How to apply
Online applications via myScholarships
| Applications open | Monday 19 January 2026 |
| Applications close | Sunday 15 March 2026 |
| Duration | Once off |
| Residency | Australian Permanent Resident, New Zealand Citizen, Permanent Humanitarian visa holder, Australian Citizen |
| What best describes me | New student |
| Level of study | Undergraduate |
| Degree | All |
| College | All |
| Type of scholarship | Regional, rural, remote, High achiever/academic |
The McCleary Murchland Adelaide University Laptop Grant assists high-achieving students from rural, regional and remote community or students from a refugee background by providing them with a new laptop to use to undertake their undergraduate studies.
Value: One laptop computer.
The model of the laptop computer is to be determined by the University.
For more information contact:
Student Assist
StudentAssist@study.adelaideuni.edu.au
Eligibility
To be eligible for the laptop grant‚ applicants must:
⦁ be an Australian Citizen‚ Permanent Resident of Australia‚ or holders of Permanent Humanitarian Visa, or New Zealand Citizens
⦁ be able to demonstrate that most of their high school attendance (including year 12) was at a rural, regional or remote Australian high school (this does not apply to students from a refugee background)
⦁ have an ATAR of 90 or above (inclusive of any adjustment factor)
⦁ be enrolled full-time in an bachelor degree program
⦁ be commencing a bachelor degree program at Adelaide University for the first time
⦁ submit a written statement
Selection criteria
Applicants are required to provide a written statement (maximum 500 words) detailing:
⦁ status as a student from a rural, regional, and remote community (completion of most of their high school attendance‚ including year 12 at a rural, regional, remote community high school) or status as a refugee.
⦁ reasons for studying their current program and future career goals
⦁ how the laptop grant would benefit them (the need to purchase or upgrade a laptop and obstacles preventing purchase)
⦁ academic achievements (including ATAR)
If‚ in the view of the selection panel‚ no applicant is sufficiently meritorious‚ no award shall be made.
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