Daniel and Helen Gauchat Port Macquarie Award for Rural Medical Students UGCE1372

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22/03/2024
Daniel and Helen Gauchat Port Macquarie Award for Rural Medical Students
UGCE1372
Key
High School Leaver
Indigenous Australians
Rural
UAC & EAS
Criteria
Stage
Minimum Value
$5,000
available for 1 year
Residency
Aus Citizen / Aus Permanent Resident / NZ Citizen
Opens
01/08/2023
Closes
22/03/2024
For commencement Term 1 2024
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Outline
The purpose of the Award is to support accommodation fees at Forster College for first year UNSW Medicine Students from a rural area, commencing study at the UNSW Rural Clinical School in Port Macquarie.
Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Be commencing a UNSW eligible program
• Be classified as rural or remote(see below)
• Be applying to or have been offered a place to undertake full-time study in the first year of an eligible UNSW undergraduate degree; and
• Be residing at Forster House

  Refer to the Australian Standard Geographic Classification Remoteness Areas (ASGC) classifications at www.doctorconnect.gov.au

Selection

Each applicant will be assessed on their ability to demonstrate:

• Academic merit
• Leadership skills (school, workplace or community)
• Extra-curricular activities (sporting, cultural activities, volunteer/work experience
• Aptitude and commitment to studies

You must provide evidence supporting the above criteria in your online application. Please refer to the Scholarship Application Supporting Documents for a detailed list of examples.

Unanswered application questions or claims without supporting documentation will not be assessed. Late applications/supporting documentation will not be accepted.

UNSW reserves the right not to award a scholarship, where there is no applicant of sufficient merit, or if the applicant does not meet the scholarship eligibility and/or selection criteria.

Interviews
Interviews are not necessary