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UQ Pekol Family Scholarship 2025

The Scholarship was established in 2020 and is maintained by an endowed gift from the Pekol Family under the Create Change Scholarship Match and Dow Chemical Challenge to encourage and support outstanding students in an Approved Program at UQ, through financial support and Membership with the Liveris Academy.

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Benefits

$10,800 per year.

Requirements

You're eligible if you:

  • are a domestic student
  • are enrolled or intend to enrol full-time in the first year of your program
  • can demonstrate financial hardship 
  • are female
  • will complete year 12 in the two-year period prior to the year of award
  • do not hold another scholarship that the Director considers to be similar.

Selection Process

The University of Queensland will consider:

  • demonstrated financial hardship
  • academic achievement
  • leadership achievement, community service and/or engagement
  • alignment with the graduate attributes of the Liveris Academy
  • willingness to participate and contribute to co-curricular activities at UQ and through the Liveris Academy
  • any other matter the selection committee considers relevant for your future academic success.

Application Documents

You'll need to prepare:

  • a cover letter
  • your resume
  • responses to 2 provided questions
  • a copy of your reports from Year 11, Semester 2 and Year 12, Semester 1 or, if you are a current student, your most recent studies report, and
  • a 1-minute video in response to a provided question. 

Application Deadline

August 25, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to The University of Queensland on studenthub.uq.edu.au to apply

The University of Queensland will acknowledge your application by email. If you have not received an email within 2 days of applying, email [email protected]

For more information, kindly visit The University of Queensland scholarship webpage.

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