How to apply
Online application via myScholarships.
| Applications open | Monday 19 January 2026 |
| Applications close | Sunday 15 March 2026 |
| Total value | $2,500 |
| Duration | Once off |
| Residency | Permanent Humanitarian visa holder, Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, New Zealand Citizen |
| Level of study | Undergraduate |
| Degree | All |
| College | All |
| Type of scholarship | Regional, rural, remote, Financial disadvantage, High achiever/academic, Placement/internship |
The Cowan Regional Placement Grant is available to students who are studying full-time at the Mount Gambier campus of Adelaide University‚ and are undertaking a professional experience placement as part of their program.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate evidence of experiencing financial and/or other educational barriers that impact access to study or continued study and provide a written statement detailing the location and duration of their placement and their future career goals.
Recipients will be selected on the basis of demonstrated financial and/or other educational barriers that impact access to study or continued study‚ academic merit (GPA) and a personal written statement. Preference may be given to applicants who have not received another Cowan Grant
For more information please contact:
Student Assist
Email: StudentAssist@study.adelaideuni.edu.au
Value: $2,500 to be paid in one instalment.
Eligibility
- Financial and/or educational barriers
- Studying at the Mt Gambier Campus
- Fulltime Student
- Undertaking a professional experience placement as part of their program
Selection criteria
Applicants are to provide a written statement outlining the following:
- detailing the location and duration of their placement
- their future career goals
Important information
- Placements must be for a minimum of two consecutive weeks in length and preference may be given to applicants who are undertaking a placement greater than four consecutive weeks. Applicants must be undertaking their placement in the year that they apply for the grant. .
- Please note that the grant will not be awarded retrospectively.
- Applicants must not have completed their placement prior to the application closing date.
- Applicants who have received another placement grant administered by Adelaide University or are receiving financial assistance from the University Department of Rural Health or Rural Clinical Training and Support programs are not eligible to apply.
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