Au Family Scholarship
This scholarship will open in August 2025.
- 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
- At least $6,300
- Scholarship duration
- 1 year
- Number awarded
- Up to two
- Applications open
- August 2025
- Applications close
- September 2025
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
Apply using the online application form.
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 in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand or Vietnam.
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.