Roger Trundle Memorial Scholarship
- Enrolment status
- Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Study area
- Engineering
- Scholarship focus
- Academic excellence, Financial hardship, Rural or remote
- Scholarship value
- $15,000 per year
- Scholarship duration
- up to 2 years
- Number awarded
- 1
- Applications open
- 6 July 2024
- Applications close
- 4 August 2024
Eligibility
You're eligible if you:
- are a domestic student
- can provide documentary evidence of financial and/or educational disadvantage and/or geographic isolation and/or cultural disadvantage
- are enrolled full-time in
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/ Master of Engineering
- or a dual engineering program
- have completed at least 12 units but not more than 34 units towards your program in the relevant field (civil engineering)
- do not hold another scholarship that the Head of School considers to be similar.
How to apply
In the UQ application portal:
You will need to provide:
- a cover letter
- a resume
- a copy of your studies report from mySI-net
- evidence of financial hardship
- a couple of short-answer written submissions.
Use our tips for putting together a great application to help you through this process.
Selection criteria
We'll consider:
- academic achievement
- educational disadvantage experienced because of financial circumstances, geographic isolation and/or cultural disadvantage
- personal qualities, including leadership potential
- your personal statement
- any other matter that the selection committee considers to be relevant to your future success in the civil engineering profession.
What happens next
If you're shortlisted, we will contact you to arrange an interview. We will also email you the outcome of your application.
About this scholarship
The Roger Trundle Memorial Scholarship was established in 2015 and maintained by an endowed gift from Marjorie Trundle, Jennifer Trundle and Matthew Trundle in memory of the late Roger Trundle [BE Civil 1977].