic merit (GPA), provision of a supporting personal written statement, the length of the placement and an interview.
Value: $1,000
For more information please contact:
Helen Black
Acting Manager: Development
Marketing and Development Unit
Tel: (08) 8302 0974
Email: helen.black@unisa.edu.au
Desmond
Tan Travel Grant
The Desmond Tan Grant in Architectural History is open to a student enrolled in 2008 in the courses Architectural Research 1 and Architectural Research 2 for the coursework degree of Master of Architecture (DMAE). The grant supports research into a topic in architectural history focussing on the collections of the Architecture Museum, Louise Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design, as the primary resource. Applicants will be required to select a topic from a list provided by the Architecture Museum staff. Applications will be invited at the beginning of Study Period 2.
Value: $1000
Closing date: Three weeks after Study Period 2 commences
For more information contact:
Dr Christine Garnaut
Director, Architecture Museum
Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design
Tel: (08) 8302 0204
Email:
christine.garnaut@unisa.edu.au
Disability
Equipment Grant Scheme
The Disability Equipment Grant scheme will
assist UniSA students, with disabilities, to purchase equipment and/or
software which will assist them with their studies. Online applications will
open in mid February 2009 through
my
Scholarships. If you require a hard copy grant
application form, please email disability@unisa.edu.au.
Value: Up to $1,000 based on quoted value of equipment
Application Opening Date: 15 February 2010
For more information contact:
Learning & Teaching Unit Disability Service
Email: disability@unisa.edu.au
Global
Experience Travel Grant
Three Grants will be awarded on an annual basis for on-shore Domestic and International Undergraduate students enrolled in a UniSA undergraduate award program and currently registered with Global Experience.
The Grant will be awarded to recipients in order to undertake approved off-shore international experiential activities to fulfil Global Experience program requirements.
Approved offshore activities include:
Participation in an unpaid volunteer, internship or work experience program
undertaken outside of a student's academic program. For a minimum duration
of 12 days (or its full time equivalent).
Attendance or participation in a globally focused seminar, workshop,
conference or symposium. Participatory requirements including the
presentation of a paper or poster and/or workshop participation.
Participation in an overseas competition where offshore attendance forms a
requirement of the selection process and funding not provided by the host
organization or organizing body.
To be eligible for the Grant, the recipient must not be in receipt of a UniSA grant, scholarship, prize or award or funding from a host organization for the primary purpose of undertaking the offshore experiential activity.
Applicants will be selected on the basis of a personal written statement outlining the off-shore experiential activity, motivation for participation, and reflection on anticipated outcomes in addition to interview with the selection panel.
The Grants are administered by the Global Experience program.
Value: $2000
For further information contact:
Miss Skye Bennett
Coordinator: Global Experience
Business Divisional Office
Phone: (08) 8302 0922
Fax: (08) 8302 0904
Email: skye.bennett@unisa.edu.au
Web: Global Experience
website
Health Sciences Placement Support
Grants
The University of South Australia and the Division of Health Sciences is pleased to offer a number of grants (max $1,000 each), to students whose personal circumstances (i.e. financial hardship) will make the completion of a long term placement that is required as part of their program difficult to complete and/or the completion of the placement will add further strain to their already challenging circumstances.
Value: max $1,000 each
For further information:
Nimi Ashok
Division Services
Division of Health Sciences
Tel: (08) 8302 2751
Email: nimi.ashok@unisa.edu.au
Lockheed
Martin Engineering Transition Grant
The Lockheed Martin Engineering Transition Grant will assist an engineering student in the transition to tertiary education. The grant is available to a high achieving full-time student who is commencing the first year of a Bachelor of Engineering or associated double degree program at UniSA.
The grant will be awarded on the basis of Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) and financial disadvantage. Preference may be given to a student undertaking a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems), (Electrical and Mechatronic), (Electronics and Communication) or (Networking and Communications) or associated double degree program.
