University of South Australia Saara Fabig Scholarship 2025

The Saara Fabig Scholarship is available to commencing full-time and part-time female students enrolled in the Bachelor of Nursing enrolled through the City East, Whyalla and Mount Gambier campuses. Applicants must be a single parent.

The scholarship is designed to provide assistance for three years and is not available to students who have received credit for first year and are therefore only required to complete two years of full-time study at UniSA.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNovember 3, 2025
• ValueUp to $30,000
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorUniversity of South Australia
• City to studySouth Australia
• School to studyUniversity of South Australia
• Course to studyNursing
• Eligible CountryAustralia

Benefits

Up to $30,000 over 3 years. Pro-rata payment applies to recipients studying on a part time basis.

Two instalments per year over the 3 year period
• $5,000 (paid after the census date for Study Period 2)
• $5,000 (paid after the census date for Study Period 5)

Ongoing payment is subject to on-going enrolment and maintaining satisfactory academic performance.

Requirements

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must:

• Be a female Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia.
• Be a single parent.
• Be a commencing first-year student with current enrolment in the nursing program.
• Be experiencing financial disadvantage.
• Demonstrate academic achievement.
• Provide a written statement clearly addressing the points listed below.
• Provide statements from two referees as character references, with at least one reference from a referee not connected to the applicant’s secondary school or university.

Applicants are required to provide a written statement (maximum 750 words) detailing:

• Reasons for studying nursing, future career goals and personal aspirations.
• Details of financial disadvantage and how the scholarship funds would assist.
• Status as a single parent.
• Educational background and any academic achievements (applicants should provide details of secondary schooling including Year 12 results, or details of alternative enrolment pathway).
• Work experience, community involvement and extracurricular activities/interests.

Applicants must also provide documentary evidence of a means-tested Centrelink benefit or the UniSA Scholarship Income Assessment Form.

Interview Dates and Process

The scholarship will be awarded based on financial disadvantage and the written statement. The academic achievements of applicants will also be taken into consideration as part of the selection process.

Application Deadline

November 3, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to University of South Australia on my.unisa.edu.au to apply

Contact:
Campus Central
Tel: 1300 301 703
Email: [email protected]

For mroe information, kindly visit University of South Australia scholarship webpage.