The LGBTQIA+ Shaping Futures Scholarship hopes to support a student who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and who is managing study alongside personal circumstances.
Table of Content
Summary
Subscribe for Scholarship Alert!
Benefits
The scholarship provides a benefit of $5000 to be paid as a lump sum.
Requirements
- Be enrolled in any year of an undergraduate degree program at the University of Newcastle.
- Be intending to study on a full-time basis (minimum 60 units per year).
- Demonstrate academic progress by the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) or equivalent required for entry for commencing students, or a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.0 for continuing students (evidence not required for current UON students).
- Demonstrate the impact of educational disadvantage such as carer and sole parent responsibilities, financial hardship, long-term medical condition, a disability, the ongoing effects of abuse, regional/remote disadvantage,
- applicant attributes such as being an Indigenous Australian, having a Refugee background, or placement with an Out-of-Home Care provider.
- Identify as LGBTQIA+
- Be an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident (including holders of a permanent humanitarian visa and New Zealand citizens with permanent residency).
Selection Process
Selection will be based on assessment of the scholarship application and any required supporting documents. Applications will be ranked against the criteria and offers made to the applicants who best meet the eligibility criteria.
Application Deadline
February 8, 2026How To Apply
For more information, kindly visit University of Newcastle scholarship webpage.
