Applications now open for $20,000 engineering scholarships

Applications are now open for 25 scholarships for first-year engineering students at the university’s Bathurst campus in 2024 under Transgrid’s Engineering Scholarship Fund.

Executive General Manager of Major Projects Gordon Taylor said: “Transgrid is delivering the critical infrastructure and priority projects identified by the Commonwealth and NSW governments to enable Australia’s clean energy transition.

“Our major projects such as EnergyConnect, HumeLink and VNI West will require world-class engineering expertise and we are delighted to support the next generation of engineers to help build our skilled workforce as we enable Australia’s renewable energy transformation.

“I encourage prospective students to apply for a scholarship with each recipient to receive $20,000 over four years to help meet the costs associated with their study, living expenses and learning resources.”

Transgrid’s $2 million Engineering Scholarship Fund is supporting 100 engineering students at the university’s Bathurst campus between 2023 and 2026 to help grow a skilled workforce in regional Australia as the clean energy transition accelerates.

The first 17 engineering scholarships were awarded earlier this year, with recipients hailing from NSW regional centres including Albury, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Port Macquarie and Wagga Wagga, as well as Victoria and Queensland.

Bachelor of Technology (Civil)/Master of Engineering (Civil) student Olivia Tait, 20, of Wagga Wagga, received a Transgrid scholarship this year to help with the cost of her studies including travel to and from the Bathurst campus. 

Ms Tait encouraged prospective engineering students to apply for a scholarship to help them realise their goal of becoming a professional engineer. 

“Receiving the Transgrid engineering scholarship has really aided me in my studies and allowed me to focus more on my academic goals and progress my career goals,” Ms Tait said.

“I hope to become a professional engineer in the civil engineering field and make a positive change in the community and improve our community infrastructure.”

Charles Sturt Head of the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Engineering Associate Professor Michael Kemp said the Transgrid scholarships were a great addition to the paid internships already offered through the university’s engineering courses.

“A Transgrid scholarship will help a student in the earlier part of their course before the internship has started, with half the value being offered in the first year when it is most needed,” Professor Kemp said.

“This allows a student to fully engage from the beginning in the real world team based engineering challenges as well as starting the innovative and flexible ‘topic tree’, offered at Charles Sturt.”  

Transgrid scholarships are open for commencing students undertaking a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (Honours) or a Bachelor of Technology (Civil)/Master of Engineering (Civil) at Charles Sturt University.

Applications are now open for 2024, with the early bird round closing on November 26 and offers to go out on December 12. Applications will remain open with a second round of offers to be made on January 22.

For more information visit: https://www.csu.edu.au/engineering/transgrid-scholarship

Transgrid media contact:

Mark Nolan 0429 047 136