Drs Donald and Isobel Perry-Keene Family Scholarship
This scholarship will open on 16 July 2026.
- Enrolment status
- Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic
- Study level
- Postgraduate coursework
- Study area
- Health and medicine
- Scholarship focus
- Financial hardship
- Scholarship value
- At least $9,000, but limited to the annual income from the fund.
- Scholarship duration
- 1 year
- Number awarded
- 1
- Applications open
- 16 July 2026
- Applications close
- 6 August 2026
This scholarship is part of the Medical Student Financial Aid Scholarships Scheme.
See all scholarships in this scheme.
Eligibility
You're eligibile if you:
- are enrolled full-time in the Doctor of Medicine
- are a domestic student
- can demonstrate financial hardship
- do not hold another scholarship the Dean considers similar.
How to apply
Apply using the application form in Student Hub (student login required).
You'll need to provide a personal statement (of no more than 250 words) outlining:
- your background and circumstances
- your financial need
- your attempts to mitigate or overcome your difficulties.
Use our tips for putting together a great application to help you through this process.
Selection criteria
We'll consider:
- demonstrated financial need
- strength of your personal statement demonstrating how the scholarship will assist the completion of the Doctor of Medicine
- any other matter the selection committee considers relevant to your future success in your study.
Where all other considerations are equal, preference will be given to:
- applicants from the Bundaberg/Wide Bay area.
About this scholarship
Established in 2020 by Drs Donald and the late Isobel Perry-Keene through their generosity and belief in supporting others. Both are UQ Class of 1966 medical school graduates who have a long history of caring for Queenslanders. Don was one of Brisbane’s first endocrinologists, and Isobel was an accomplished anaesthetist. Both Don and Isobel came from humble beginnings in rural country Queensland to study medicine at UQ in Brisbane where they met and fell in love. The couple’s three children, Susan, Joanna and James, all UQ graduates, endorse this gift as a way to honour and carry on their parents' names and legacies.