Scholarship applications for Semester 2, 2025 are now open and will close on 31 May 2025.
All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by close of business, 31 August 2025.
For students undertaking compulsory practical (work integrated learning) placements as part of their health-related degree.
The L&R Foundation, established by Leanne Muller and Robert Hubbard, aims to support tertiary education for regional students who demonstrate academic potential, but face financial and other barriers to completing a degree at UniSC.
The L&R Foundation Placement Bursary aims to:
- Support equity groups from low socio-economic backgrounds with demonstrated financial need
- Enable recipients to dedicate more time to their studies, with less focus on paid employment
- Increase retention and encourage academic achievement of students from low socio-economic backgrounds
The Bursary is intended to offset placement-related costs, with priority given to students with the greatest equity need and undertaking the longest placements at a location away from their home residence.
The value of each bursary will be relevant to the placement duration as below:
- Up to 4 weeks placement = $2,000
- 5 and 6 week placements = $3,000
- 8 weeks and longer placements = $4,000
Please note: This bursary is offered on a yearly basis through funds provided by an external donor. If funding is not available in any given year, the bursary will not be awarded.
- Eligibility
- full-time or part-time continuing undergraduate students enrolled in a School of Health program
- undertaking a UniSC approved compulsory practical placement a significant distance away from home residential address
- successfully completed a minimum of 96 units (8 courses)
- minimum grade point average (GPA) 5.0
- Australian citizen, New Zealand citizen, Permanent Australian Humanitarian Visa holder or permanent resident of Australia.
- Selection criteria
- financial need
- academic merit
- priority will be given to students undertaking compulsory practical placement away from their residential address
- priority will be given to students undertaking longer periods of placement
- preference will be given to students not in receipt of other funding for placement (including government funding)
- Eligible programs
- School of Health programs
- Number available
- Varies
- Value
The value of each bursary will vary according to the duration of the placement.