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Placement and Residential School Bursaries - 2025

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

With limited funding available, the allocation process for these bursaries is competitive. Therefore, meeting the minimum eligibility criteria does not guarantee a bursary. Applications are assessed based on the advertised criteria and awarded depending on the funds available for the respective study period.

Applications for the bursaries will be open in Trimesters 1, 2 and 3 2025.

Eligible students are encouraged to apply for both the Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) (available in May 2025) and this Placement/Clinical Placement Bursary offered by the University of Southern Queensland. 

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 commencing or continuing their studies at UniSQ in an undergraduate program in the study period of application:
    • continuing students must have a current Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 4.0
  • be enrolled in a course with a compulsory placement or residential school in the study period of application (e.g., Trimester 2 2025)
  • have a low-to-middle annual household income.

*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 continuing their studies 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
  • be enrolled in a course with a compulsory placement in the study period of application (e.g., Trimester 2 2025)
  • attend a placement located more than 80 km from their term-time address
  • have a low-to-middle annual household income.
*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. Students receiving the Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) will have this payment considered as part of their financial circumstances.

Please Note: If an applicant holds other UniSQ awarded scholarships, this may be taken into consideration in selection. There are some scholarships that cannot be held together. 

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 2 2025

  • Open: Monday 14 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.