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Giving to UniSQ

From funding scholarships to supporting our world class research, your support can transform lives.

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Your contribution can drive meaningful change. Choose a cause and make an impact today

Scholarships and student support

Access Excellence Scholarships
Providing support for students in their first year of study at UniSQ. Learn more

Advancing Women Endowment Fund
Supporting the advancement of women in academic fields where women are under-represented.

Education Student Support Fund
Supporting our top education students with the costs of their required in-class practical experience.

Felicity Purcell Fund
Benefitting future nurses from regional, rural and remote backgrounds.

First Nations Scholarship
Supporting First Nations students in their university studies and delivering scholarship support for years to come. 

International Student Endowment Fund
Supporting international students through their studies.

John Cole Scholarship
Supporting a student from Professor Cole’s home region of the South Burnett with their continuing studies.

Law Scholarships
Supporting Law and Justice students with their studies. 

McGregor College Scholarship
Helping a new UniSQ student take their place at McGregor College.

Nursing Clinical Placement Bursaries
Supporting more of our students along their path to a nursing career. Learn more.

Scholarship Endowment Fund
UniSQ's general scholarship fund for students who deserve additional support to study.

Student Placements
Assisting with the costs of placements, including transport, childcare, and living expenses.

Surveying Student Support Fund
Supporting surveying students with travel, study costs, and equipment.

Veterans Scholarship
Supporting veterans with their transition to civilian life through support for their studies.

 

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Prizes

Alan Rixon Prize
Building a sustainable Alan Rixon Prize Endowment Fund.

Keith Willey Prize
Recognising excellence in student journalism. One of the University’s oldest academic prizes, established over 30 years ago, is being revitalised to ensure a 100-year legacy.

Roselynne Anderson Memorial Prize in Special Education
Supporting Special Education students and the legacy of Roselynne Anderson.

The Law Prize
Recognising the best law students at UniSQ. We invite donors with a commitment to excellence to help us create a new, endowed prize to recognise academic excellence in Law. 

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Research

Cancer Research Fund
At UniSQ we are committed to research that creates real and impactful change for your dynamic world. Be inspired by our globally recognised research that delivers innovative solutions to real-world problems. Driving discovery and creating new knowledge is our research cornerstone, and you can help! 

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Art collection

Art Collection Fund
Art and culture are vital to the University’s mission. Your donation to our art collection enables our curator to make timely, strategic art purchases for our collection and continually enrich the University’s cultural fabric

 

Gardens

Gumbi Gumbi Gardens
Help us keep the Gumbi Gumbi Gardens flourishing as a place for reconciliation, healing, learning, and teaching. Make a positive difference by donating to help sustain the garden for our community. 

Japanese Garden
We are constantly enhancing the Japanese Garden at the University. Your contributions help us showcase the gardens at their finest.

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Ways to give

Leave a legacy. There are many ways you can make a difference.

For monetary gifts you can choose between our easy payment options.

Online

Credit card donations can be made through our secure online payment gateway. Choose your cause and make a direct donation

Direct deposit

To make a direct deposit into the University of Southern Queensland’s bank account, please contact UniSQ Giving.

A bequest is a means of leaving a powerful and permanent legacy in your will. It’s a personal decision enabling you to specify where you would like your donation to be made, and what purpose you would like it to be used for. 

A bequest can honour the memory of a loved one, invest in the future of the community through improving education, support critical research and the development of new technology or simply give others a chance to fulfil their learning potential.

We advise talking to your family members and your solicitor about including a bequest to UniSQ in your will. If you would like to update your existing will with a gift to UniSQ, we can provide appropriate wording for a codicil if required.

We are here to help you get started, so please contact UniSQ Giving for more information. 

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Endowment funds support students and the wider goals of the University far into the future. They are a powerful resource connecting our University of today with the University of tomorrow. Endowments offer a smart and sustainable way to students through special awards like scholarships and prizes in perpetuity.

Endowment funds operate through annual returns on investment. The gift principal remains in the fund return on investment provides support for scholarships and prizes for students on an annual basis.

Major gifts

Please contact us to discuss major gifts to establish a new endowment fund or build up an existing fund. We also welcome discussions about naming opportunities and the University’s special endowment gift matching program. 

Making a donation

Anyone in Australia or overseas can donate to endowment funds at UniSQ. Donations greater than $2 may be tax deductible for anyone subject to Australian Taxation Law.

Whether been some time since you studied with us, or you are a recent graduate, you will forever be a part of the University of Southern Queensland as an Alumnus.

Your support can make a difference to the lives of future students, help boost influential research or shape the learning environments of the future. 

Many students will follow in your footsteps, but there will be those who might need that bit of extra help to get to where you are now.

Choose your cause and donate today

UniSQ staff can give the gift of opportunity with easy, affordable and tax effective donations via payroll deduction. A payroll deduction enables you to donate money directly through your pay - you can choose to donate fortnightly, or make one-off donations and you can easily increase and decrease the amount you wish to contribute at any time. 

A summary of your payroll deduction donations is automatically recorded on your PAYG payment summary, issued in July each year, for inclusion in your tax return. Gifts of $2 or more are tax deductible.

100% of your donation goes directly to students and is gratefully acknowledged – you don’t have to make a big donation to make a big difference.

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Impact of giving

Discover how support enables groundbreaking research and be inspired by the stories of those whose lives have been transformed through the generosity of the UniSQ community.

Awards and prizes

Explore the generous donations from donors who recognise and reward outstanding academic achievement through awards and prizes.

Contact us

Be part of the next chapter of giving to UniSQ. Get in touch with UniSQ Advancement for more information about giving.

Email

Send us an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
giving@unisq.edu.au

Call us

Phone: +61 7 3470 4427

Postal address

University of Southern Queensland
West Street
Toowoomba, Queensland, 4350 Australia
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