Ignition Bursary

To be eligible for the bursary, students must meet the following core criteria, regardless of the activity they are undertaking.

Students must:

• be currently enrolled in a UniSQ program
• be enrolled in at least one course at the time of application 
• be enrolled in at least one course at the time the activity will take place
• be in satisfactory academic standing, and not be in stage 2 or 3 under the Student Academic Progress Procedure 
• agree to meet the UniSQ Student General Conduct Policy at all times while participating in a supported activity.
  • students who fail to adhere to the General Conduct Policy, may forfeit their bursary payment. This will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• agree to provide feedback on their experience through the approved UniSQ feedback survey.
  • this is to inform reporting which is a requirement of the funding provided by the Australian Government. It will also be used to inform future activities and planning.
• meet any other criteria, unique to and set out by the program/activity which is being applied for.
• understand that all insurances and other costs outside of the approved bursary activity, must be covered by each student according to their individual needs. This is not the responsibility of UniSQ.

Students will be ineligible if they:

• do not meet all the eligibility criteria set out above
• are graduating or are deferring their studies for the period the activity is taking place
• are undertaking the activity after Friday 31 October 2025
• do not lodge their reimbursement claim within 14 working days of completion of their event/activity.

Applications are assessed in accordance with the set guidelines and at the discretion of the Industry Projects Team. All decisions are final.