MineGeoTech 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
- Financial hardship, Rural or remote
- Scholarship value
- $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;
- you have been awarded a UQ Link Scholarship;
- you are a resident of an Outer Regional, Remote or Very Remote area in the year prior to commencing studies; and
- you will undertake a program of study that will contain a Significant Component of STEM.
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
Preference will be given to students who (in order of preference):
- can demonstrate that, in the year prior to starting at UQ -
- are a permanent resident of a Remote, Very Remote area; or
- are permanent resident of an Outer Regional Area; AND
- will study 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
Donated by alumnus Dr John Player (through MineGeoTech Pty Ltd) to honour his commitment to advancing the interests of capable students who come from remote and very remote areas who have the desire to study within the engineering, science, technology and mathematics disciplines at UQ.