Aboriginal environmental health scholarships

How to apply

Check your eligibility, gather your documents (resume and proof of Aboriginality) and submit an application anytime.

Study a bachelor degree in environmental health at your pace and have your university subject fees paid.

The scholarship is worth up to $30,000 for a full degree, potentially leaving you with no HECS-HELP debt.

Aboriginal environmental health scholarships are awarded each year for:

subject fees (successfully completed), reimbursed at the end of semester; and
$500 a year for student administration fees and tutoring costs (paid in two instalments of $250).

Scholarship recipients:

can study full or part time
will need to provide university result notices at the end of each semester
will need to apply for scholarship funding each year, but continuing recipients have priority for ongoing scholarship funds (conditional on enrolment confirmation and results).

Environmental Health Officers are in-demand with many job opportunities all over NSW and Australia.

An applicant must be:

an Aboriginal person
a NSW resident (or live within 5km of the NSW border)
currently enrolled, or intending to enrol, in the Western Sydney University Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health), or equivalent degree at an interstate university
able to demonstrate an interest in environmental health.