Rotary Soukup Scholarship
Value
Up to Two (2) recipients to receive $60,000 each.
Duration
Up to Three (3) years
Status
Open
Opens
17/02/2025Closes
12/05/2025Quick Links
Overview
The Scholarship aims to support a young Indigenous student by alleviating some key financial pressures and providing them with means to succeed in their undergraduate studies at UTS
Who is eligible?
To be eligible for the Scholarship an applicant must:
- Be of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent and provide either:
- A Confirmation of Aboriginality from a local Aboriginal Land Council or other Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation; or
- A UTS Statutory Declaration form accompanied by two written references from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people from the applicant’s community who can confirm their identity and are not immediate family members; and
- Be commencing or continuing in any UTS undergraduate course during the calendar year the Scholarship is awarded (including students who are commencing a Bachelor's degree after completing an UTS College diploma); and
- Apply for the Scholarship online using the UTS Scholarship Application Form.
Selection process
- Motivation to succeed in the nominated UTS course, as demonstrated in the Scholarship application;
- Initiative in extra-curricular and non-academic activities, as demonstrated in the Scholarship application;
- Potential for the receipt of the Scholarship increasing the likelihood the candidate will be able to complete their chosen UTS course at a higher level of performance than would otherwise be the case, as demonstrated in the Scholarship application
Preference will be given to the applicants who:
- Are experiencing any long-term educational barrier and/or personal hardship including:
- Financial hardship, low socio-economic status;
- Geographical disadvantage,
- Sole parent;
- Carer;
- Long-term medical condition, disability, or ongoing effects of abuse.
Students wishing to demonstrate long-term educational barriers and/or financial hardship will need to apply using the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) Equity Scholarship application.
UAC Equity Scholarship applications re-open on 02 April 2025.
How to apply
Applications for this scholarship are currently open. To apply please complete the online application form.
Before applying, please read the Conditions of Award for this scholarship.
Applications close midnight Monday 12th May 2025.
Need more information? Contact...
UTS Scholarships
Email: scholarships@uts.edu.au
Website: uts.edu.au/scholarships
Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research
Phone: 9514 1902
Jumbunna@uts.edu.au
