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Placement and Residential School Bursaries - 2025

In 2025, UniSQ will offer a number of bursaries to support undergraduate students attending placements and residential schools.

Funding for the Placement and Residential School Bursaries is limited. Meeting the minimum eligibility criteria does not guarantee that the application Bursary will be awarded. Bursaries will be awarded until the funding allocation for each study period is exhausted. 

Value

The bursary value will range from $250 to $1000 and will be paid in one instalment as follows:

  • 41 to 80 hours: $250
  • 81 to 120 hours: $500
  • 121 to 160 hours: $750
  • 161 hours and over: $1000

*Students attending one or more residential schools are eligible to apply and will receive a single payment of $250 if successful. 

Placement Bursary and Residential School Bursary applicants must:

  • be a domestic student currently residing in Australia
  • be enrolled at UniSQ in an undergraduate program with a compulsory placement or residential school in the study period of application
    • continuing students - have a current Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 4.0
  • have an annual household income that demonstrates low socio-economic circumstances and financial need.

*Surveying students are not eligible for the Residential School Bursary. Please refer to the Surveying Residential School Bursary. 

Clinical Placement Bursary applicants must:

  • be a domestic student currently residing in Australia, or an international on-campus student
  • be enrolled at UniSQ in the Bachelor of Nursing, or Bachelor of Midwifery (Graduate Entry) in the study period of application
  • have, as at the bursary closing date:
    • a minimum of 8 study units (or equivalent exemptions) completed and credited towards the Bachelor of Nursing; or
    • a minimum of 4 study units (or equivalent exemptions) completed and credited towards the Bachelor of Midwifery (Graduate Entry) 
    • a current Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 4.0
  • attend a placement located more than 80 km from their term-time address
  • have an annual household income that demonstrates low socio-economic circumstances and financial need.
*Domestic students who do not meet the minimum study unit or distance requirements will be considered for the Placement Bursary.
 
For further details, please view the Bursary Award Conditions.

Applicants must:

  • provide their InPlace details as evidence of their placement and confirmation that the placement dates fall within the current bursary time frame
  • provide confirmation of their residential school
  • provide evidence of their financial circumstances. 

*Applicants must not receive remuneration from the placement agency/site, nor be supported by another rural or remote clinical placement scholarship.

Application must be made via the UniSQ Scholarships Online Application Management System.

If you require assistance in completing your application please download the Scholarship Online Application Manual.

Application Period 1 2025

  • Open: Monday 16 December 2024 - Close: Monday 3 March 2025
  • Placement/residential school must commence:  20 January 2025 to 25 May 2025

Application Period 2 2025

  • Open: Monday 7 April 2025 - Close: Monday 16 June 2025
  • Placement/residential school must commence:  26 May 2025 to 7 September 2025

Application Period 3 2025

  • Open: Monday 28 July 2025 - Close: Monday 29 September 2025
  • Placement/residential school must commence:  8 September 2025 to 21 January 2026

University of Southern Queensland
Phone:  1800 269 500
Email:  study@unisq.edu.au

UniSQ reserves the right to alter the conditions of the scholarship/bursary based upon exceptional circumstances.  UniSQ reserves the right to not award the scholarship/bursary in a given year.