Gough Family Scholarship for Medical Education
This scholarship will open on 17 May 2025.
- 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 $4,500
- Number awarded
- Up to 2
- Applications open
- 17 May 2025
- Applications close
- 6 June 2025
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
- academic achievement in courses undertaken to date in the Doctor of Medicine
- 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.
About this scholarship
Established in 2019 by Professor Ian Gough AM and Dr Ruth Gough under the Create Change Scholarship Match Initiative and maintained by income generated from the endowment fund. Both Professor Gough and Dr Gough are UQ Medical Program graduates, and their daughters, Jenny and Helen, are also UQ graduates. Professor Ian Gough is a former Royal Australasian College of Surgeons President and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his significant service to medicine as a clinician, to education as an academic, researcher and author, and through medical advisory roles. Dr Ruth Gough is a former psychiatrist who taught and mentored many UQ graduates.