Applicants must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident. The grant will provide a total of $2,500 to assist with educational costs incurred by the recipient in the transition to tertiary education, and will be paid in a single instalment after the Study Period 2 (SP2) census date.
Value: $2,500 (To be paid in a single instalment after the SP2
census date.)
For further information please contact:
Irene Spong
Coordinator Academic Services
Division of Information Technology
Engineering and the Environment
University of South Australia
Tel: (08) 8302 3207
Email:
irene.spong@unisa.edu.au
The
Pearce Family Transition Grants
The Pearce Family have made available three Transition Grants to assist
rural students in the transition to tertiary education. The Grants are
available for rural students who have experienced financial disadvantage and
are commencing a full time undergraduate degree program in any Bachelor of
Education program at UniSA. Three grants of $1,500 each are available for
students from a designated rural area. Grants will be awarded on merit and
financial disadvantage.
For details of the eligibility criteria, opening and closing dates
please see the
Transition Grants page.
Value: $1,500
For more information contact:
Helen Black
Development Coordinator (Fundraising)
Alumni and Development Office
Tel: (08) 8302 0974
Email: helen.black@unisa.edu.au
Resthaven
75th Anniversary Undergraduate Third Year Nursing Grants
The Resthaven 75th Anniversary Undergraduate Third Year Nursing Grants are available to full-time students who are undertaking their third year of the Bachelor of Nursing program.
Applicants must demonstrate an interest in aged care as a career and in their studies and must choose the Aged Care Specialisation when they undertake Experiential Learning Activity - Practicum 3 during their program. Applicants must also be willing to undertake a placement at Resthaven during their program if the opportunity arises and be willing to speak constructively and positively about the important work that nurses do in aged care.
Applicants will be asked to provide a written statement detailing their career objectives, their interest in aged care and how the grant will assist them in achieving their goals. Preference may be given to students who are studying nursing at a regional campus and they are encouraged to apply.
Recipients will be selected on the basis of academic merit (minimum GPA 4.5), a personal written statement and performance at an interview.
Value: $5,000 paid in two instalments of $2,500 after the Study Period 2 and 5 census dates. Payment is subject to satisfactory academic progress.
For more information please contact:
Julie Sauniere
Program Administrative Officer
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Tel: (08) 8302 1802
Email:
julie.sauniere@unisa.edu.au
Rural Reconnect Grants
Five grants are available to students from a rural or isolated area who have relocated to Adelaide to study full-time and are undertaking a professional experience placement in one the following disciplines: Education, Health Sciences, Nursing or Midwifery.
Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents, be financially disadvantaged and have lived in a rural or isolated area for at least four years prior to commencing university. Applicants must be undertaking their placement in a rural area in the year that they apply for the grant. Please note that the grants will not be awarded retrospectively.
Applicants must provide a personal written statement detailing the location and duration of their rural placement and their future career goals. Preference may be given to applicants who are undertaking a rural placement greater than four consecutive weeks.
Applicants who are receiving financial assistance from the Spencer Gulf Rural Health School are not eligible to apply.
Recipients will be selected on the basis of demonstrated financial disadvantage, academic merit (GPA) and a personal written statement. Recipients will also be invited to participate in research and evaluation.
Value: $1,000
For more information contact:
Ms Jo Sharp
Marketing and Development Unit
University of South Australia
Tel: (08) 8302 7634
Email: jo.sharp@unisa.edu.au
Student Placement Grants
The grants will assist students who are enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree program and are required to undertake a placement as part of their program to gain professional experience. Applicants must undertake a placement for a minimum of two consecutive weeks in the year that they apply for the grant. Please note that the grants will not be awarded retrospectively.
The grants will provide financial assistance for the costs associated with undertaking a placement including travel, accommodation and living expenses.
Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents, be financially disadvantaged and provide a statement (max 500 words) detailing the location and duration of the placement and their future career goals.
Students who are receiving financial assistance from the Spencer Gulf Rural Health School are not eligible to apply.
