The W. H. And H. W. Harris Bursary
This scholarship will open in November 2025.
- Enrolment status
- Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Study area
- All study areas
- Scholarship focus
- Academic excellence
- Scholarship value
- May vary
- Scholarship duration
- Up to 3 years
- Number awarded
- 1
- Applications open
- November 2025
- Applications close
- December 2025
Eligibility
You're eligible to apply for the 2025 award if you:
- are a female student
- completed at least 14 units in 2025 and achieved the highest results in the year
- attended a Queensland high school in the year previous to the year of the scholarship (2024).
How to apply
Currently not open for applications
You will also need to include supporting documentation that demonstrates your eligibility, such as:
- high school or tertiary education academic results
- current UQ academic transcript/studies report
- documentation to evidence lineal descent of someone eligible for membership with Australian War Widows Queensland (if applicable).
Email your application to scholarships@uq.edu.au.
Use our tips for putting together a great application to help you through this process.
Selection criteria
We'll consider:
- academic performance.
Preference will be given to a lineal descendant of a person eligible to be accepted as a member of the War Widows Guild, Australia, Queensland Branch.
About this scholarship
Originally established as the W.H. and H.W. Harris Scholarship in 1969 by a bequest of $6000 from Mrs Bessie Florence Harris in memory of her late husband William Henry Harris, a former Headmaster of the Manly and East Brisbane State Schools, who served in both World Wars, and their only child Hector William, who was lost on active service in 1947.