Scholarships in Australia(Burnett Livestock and Realty Scholarship)

Study in Australia
Closing Date: 27/09/2013
Value: $3000
Contact: science.enquiries@uq.edu.au
The scholarship is available to students who identify or have an affinity with the Wide Bay Burnett Region (extending from Eidsvold in the west to Bundaberg and  Maryborough in the east, and from Monto in the north to Kingaroy and Gympie in  the south), and are enrolled in and have completed the first 16 units of one of the following programs:  Bachelor of Agribusiness; Bachelor of Agribusiness/Bachelor of Applied Science; Bachelor of Agricultural Science; Bachelor of Applied Science with an extended major in Rural Management; or the Bachelor of Applied Science with a major in Regional and Rural Business Management.
A selection committee must rank the eligible applicants consecutively in order of merit, based on, for each applicant:
the standard of the applicant’s academic achievement in courses undertaken in a relevant program; and
the extent to which the applicant identifies, or has an affinity, with the Wide Bay Burnett Region; and
the applicant’s personal qualities, including leadership potential; and
any other matter that the selection committee considers to be relevant to the applicant’s future professional success.

The recipient of a scholarship holds the scholarship for a year, subject to the recipient, during that time:
continuing to be a domestic student within the meaning of the Fee Rules; and
continuing to be enrolled full-time in a relevant program; and
passing all courses that the recipient undertakes; and
not holding another scholarship that the Executive Dean considers to be similar.

Value of the Scholarship is: $3,000. Submit applications, using the Gatton Scholarship Application Form, to the Gatton Student Centre.  Applications close 31 August annually.

This scholarship was established in 2010 and is maintained by a gift from Burnett Livestock Realty.  Website:  http://www.burnettlr.com.au/scholarship.htm