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St John's College Doug Porter Health Sciences Residential Scholarship

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Enrolment status: Future UQ student, Current UQ student
Student type: Domestic
Study level: Undergraduate
Study level: Health and medicine
Scholarship focus: Accommodation, Financial hardship, Rural or remote
Scholarship value: $9,000 (subject to the annual distribution from the relevant fund and may be more or less in some years) towards accommodation fees
Scholarship duration: 1 year
Number awarded: 1
Applications open: August 2025

Eligibility:

You're eligible if:

  • you are a domestic student in accordance with the University’s Fee Policy;
  • you are enrolled full-time in an Approved Program; 
  • you are a resident at St John’s College;
  • you can demonstrate financial hardship by providing documentary evidence; and
  • you are studying in the field of health sciences.

 

Selection criteria:

Preference will be given to applicants who are from a Regional, Rural or Remote Area.

About this scholarship:

Established in 2022 by St John’s College and a group of peers of Doug Porter, under the Create Change Scholarship Match Initiative. The annual distributions of the endowment support a student experiencing financial hardship with the cost of residential fees at St John’s College.