Faculty of Science Honours Scholarships - Term 1, 2026

$10,000 for 1 year

• Be proposing or currently undertaking a full-time Honours program in the Faculty of Science

• Academic Merit
• Aptitude and commitment to studies in area of study

UGCA1592 J Holden Family Foundation Honours Award in Maths and Physics

$8,000 for 1 year

• Be proposing to undertake a full-time Honours year in the Faculty of Science, undertaking honours in the School of Mathematics and Statistics or the School of Physics
• Be an Australian Citizen, New Zealander Citizen or Australian Permanent Resident

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

$10,000 for 1 year

• Must be commencing full-time Honours study in Chemistry

• Academic Merit
• Leadership skills (school, workplace or community)
• Extra-curricular activities (sporting, cultural activities, volunteer/work experience)
• Aptitude and commitment to studies in an area of Chemistry

UGCA1623 Harold Theodore Clyde Howard Endowed Honours Award

$5,000 for 1 year

• Must be commencing full-time Honours study in Chemistry

• Academic merit
• Aptitude and commitment to studies in an area of Chemistry

UGCA1003 Alton & Neryda Fancourt Chapple Award

$5,000 for 1 year

• Be commencing full-time Honours year program in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

• Academic merit
• Aptitude and commitment to studies in an area of School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

UGCA1079 Sonja Huddle Award

$5,000 for 1 year

• Be an Australian Citizen, New Zealander Citizen or Australian Permanent Resident
• To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must be enroled in one of the following programs, with a project specialising in earth science and the environment:
  • Bachelor of Environmental Science
  • Bachelor of Advanced Science
  • Bachelor of Science

• Academic merit
• Leadership skills (school, workplace, or community)
• Extra-curricular activities (sporting, cultural activities, volunteer/work experience)
• Aptitude and commitment to studies in an area of Environmental Science/Earth sciences and environment

UGCA1341 Surface Coatings Association Australia Award

$5,000 for 1 year

• Be commencing full-time Honours study with the School of Chemistry in an area closely associated with coatings technology, for example, polymers, pigments, corrosion or adhesion problems, or rheology. They can also be working on materials that can be used coatings or as surface layers, for example metal-organic frameworks, organic molecules, metal oxides and other inorganic compounds.

• Academic merit
• Aptitude and commitment to studies in an area of coatings technology

UGCA1012 Brother Vincent Cotter Endowed Honours Award

$5,000 for 1 year

• Be an Australian Citizen, New Zealander Citizen or Australian Permanent Resident
• Be commencing full-time Honours study in Physics.

• Academic merit
• Aptitude and commitment to studies in physics

UGCA1030 John MacIntyre Honours Year In School Marine Science

$5,000 for 1 year

• Be an Australian Citizen, New Zealander Citizen or Australian Permanent Resident
• Be commencing full-time Honours year in the Bachelor of Science program with a project specialising in Marine Science.

• Academic merit
• Aptitude and commitment to studies in marine science
• Leadership skills (school, workplace or community)

UGCA1438 Jim Douglas Award in Statistics

$5,000 for 1 year

• Be an Australian Citizen, New Zealander Citizen or Australian Permanent Resident
• Be commencing full-time Honours study in the Faculty of Science studying statistics.

• Academic merit
• Aptitude and Commitment to the area of Statistics

UGCE1499 Faculty of Science Indigenous Honours Award

$5,000 for 1 year

• Be an Indigenous Australian* (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander only)
• Be commencing full-time Honours year in the Faculty of Science at UNSW

* UNSW Scholarships work in partnership with the Office of the PVC Indigenous and Nura Gili, Centre for Indigenous Programs. While Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity is unique and sacred to every person, UNSW scholarships for Indigenous students will require proof of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity and heritage. If you have not already provided proof of identity and heritage to Nura Gili, any Indigenous specific scholarship offer made by UNSW Scholarships will be conditional upon receipt of proof of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage to Nura Gili as outlined on the Nura Gili website. For more information, please visit: Confirmation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Descent

• Academic merit
• Leadership skills (school, workplace or community)
• Extra-curricular activities (sporting, cultural activities, volunteer/work experience)
• Aptitude and commitment to studies in the the field of study of the Honours Year program

$5,000 for 1 year

$5,000 for 1 year