Twenty students at Charles Sturt University have been awarded scholarships by Transgrid under a $2 million program to help develop the next generation of engineers, address the skills shortage and accelerate Australia’s clean energy transition.
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The first-year engineering students have each received a $20,000 scholarship, with recipients from NSW regions including the Central West, Central Coast, Orana, and Riverina, as well as Western Sydney and Victoria.
Transgrid executive general manager of major projects Gordon Taylor said, “Transgrid is delivering the transmission infrastructure identified as critical to enabling the Commonwealth and NSW governments’ clean energy vision.
“Over the next decade, we are investing $14 billion on a 2,500km energy superhighway including the EnergyConnect, HumeLink and VNI West projects and we require hundreds of skilled personnel and world-class engineers.
“Transgrid’s $2 million Engineering Scholarship Fund is supporting 100 students at the university’s Bathurst campus between 2023 and 2029 to expand the skilled workforce across the industry as the clean energy transition accelerates.
“We are delighted to support another 20 engineering students at Charles Sturt University this year who are joining the 17 recipients awarded scholarships in 2023.
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“Each recipient receives $5,000 annually for four years to ease the financial burden and support them in their studies.”
Applications for the 2025 scholarship program are now open.
