GWQ SC shall donate funds each year to support one female on (or previously on) a humanitarian visa.

Graduate Women Queensland Inc Sunshine Coast Branch (GWQ SC) aim to promote the advancement of women through education and provide significant and long-standing support for UniSC students through a range of bursaries.

Student recipients will receive the bursary funds as a lump sum following enrolment checks after Census date in the relevant semester.

Please note: This bursary is offered on a yearly basis through funds provided by an external donor. If funding is not available in any given year, the bursary will not be awarded.

Eligibility

• female student enrolled at UniSC Sunshine Coast campus in any undergraduate program
• full-time or part-time students (minimum 50% enrolment load)
• minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.0
• successful completion of minimum 24 units
• current holder or previous holder of one of the following Australian visas:
• • Permanent Humanitarian Visa
  • Protection Visa (subclass 866)
  • Refugee Visa (subclass 200, 201, 203, 204)
  • Global Special Humanitarian Visa (subclass 202)
  • Resolution of Status Visa (subclass 851)

Selection criteria

• financial need
• hours worked in paid employment or commitment to activities that impact on the time available for the student to study (e.g. compulsory fieldwork placement, significant carer responsibilities)
• academic merit

Eligible programs

All undergraduate programs

Number available

1

Value

A$2,000