Scholarships and Prizes
The Faculty of Medicine's role in preparing the next generation of medical professionals is greatly assisted through the ongoing support and generosity of our alumni and patrons. Their bequests and heartfelt donations toward over 70 scholarships and prizes for UQ Faculty of Medicine students rewards and supports our brightest and most deserving students.
For further information please contact the Scholarship and Awards Coordinator at med.prizes@uq.edu.au.
| Award name | Eligible cohort | Basis for award |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Van Tran and Min Ha Tran Indigenous Health Education Bursary | All Faculty | To support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to gain access to opportunities that enhance their education in health disciplines. |
| Dr Gordon Colditz Memorial Scholarship | All Faculty | To support Faculty of Medicine students in financial need who are first in their immediate family to attend university and/or who are of Australian Indigenous or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or who are of Pacific Islander descent. |
| Randall Silcock Bursary | MD 3-4 | To support students studying Medicine by providing funding for students to present their research at a scientific conference. |
| Royal College of Pathologists Australia (RCPA) Scholarships | MD 1-4 | Two scholarships are available: the first for an MD student and the second for an Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander or Maori Medical Student who submit the best application outlining a project in pathology. |
| William Nathaniel Robertson Scholarship | HDR intermitting/concurrent | To enable a student to undertake a research project as part of the requirements for the MD-MPhil or MD-PhD programs. |
| Douglas H.K. Lee Family Scholarships | HDR intermitting/concurrent | To enable a student to undertake a research project toward the degrees of MD-MPhil or MD-PhD. |
| Siggins Miller Scholarship | MD 1 | Awarded to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student based on financial need in the second semester of the year of award. |
| Pomfrey Medical Trust Scholarship | MD 1-4 | Awarded to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student based on financial need in the second semester of the year of award. |
| MD 1-4 | Awarded to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student based on financial need in the second semester of the year of award. | |
Bev Rowbotham Doctors on Boards Company Directors Course Scholarship | MD 1-4 | The scholarship will cover the cost of the Company Directors Course offered by the Australian Institute for Company Directors (AICD). |
Medical Students Financial Aid Scholarships
The Financial Aid Scholarships were established in 2020 and are comprised of nine named Scholarships, which aim to provide financial support to students studying at the Faculty of Medicine.
Named Scholarship | Eligible cohort | Basis for award |
MD 1 | To support medical students who can demonstrate financial need and academic achievement in courses undertaken to date in the Doctor of Medicine. | |
MD 1 | To support medical students who can demonstrate financial need and academic achievement in courses undertaken to date in the Doctor of Medicine. | |
| Emmerson Family Medical Scholarship | MD 1 | To support medical students who can demonstrate financial need and academic achievement in courses undertaken to date in the Doctor of Medicine. |
MD 1-4 | To support medical students who demonstrate an interest in surgery, in particular orthopaedic surgery, and who can demonstrate financial need. | |
MD 1-4 | To support domestic medical students who can demonstrate financial need and academic achievement in courses undertaken to date in the Doctor of Medicine. | |
MD 1-4 | To support medical students who can demonstrate financial need and are in good academic standing. | |
MD 1-4 | To support medical students who can demonstrate financial need, with a preference for the scholarship to be awarded to a female applicant. | |
MD 1-4 | To support medical students who can demonstrate financial need. | |
MD 1-4 | To support domestic medical students who can demonstrate financial need and academic achievement in courses undertaken to date in the Doctor of Medicine. | |
MD 1-4 | To support domestic medical students who can demonstrate financial need, with a preference for the scholarship to be awarded to an applicant from the Bundaberg/Wide Bay area. |
| Award name | Eligible cohort | Basis for award |
|---|---|---|
| Rural Doctors Association of Queensland Prize | MD 4 | Best applicant interested in a career in rural medicine. |
| Ralph Doherty Prize | MD 4 | Best applicant on the basis of demonstrated significant all-round contribution to the community, achievement in academic research contribution and personal qualities, including leadership potential. |
| Catherine Thorp-Cramb Prize in Doctors' Mental Health | MD 3-4 | Best essay on the topic of Doctors’ mental health. |
| Eric W Peet Memorial Prize in Medical Ethics | MD 4 | Best essay on medical ethics. |
| Charles Ferdinand Marks and Elizabeth Gray Marks Prize | HDR intermitting/concurrent | Best applicant on the basis of academic record, feasibility and expected benefits of research project. |
| The Pfizer Prize | MD 3 | Best critical appraisal of published material on a topic in the field of pharmacology and therapeutics. |
| Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM) Prize | MD 3 | Best essay on a topic related to occupational health. |
| Harold Plant Memorial Prize | MD 4 | Best applicant on the basis of academic, sporting, and character attributes. |