Recipients will be selected on the basis of demonstrated financial disadvantage, academic merit (GPA) and a personal written statement.
Value: $1,000
For further information please contact:
Ms Jo Sharp
UniSA Marketing and Development Unit
GPO Box 2471
Adelaide SA 5001
Tel: (08) 8302 7634
Email: jo.sharp@unisa.edu.au
Surveying SA Laptop Grant
In 2009, Surveying SA was formed with representatives from the Surveyors Board of South Australia (SBSA) Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI), Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) and the University of South Australia (UniSA) with the aim of increasing the number of Licensed Surveyors in South Australia and ensuring the continuity of surveying tertiary studies in the State.
The Surveying SA Laptop Grants have been established to assist five commencing UniSA students by providing them with $1,000 to purchase a new laptop.
Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents. In 2011 to be eligible for the grant applicants must be be enrolled full-time in the first year of the Bachelor of Environmental Science degree program and intending to undertake the following spatial science electives as part of their program: Environmental Remote Sensing, Geomatics and Geospatial Exploration.
Applicants must provide a personal written statement detailing their interest in spatial science, their career objectives and how the scholarship will assist in achieving their goals.
Applicants may be given special consideration if they can demonstrate in their written statement: academic merit, financial disadvantage or that they have a rural background. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview.
Recipients of the Surveying SA Laptop Grants will be given preference in future years if they enrol in the Master of Surveying and apply for the Surveying SA Scholarship.
Value: $1,000 to purchase a new laptop.
For more information please contact:
Miss Danijela Prso
Academic Services Officer
School of Natural and Built Environments
Tel: (08) 8302 1142
Email:
danijela.prso@unisa.edu.au
University of South Australia Student Exchange Travel Grants
The University of South Australia is committed to providing opportunities for students to gain an international perspective by participating in student exchange. Studying on exchange can be an enriching cultural and academic experience and one that benefits you throughout your life. UniSA has more than 60 exchange partners throughout the world in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
All UniSA students who are accepted into the exchange program are eligible for a travel grant. While on student exchange, you remain enrolled at the University of South Australia and continue to pay your normal UniSA fees. You do not pay tuition fees to the host institution. For students that are eligible, Austudy/Abstudy/Youth Allowance payments continue to be paid while overseas on student exchange. You will also receive credit for the courses you take on student exchange, meaning that you will still be able to complete your degree on time.
Value: $800 to $2,400 (dependent on selected country)
For more information contact:
UniSA International
Tel: (08) 8302 0627 or (08) 8302 0159
Email:
Student.Exchange@unisa.edu.au
Web:
Travel Grants Criteria
University
of South Australia Transition Grants Scheme
Transition Grants are available to commencing students who have experienced financial disadvantage and are enrolling in a full-time undergraduate degree at UniSA. These grants assist students with the transition to university and provide $1,500 for students who reside, at the time of application, in designated rural or isolated areas and $1,000 for students from designated metropolitan areas.
For details of the eligibility criteria, opening and closing dates please see the Transition Grants page.
Value: $1,000 or $1,500
For more information contact:
UniSA Scholarships Office
Student and Academic Services
University of South Australia
GPO Box 2471
Adelaide SA 5001
Tel: (08) 8302 1762
Fax: (08) 8302 2195
Email:
SAS-Scholarships@unisa.edu.au
UniSA Windsor
Gardens Vocational College Book Grant
The UniSA Windsor Gardens Vocational College Book Grant is available to students who are commencing an undergraduate program at UniSA and can demonstrate that they have completed Year 12 at the Windsor Gardens Vocational College.
The grant has been created to support a student who would experience financial difficulty in attending university.
Value $1,000. An account will be opened for the recipient at Unibooks and they will be able to purchase text books and other study aids to the value of $500 after the Study Period 2 and 5 census dates.
For more information contact:
Helen Black Development Coordinator (Fundraising)
Marketing & Development Unit
Tel: (08) 8302 0974
Email: helen.black@unisa.edu.au