2025 Rising Women of Western Sydney Scholarship /

The Parramatta Eels and City of Parramatta Council are supporting the next generation of influential females shaping the face of Western Sydney.

We’ve partnered to recognise an exceptional female from the community with a scholarship, valued at more than $30,000, designed to help them reach their full potential.

We’re looking for women who demonstrate leadership qualities and aspire to leadership roles, have a track record of hard work and resilience and can be true game changers for our community.

The recipient will demonstrate the potential to make or have made an outstanding contribution to the region – for example, a community organisation, through sport, as a volunteer through a community project such as grassroots or charity organisations, or be an innovator in business, technology, education, science, arts or other industry.

This is about the women investing their time, energy and passion in seeing the Rising West thrive.

The winner of the 2025 Rising Women of Western Sydney Scholarship will receive: 

• A $15,000 cash scholarship
• An internship with the Parramatta Eels in an identified business area that will support the recipient’s continued work within the community, career aspirations or personal development
• A leadership course with the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue valued at $13,000 

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Be aged between 18 and 28 years (as of 1 November 2025)
• Reside, work or study in the Parramatta Local Government Area (LGA) and/or show significant connection to the local community – for example, through sport, volunteering or other community-based activities. 

To apply, you must complete and submit the form below by 9pm on the 31st October 2025.

Applications will be judged by a panel of senior leaders from the Parramatta Eels and City of Parramatta, with finalists invited to complete an interview.

What are you waiting for? Apply now.

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