Jayce and Seamus Fagan Enabling Program Scholarship 2026 in University of Newcastle

Seamus Fagan was the Director of the English Language and Foundation Studies Centre at the University of Newcastle for 16 years, until his retirement in 2018. In this role, Seamus was responsible for overseeing and managing a large portfolio of English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students and enabling education programs. Jayce and Seamus Fagan are committed to supporting students who wish to transform their lives by engaging in tertiary education.

This scholarship has been established to support a student in an enabling program with the hope that this financial support will ensure they can concentrate on their studies and achieve the results to gain entry into an undergraduate degree.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Interview Process
• Application Documents
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineFebruary 8, 2026
• Value$5,000
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorUniversity of Newcastle
• City to studyNew South Wales
• School to studyUniversity of Newcastle
• Course to study
• Eligible CountryAustralia

Benefits

The scholarship provides a benefit of $5,000, to be paid as lump sums of $2,500 in semester 1 and 2.

Payments are typically received 2–3 weeks after the semester census date, or 2–3 weeks after you accept your offer if the census date has already passed.

Requirements

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, you will need to:

• Be enrolled in an enabling program (Open Foundation or Yapug) with the University of Newcastle.
• Demonstrate the impact of educational disadvantage such as carer and sole parent responsibilities, financial hardship, a long-term medical condition or disability, the ongoing effects of abuse, regional/remote disadvantage, or applicant attributes such as being an Indigenous Australian, having a Refugee background, or placement with an Out-of-Home Care provider.
• Not be the recipient of another University of Newcastle donor-funded or sponsored scholarship concurrently.

Selection Process

Selection is a competitive process and will be based on assessment of the scholarship application and any required supporting documents.

• Academic merit and/or engagement with the enabling program may be considered.
• Once recipients are selected, offers will be made via the scholarship application portal.

Application Documents

Required documents will be listed on the ‘Your Documents’ page of your application. The application portal accepts PDF only. A maximum of 3 PDF smaller than 5 MB can be added per document type upload field.

• A personal statement (approx. 1 A4 page) outlining your academic achievements, career aspirations in the relevant area of study, and how this scholarship would assist you. This statement will cover all scholarships you are submitting for.

• You may be required to provide documents to support your educational challenges and personal circumstances. These will be identified when you apply based on your individual application responses.

• Academic merit and/or engagement with the enabling program may be considered.Once recipients are selected, offers will be made via the scholarship application portal.

Check also:
ANU Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend Scholarship 2026
University of Canberra Research Scholarships 2026

Application Deadline

February 8, 2026

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to University of Newcastle on applications.newcastle.edu.au to apply

For more information kindly visit the University of Newcastle webpage