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Study Support Grant - 2025

In 2025, UniSQ will offer a number of Study Support Grants to support students commencing or continuing their studies in an undergraduate program.

The Study Support Grant provides financial support for students to navigate the costs of university study. UniSQ students from low-income households are encouraged to apply.

Consideration will be given to applicants from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, and applicants from a rural town or remote/very remote community within Australia.

The grant will open for applications in Study Periods 1, 2 and 3 2025 (e.g., Trimesters 1, 2 and 3 2025)

If you are relying on a grant to purchase study resources, you may consider applying for an interest free Student Financial Loans. Please refer to the Student Financial Support for guidance.

There are a limited number of grants available in 2025.

Value

Each grant will have a maximum value of $3000 to be paid in one instalment.

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 (e.g., Trimester 1 2025)
    • continuing students - have a current Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 4.0
  • be enrolled in a minimum of one study unit in the study period of application
  • meet at least one of the following criteria*:
    • have an annual household income which demonstrates low socio-economic circumstances and financial need; or
    • be from a rural town, or remote community within Australia; or
    • identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person of Australia.

*Preference will be given to applicants who meet more than one of the above criteria.

For further details, please view the Grant Award Conditions.

Applicants must:

  • provide evidence of your personal and/or family’s financial circumstances which may include:
    • Centrelink Income Support Statement indicating a regular payment; or
    • Proof of income (Australian Taxation Office Notice of Assessment for the most recent financial year and payslips covering the most recent two months)
    • Concession, Healthcare and Medicare card/s

*If you are financially dependent on your family/guardian, you will need to provide proof of family/guardian income.

If applicable, provide evidence:

  • to show you have a permanent address in, or have relocated to study from a large, medium or small rural town, or remote/very remote community within Australia according to the Modified Monash Model 2019 Classification - refer Health Workforce Locator map
  • to verify your identity as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person of Australia.
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.
Tuesday 28 January 2025 at 11:59pm (AEST)

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.