Skip to menu Skip to content Skip to footer
Banner only

Ailsa and Professor Ross Hawker Scholarship

Aspire Scholarship Program

This scholarship will open in September 2025.

Add reminder to calendar

Enrolment status
Future UQ student
Student type
Domestic
Study level
Undergraduate
Study area
All study areas
Scholarship focus
Financial hardship
Scholarship value
At least $4,500
Scholarship duration
1 year
Number awarded
1
Applications open
September 2025
Applications close
February 2026

This scholarship is part of the Aspire Scholarship Program. You only need to submit 1 application to be considered for all of the scholarships you're eligible for in this program.

See all scholarships in this program.

Eligibility

You’re eligible if:

  • you are a domestic student in accordance with the University’s Student Fees Policy;
  • you are enrolling as a commencing student in any bachelor program at UQ in semester 1 in the year of the scholarship;
  • you have not completed any prior tertiary study at bachelor level or higher;
  • you can demonstrate significant financial disadvantage through achieving the maximum points for the ‘Financial Hardship’ category of QTAC’s Educational Access Scheme; and
  • you have been awarded a UQ Link Scholarship.

How to apply

Applications are now open.

You'll need:

Your application form and all supporting documentation must be submitted by 11:59pm on the due date.  We can't consider late applications. 

Selection criteria

We'll consider:

  • your documented financial situation and number of dependants; and
  • any other matter that the Selection Committee considers relevant.

Preference may be given to (in order of preference):

  • students who are an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person;
  • students from a refugee, rural, regional or remote background;
  • students who are the first in their family to attend university; or
  • QTAC applicants who have demonstrated other forms of educational disadvantage in their QTAC application.

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

Donated by the Hawker Foundation in honour of Ailsa and Professor Ross Hawker. Professor Hawker led the Department of Physiology at The University of Queensland for 25 years, published more than 50 books, and conducted ground-breaking research after joining The University of Queensland as a lecturer in 1950.

His academic and professional career was only possible through a scholarship in 1938 to Hurlstone Agricultural College in New South Wales. Ailsa Hawker was his lifelong closest friend, companion, proof-reader, and partner in all his research, travel, and artistic pursuits. This Scholarship recognises their contributions to the world and hopes to provide the opportunity for another student to make a difference.

Contact