Au Family Scholarship
This scholarship will open soon.
- Enrolment status
- Future UQ student, Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic, International
- Study level
- Undergraduate, Honours, Postgraduate coursework, Postgraduate research (HDR)
- Study area
- All study areas
- Scholarship focus
- Financial hardship
- Scholarship value
- $6,300 but limited to the annual distribution from the fund and may be more or less in some years
- Scholarship duration
- 1 year
- Number awarded
- 1
- Applications open
- December 2025
- Applications close
- March 2026
Eligibility
You're eligible if you:
- are enrolled in any program at UQ in the year of the award; and
- can demonstrate financial hardship by providing documentary evidence.
How to apply
Applications for Semester 1, 2026 will open in December.
You'll need evidence of your financial circumstances, such as:
- a Centrelink Statement showing the benefit type(s), the date it was granted and the payment rate(s), and/or
- employment payslips for the past two months (i.e. past 8 weekly payslips/past 4 fortnightly), and/or
- Australian Taxation Office Notice of Assessment for the most recent financial year.
Selection criteria
We'll consider evidence of financial hardship.
Preference will be given to applicants who have:
- a usual place of residence or a past place of residence in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand or Vietnam; or
- a migrant family background.
What happens next
We'll email you to confirm we've received your application.
If you haven’t received your confirmation email within 2 working days of submitting your application, contact us at scholarships@uq.edu.au.
About this scholarship
Established in 2025 through an absolute gift from the Au Family.