Ford Memorial Prize
This scholarship will open in October 2025.
- Enrolment status
- Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic, International
- Study level
- Undergraduate, Honours
- Study area
- Arts, humanities and social sciences
- Scholarship focus
- Academic excellence, Creative excellence
- Scholarship value
- At least $500
- Scholarship duration
- 1 year
- Number awarded
- 1
- Applications open
- October 2025
- Applications close
- December 2025
Eligibility
Any undergraduate student at UQ is eligible to enter the competition.
How to apply
Apply online via the link.
You will need to provide:
- personal details
- a poem to submit to the competition
Selection criteria
The prize will be awarded to the best poem as determined by the prize examiners.
What happens next
We’ll email you to let you know when we've received your application. If you have not received an email within 2 days of applying, email us at scholarships@hass.uq.edu.au.
If you’re considered eligible, we’ll forward your application to a selection panel to review.
If you’re successful, we will notify you in writing.
About this scholarship
Founded in 1916 by a gift of $200 from the Queensland United Licensed Victuallers’ Association in memory of Lieutenant S. K. Ford and Corporal T. W. Ford, brothers, both of whom lost their lives in the defence of the Empire.