UQ LGBTQIA+ Bursary
This scholarship will open in December 2025.
- Enrolment status
- Future UQ student, Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic, International
- Study level
- Undergraduate, Honours, Postgraduate coursework, Postgraduate research (HDR)
- Study area
- All study areas
- Scholarship focus
- Diversity
- Scholarship value
- Limited to the distribution value
- Scholarship duration
- 1 year
- Number awarded
- May vary
- Applications open
- December 2025
- Applications close
- March 2026
Eligibility
You're eligible if you:
- identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ communities
- can demonstrate commitment to the LGBTQIA+ communities
- can demonstrate financial hardship
- are enrolled or have accepted an offer to enrol as a full-time student in a program at The University of Queensland at the time you apply
- have not previously received the scholarship
How to apply
Currently not open for applications.
You will also need to include supporting documentation that demonstrates your eligibility, such as:
- references to support commitment to LGBTQIA+ communities
- most recent Centrelink Allowance Statement (Youth Allowance, ABSTUDY etc)
- Australian Taxation Office Assessment Notice, for the previous financial year, and/or evidence of income from other sources
- current academic transcript/studies report, secondary studies results
- any other evidence you feel supports your application.
Use our tips for putting together a great application to help you through this process.
Selection criteria
We'll consider:
- evidence of identifying as a member of the LGBTQIA+ communities
- academic achievement
- demonstrated financial hardship
- demonstrated commitment to the LGBTQIA+ communities
- any other matter that the selection committee considers relevant.
About this scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2013 and maintained by gifts from donors including UQ staff, alumni and friends.