2025 Scholarships

Driving Social Change through Accessible Education

Each year, the Centre for Social Impact offers a range of scholarships to students pursuing social impact studies at our four partner universities. With thanks to the generosity of our supporters, this year, over $110,000 in funding is available, with additional scholarships on offer for students studying at CSI UNSW.

These scholarships empower successful recipients to pursue their passion for creating social impact by easing some of the financial barriers to study. With the scholarships providing fee support for the programs on offer at Flinders University (CSI Flinders), Swinburne University of Technology (CSI Swinburne), The University of New South Wales (CSI UNSW), or The University of Western Australia (CSI UWA), students can focus more on driving meaningful change in the world.

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On this page, find information relating to:

• CSI national social impact scholarships
• Additional CSI UNSW scholarships
• Eligibility criteria
• How to apply

CSI national social impact scholarships

Each university has a pool of funds to award to enthusiastic students who are commencing or continuing their study with the Centre for Social Impact in 2025.

The total amount of funding available at each university is in the table below. It will be at the discretion of the panel at each university to decide how these funds will be allocated. For example, $30,000 may be split into 6 x $5,000 scholarships, 3 x $10,000 scholarships, 2 x $10,000 and 2 x $5,000 etc.

Please note:

• These scholarships are not full or cash scholarships
• The scholarship amount is applied as a discount against course fees across the degree

Additional CSI UNSW Scholarships

Students studying at UNSW will also have the opportunity to apply for additional scholarships during the application process. At the beginning of the application form, you will be asked if you would like to be considered for:

• The Indigenous Female Social Impact Scholarship (UNSW): 1x $15,000 for the GCSI, MBAx (Social Impact) at UNSW
• The Robin Crawford Memorial Scholarship (UNSW): 1x $6,500 for either the GCSI or MBAx (Social Impact) at UNSW

Additionally, Indigenous Australians are encouraged to apply for the Emeritus Professor Richard Henry AM & Dr Rachel Oberon Indigenous Advantage MBA (Social Impact) Scholarship through UNSW. The total value of this scholarship is $60,000. Please check the UNSW website for the closing date and more specific details.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Be commencing or continuing in an eligible CSI program at one of our participating universities
• Be intending to complete the program of study within the allocated time frame (full-time/part equivalent)
• Are a Domestic student which includes Australian or New Zealand Citizens and Permanent Residents
• Are not in a receipt of another scholarship towards your program of study (Students receiving a commonwealth supported place are still eligible)

How to apply

Applications are now closed. We look forward to announcing successful recipients at the end of January!

For further information please email csinational@unsw.edu.au