| Dr Paul Stuart McCarthy Prize | MD 4 | Best applicant on the basis of integrity, UQMS participation, community service, and sport or adventure. |
| Karl Kessler Memorial Prize | MD 1-4 | Best essay outlining experience while undertaking an elective in infectious diseases. |
| Sum, Wing and Leong Fong Prize in Radiology | MD 3-4 | Highest scoring radiology-related research presentation |
| Award name | Eligible cohort | Basis for award |
|---|---|---|
| John Wienholt Memorial Prize | MD 1 | Highest aggregated mark in the first attempt of MEDI7111 and MEDI7112 |
| Dr Konrad Hirschfeld CBE Prize | MD 1 | Highest aggregated results in Clinical Practice 1 and 2 |
| Alumni Friends of UQ Medicine Prize | MD 1 | Highest aggregated results for Health, Society and Research course over Semesters 1 and 2 |
| Alumni Friends of UQ Indigenous Medicine Prize | MD 1 | Highest aggregated results for first year MD courses who are of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent |
| McGraw-Hill Book Prize | MD 2 | Highest scores in the second year examinations |
| Alexander and Elizabeth Raff Memorial Scholarship | MD 2 | Highest score in year 2 exams |
| Jean and Joyce Stobo Memorial Prize | MD 2 | Highest Year 2 marks in the examinations for female student |
| Dr Marjorie Patel Prize in General Practice | MD 3 | Highest examination results and Tutor/Preceptor feedback in GP rotation |
| Charles Mitford Lilley Memorial Prize | MD 3 | Greatest merit in the surgery rotation. (Not in receipt of another Surgery prize) |
| H.J Windsor Prize | MD 3 | Best perfomance in Year 3 surgery examinations |
| Herbert John Wilkinson Memorial Prize in Anatomy | MD 3 | Best perfomance in Year 3 surgery rotation |
| The John Bostock Prize in Psychiatry | MD 3 | Best perfomance in Year 3 mental health rotation |
| Neville G Sutton Prize in Surgery | MD 3 | Best perfomance in Year 3 surgery rotation |
| RACGP Ben Adsett Memorial Prize | MD 3 | Best perfomance in GP rotation |
| Raymond James Memorial Prize | MD 3 | Best perfomance in Year 3 mental health rotation |
| Dr Mark Skinner Prize | MD 3 | Highest GPA in Year 3 for a student who has undertaken a rotation at Greenslopes Clinical school |
| David AF Morgan Prize for Academic Improvement | MD 3 | Most significant improvement between end of year GPA in year 1 to year 3 |
| Dr Magdalene Brodie Memorial Prize | MD 3-4 | The top two students in the Paediatrics & Child Health clinical rotation, based on academic achievement |
| Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Prize | MD 4 | Best performance in anaesthetics |
| Australian Medical Association Memorial Prize | MD 4 | Highest GPA in Years 3 and 4 of the program |
| Dr Elaine Katte Prize in Medicine | MD 4 | Highest overall marks for the 4 years of the program |
| Elsie Butler Wilkinson Memorial Prize in Child Health | MD 4 | Highest mark in the paediatrics and child health rotation. |
| Elsie Butler Wilkinson Memorial Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology | MD 4 | Highest mark in the obstetrics and gynaecology rotation. |
| John F Dunkley Memorial Prize | MD 4 | Best results in obstetrics, gynaecology and neonatology |
| John Rendle-Short Prize in Child Health | MD 4 | Best results in paediatrics & child health |
| Lilian Cooper Prize | MD 4 | Highest overall achievement (GPA) for the 4 years of the program. |
| The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Women’s Health Prize | MD 4 | Highest mark in the obstetrics and gynaecology rotation (not in receipt of another O&G prize) |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand college of Ophthalmologists Prize | MD 4 | Best perfomanace in Y4 ophthalmology |
| William Nathaniel Robertson Prize | MD 4 | Highest mark in year 4 OSCE |
| Dr Michael Reading Memorial Prize | MD 4 | Highest mark in the paediatrics and child health rotation |
| Dr Helen Row - Zonta Memorial Prize | MD 4 | Highest combined marks in the Paediatrics and Mental Health rotations |
| Dr Morris Lewin Prize | MD4 | Best performing student in the Obstetrics/Gynaecology course who comes from a rural/regional area and has completed their Obstetrics/Gynaecology placement in a rural/regional area. |
| Peters Family Medical Prize | MD4 | Students from a rural background with the highest achievement in the MD program. |
External scholarships are also available from public and private donors. For any queries and full criteria, please visit the website or contact the provider directly as UQ does not administer these scholarships.
- Dr Jonathan Herald Orthopaedic Scholarship Program
- Open to medical students
- Value: $5,000
- Applications open 12pm Monday August 15, 2022
UQ Rural Clinical School 2022 UCAT ANZ Bursary Program (UQBP)
UQ Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) is pleased to provide Year 12 high school students attending an eligible high-school within the UQRCS geographical area who have registered or are planning to register to sit the UCAT ANZ Test in 2022, and who meet ALL UQBP eligibility criteria with the opportunity to apply for a UCAT Bursary. The UQBP provides regional, rural and remote high-school students with the means to undertake UCAT ANZ at one of the seven designated Pearson VUE Testing Centres, thus removing the geographical and accessibility barriers that these students face. This offer involves a $300 Bursary which assists covering transport and overnight accommodation costs.
Applications close Friday 24 June 2022 at 5:00pm AEST. To apply for the UQBP, please email UCAT2022@uq.edu.au to ensure you meet the eligibility criteria, and request the Application Form and Program Terms and Conditions.