Halim Family Women in STEM Scholarship
This scholarship will open in September 2025.
- Enrolment status
- Future UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Study area
- Computer science and IT, Engineering, Science and mathematics
- Scholarship focus
- Diversity, Financial hardship
- Scholarship value
- May vary
- 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 a commencing student in a bachelor program with a significant component of STEM;
- 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;
- you have been awarded a UQ Link Scholarship; and
- you are a female student.
How to apply
Applications are now open.
You'll need:
- your QTAC application number or UQ student number
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status (if applicable)
- a personal statement
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.
This scholarship will be awarded to female applicant/s who are enrolled in:
- either a designated program in STEM, or
- a program with a STEM major.
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
This scholarship was established in 2020 by Frank and Swan Halim under the Create Change Scholarship match initiative.