Sarah Schick Award

Key scholarship details

Application status

Opening soon

Applications open

6 Mar 2026

Applications close

12 Apr 2026

Benefit amount

Up to $10,000

Eligible study level

Undergraduate

Eligible student type

Domestic and international students

Eligible study stage

Current study

Benefit duration

One or more years

Summary

The Sarah Schick Award was established with a gift from Plenary Group Holdings Pty Ltd and is offered to talented students who are enrolled in the third year of the Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), identify as a woman or non-binary, and can demonstrate leadership experience and potential.

About the donor

Plenary Group Holdings Pty Ltd established this award in honour of Sarah Schick, a former Director for Plenary in Australia.

Benefits

This award provides a living allowance of $10,000 for one year, paid in half-yearly instalments after the census dates in Semester 1 and 2.

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be considered for this award, you must:

Be enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and majoring in Finance.
Be enrolling into your 3rd year of study in 2026 as a full time student and have completed at least 200 points of study and ideally no more than 212.5.
Have completed or be enrolled in a minimum of three Finance subjects.
Identify as a woman (cis-gender or trans women) or non-binary.

Selection criteria

The award is offered to the student ranked highest by the selection panel based on their application and Weighted Average Mark (WAM).

Conditions

This award cannot be deferred. Students must:

Be enrolled in their 3rd year of the Bachelor of Commerce
Agree to the University sharing their name and the name of their course with the donor of this scholarship and, if requested, provide a note of appreciation or a brief report on the benefits of the scholarship.

Please also ensure that you have completed the recommended sequence of subjects in Year 1 and Year 2 of the BCom to enable you to Major in Finance in your 3rd year in 2026. Here is the sequence of Year 3 subjects required to Major in Finance as per the BCom Study Planner 2025:

You must enrol in these three Finance subjects in 2026:
FNCE30001 Investments
FNCE30007 Derivative Securities
A level-3 Finance subject
plus:
ECOM30002 Econometrics
A Breadth or Commerce Elective
A Commerce Elective
A Commerce Elective
A Breadth Elective

Application

How to apply

When the award is open for applications, click on the “Submit an application” link, below. Your application will require:

A personal statement (approx 1 page) addressing your leadership experience and how the award may enable you to build on your leadership skills
Your curriculum vitae
A current copy of your Statement of Results.

The information listed here is subject to change without notice. Where we have listed information about jointly run scholarships programs, please also see our partners' websites. Information describing the number and value of scholarships awarded is indicative.

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