Undergraduate Indigenous Scholarship

Student type:

• Future domestic undergraduate students

Eligibility:

• Of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent
• Academic performance

Study type:

• Undergraduate

Faculty/area:

• Science and Engineering

Open date: 26 October 2012

Closing date: 25 February 2013

You must:

• be an Indigneous Australian
• provide Confirmation of Aboriginality to QUT's Oodgeroo Unit. If you need assistance to obtain your Confirmation of Aboriginality, please contact the Oodgeroo Unit
• commence an undergraduate coursework degree (does not include Honours) at QUT for the first time in Semester 1, 2013.

You'll receive:

• payment of your tuition fees for Semesters 1 and 2 in 2013
• a $500 study stipend in Semester 1, 2013.

We recommend you apply by email. If you are unable to email your application, you can apply in person.

You must:

• apply for entry into an eligible course at QUT for Semester 1, 2013
• complete the application form:
  • application form as a PDF (PDF file, 116.26 KB)
  • application form as a Word Document (DOC file, 103 KB)
• complete your answers to the relevant questions (these should be typed)
• sign the declaration
• attach your supporting documents.

We will not consider your application if you do not answer all questions in the correct format.

Please do not submit originals documents as we will be unable to return these.

Apply by email

Email your application with the subject: 'Undergraduate Indigenous Scholarship' to the Science and Engineering Scholarships Officer.

Apply in person

Mark your application: ‘Private and Confidential’ Attention: ‘Undergraduate Indigenous Scholarship’ and bring your application to the Science and Engineering Scholarships Officer.

We'll assess your application based on your:

• high school results
• reference letter
• goals and achievements as described in your application
• community involvement
  

You will be informed of the outcome of your application by mid to late March 2013.

You must:

• maintain an enrolment of at least 36 credit points each semester
• maintain a maximum of 96 credit points overall during the scholarship year
• achieve a grade of 4 or above for all units in the first semester to retain the scholarship for the second semester
• continue your second semester studies directly after the first semester

You can't:

• defer you enrolment
• normally hold more than one academic scholarships at QUT through this scholarship period
  

Your scholarship may also be terminated if you:

• don't carry out your study competently or diligently
• behave in a manner that warrants disciplinary action
• discontinue from the prescribed course or transfer to another course.