Scholarship details
What you'll receive
You'll receive:
- a scholarship valued at $7,500 per year for up to four years, paid in instalments of $3,750 each semester.
Eligibility
You must be one of:
- a permanent resident of Australia
- an Australian citizen (or dual citizen)
- a permanent humanitarian visa holder
- a New Zealand citizen.
You must also be:
- from a regional or remote area in Queensland or the Northern Territory
- from a low-income background
- experiencing financial hardship
- enrolled full time in or applying for an undergraduate course and intending to study full time.
How to apply
Complete an application to the Equity Scholarships Scheme.
What happens next?
All applications are assessed against selection criteria. We allocate scholarships based on need. Students with the greatest need will receive the highest value scholarships.
About the scholarship
The Tim Fairfax AC Regional and Remote Learning Potential Fund Scholarships are for low-income students from regional and remote areas in Queensland and the Northern Territory who are studying or who want to study an undergraduate degree. They have been established by Mr Tim Fairfax AC as a tribute to rural and regional education. These scholarships are intended to be offered as 32 individual named scholarships in perpetuity through the QUT Learning Potential Fund. The scholarships encourage disadvantaged and low-income students from regional and remote areas in Queensland and the Northern Territory to study an undergraduate degree in the faculty of their choice at QUT.
Contact us
Equity Scholarships Team
Get in touch with us to provide feedback on this page.
- Phone
- 3138 5582
- Int. phone
- +61 7 3138 5582
- equityscholarships@qut.edu.au
- Location
- Level 6, F Block
- Room 610
- Kelvin Grove
- Postal address
- QUT Equity Scholarships
- Victoria Park Rd
- Kelvin Grove QLD 4059