To be eligible, applicants must:

• Have completed the NSW HSC (or interstate equivalent) or IB, either:
  • in the year prior to commencing study at UNSW, or
  • in the previous two years prior to commencing at UNSW, provided no tertiary study was undertaken during this period.
• The applicant's family must have lived in a rural or isolated area* for at least four (4) years of the applicant's high school studies and the applicant must have attended a secondary school in rural or isolated area for at least four (4) years OR in receipt of a scholarship to attend a metropolitan boarding school.

  The Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Areas (ASGC) classifications accepted under the program are RA2 (with the exception of Hobart), RA3, RA4 or RA5. To determine whether your home postcode is classified as inner regional (RA2), outer regional (RA3) or remote rural (RA4 or RA5) please refer to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) map for details. (Note: Hobart is not classified as rural for the purposes of this Scholarship).

• Be commencing full-time undergraduate (single or dual) degree program in the Faculty of Science at UNSW.
  Note: enrolment in a dual degree in combination with another UNSW program is permissible, but the tenure of the scholarship will remain at the maximum of the single degree i.e. three (3) years for a single degree and a maximum of four (4) years for a single degree with Honours in Science.