Joan Penridge Commemorative Award

Application dates

Applications close

26 November 2023

What you'll receive

You'll receive $3,000 cash paid into your nominated bank account. This $3,000 will be paid in two installments, one in first semester and the other in second semester.

Eligibility

How to apply

Applications for the 2024 Dr Joan Penridge Commemorative Award have now closed. Applications will reopen in mid-2024 for the 2025 scholarship program.

You must complete the application form and include a written submission. In your written submission you must:

1. briefly discuss how this award will enable you to achieve in your Bachelor of Nursing studies and remove financial barriers from your course journey. (200 words max.)
2. Summarise the most significant academic, work and/or life experiences that have contributed to your personal and/or professional development over the last 3 – 5 years. You may include any experiences relevant to your university life, employment/work experience or community involvement. (200 words max.)

The selection panel will assess your ability to articulate relevant and thoughtful responses. Written tasks should be carefully proofread prior to submission and not exceed 200 words each (400 words total).

Complete your online application.

If you have any questions, please contact health.engage@qut.edu.au with the subject line: Joan Penridge Commemorative Award application.

What happens next?

Applications submitted for the November 2023 closing date are eligible to receive the scholarship in the 2024 academic year.

We expect to interview shortlisted applicants in early February 2024.

Conditions

You must:

• remain enrolled full-time
• maintain a passing GPA in all your units
• write to the Head, School of Nursing, QUT, at the completion of each semester outlining your academic progress

If you're working while you're studying, your paid employment can't interfere with your study program. If your study performance suffers because of your paid work, we may terminate this award.

The award is provided principally for educational purposes.

We've deemed the scholarship to be tax exempt, but the Australian Taxation Office will make the final decision.

Terms and conditions for Joan Penridge Commemorative Award (PDF file; 220.8 KB)

About the scholarship

Dr Joan Penridge was a founding member of QUT's School of Nursing when it was established at the former QIT in 1978. Her outstanding commitment as a staff member in the School and the university continued until her untimely death from cancer in 1994. Throughout her academic career, Joan made an enormous contribution to the development of nursing education in Queensland, particularly the transition of undergraduate nursing to the higher education sector.

Joan believed passionately in the importance of education for nurses. Both inside and outside the university, her work was strongly underpinned by her unwavering vision of nursing as both an academic and a practice discipline. For her, the importance of theory and practice working synergistically together could not be underestimated and she worked tirelessly toward the goal of producing theoretically sound and clinically competent nurses. Joan inspired all those who had the good fortune to work with her, and her persistence, tenacity and commitment to the achievement of her vision have left an enduring legacy which continues today.

As part of the School of Nursing's twenty years celebrations in 1998, it was decided to raise funds to establish an endowment fund to be used to support a scholarship to honour Dr Joan Penridge and to help prospective nursing students. Interest earned from the fund is used to finance the Joan Penridge Commemorative Award each year.