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Cowan Regional Placement Grant

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Applications open Monday 30 June 2025
Applications close Tuesday 19 August 2025
Total value $2,500
Duration 0
Residency Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident
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. 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. 

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

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. 

Selection criteria

Applicants are to provide a written statement outlining the following:

  • detailing the location and duration of their placement
  • their future career goals

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