QUT is proud to support developing and elite athletes across a wide range of categories by offering sport scholarships annually for both new and existing QUT students. This includes talented sports and esports athletes who are still developing and progressing in their chosen sport through to high-performance level athletes representing Australia at national and international levels.
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Summary
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Benefits
You'll receive a scholarship valued at $5,000, paid over two years.
Requirements
To be considered for a Rising Sport Scholarship, you must:
- be an Australian citizen
- be starting a QUT undergraduate or postgraduate degree for the first time or be a continuing QUT student admitted and enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate degree
- hold a minimum course grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 or above if you are a current student
- be representing either an Australian state or national sporting organisation in a sport recognised by Australian Sports Commission
- submit a sporting curriculum vitae providing an overview of sporting achievements over the past 24 months (including event placing and results)
To be considered for a Rising Sport Scholarship (esports), you must:
- be an Australian citizen
- be starting a QUT undergraduate or postgraduate degree for the first time or be a continuing QUT student admitted and enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate degree
- be a professional player in the game disciplines of League of Legends, Rocket League, motorsport esport, or cycling esport. Applications from other internationally recognised esports game disciplines may be considered
- be a professional player league in an internationally recognised esports game discipline
- provide your account name, scouting link, rank and results from previous tournaments, contested to verify your level of in-game competitiveness
Application Documents
You'll need to verify selection, results and achievement in your sporting CV. You must provide:
- a cover letter telling us about your background, reasons for application and future sporting goals
- an overview of events competed at in reverse chronological order (e.g. 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, etc.) including placing and results
- any placing or ranking information (esports only)
- copies of your team selection letters (on official letterhead)
- references from your state or national sporting organisation (for sports)
- references from professional esports teams (if applicable)
Application Deadline
January 7, 2026How To Apply
Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to
Queensland University of Technology on unihub.qut.edu.au to apply
If you have any questions, contact QUT at [email protected]
For more information, kindly visit QUT scholarship webpage.
