This scholarship was established in 2020 by the Alumni Friends Society under the Create Change Scholarship match initiative.
Selection criteria
Preference may be given to (in order of preference):
students who are an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
students from a rural, regional or remote background
students who are the first in their family to attend university
QTAC applicants who have demonstrated other forms of educational disadvantage in their QTAC application.
Eligibility
You’re eligible if you:
are a domestic student
are enrolling as a commencing student in any bachelor program at UQ in semester 1 in the year of the scholarship
have not completed any prior tertiary study at bachelor level or higher.
can demonstrate significant financial disadvantage through achieving the maximum points for the ‘Financial Hardship’ category of QTAC’s Educational Access Scheme
have been awarded a UQ Link Scholarship
have not received another scholarship awarded on the basis of financial hardship at The University of Queensland, with the exception of a UQ Link Scholarship