University of Sydney Master of Social Justice Commencing Scholarship 2024.

The Master of Social Justice Commencing Scholarship is a postgraduate coursework scholarship valued at $10,000 to support full-time students commencing the Master of Social Justice at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney.

Benefits

This scholarship is valued at $10,000 and is tenable for 1 year for a recipient enrolled full-time.
This scholarship is valued at $5,000 and is tenable for 2 years for a recipient enrolled part-time.

Requirements

Unconditional offer in a Master of Social Justice
For students in the first year of the program (ie, in their first two semesters)
Not be a recipient of a Commonwealth Supported Place

Selection Process

The Scholarship will be awarded on the basis of:

A personal statement that demonstrates:
Their commitment to the principles of social justice,
How the scholarship will support them to undertake their degree, and
Disadvantage(s) and/or hardship(s) (if applicable).

Preference will be given to applicants who can demonstrate disadvantage and/or hardship based on one or more of the below:

Identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island person as defined in the University of Sydney’s Confirmation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identity Policy 2015,
Low socio-economic status,
Carer responsibilities,
Long-term medical condition/disability (including ongoing effect of abuse),
Sole-parent responsibilities,
Regional or remote disadvantage,
Identify as LGBTIQ+, and/or
First in family.