Rachael Fontana and Tania Fontana-Marshall Scholarship

In 2024, UniSQ will offer one Rachael Fontana and Tania Fontana-Marshall Scholarship to support a student commencing their studies in a bachelor’s degree program.

The scholarship is in loving memory of Rachael Lee Fontana (1985-2009) and Tania Louise Fontana-Marshall (1982-2011).

Rachael attended UniSQ in 2004 where she studied her degree in a Bachelor of Visual Arts and lived a vibrant life on-campus at Steele Rudd College. From an early age, Rachael’s ambition was to become a cartoonist/artist. Although, she did not complete her degree, her enthusiasm and dedication to art assured that her dream was becoming a reality. Unfortunately, her ambition was destroyed by a tragic accident which claimed her and her unborn child in 2009. Two years after Rachael and Reily’s death in 2006, and the devastation of the family farm for the second time in five years, tragedy took hold of Rachael’s elder sister Tania Louise Fontana-Marshall. Tania was beautiful, intelligent and strived for perfection in her work. Tania studied at St Lucia and became a physiotherapist. She specialised in working with children with disabilities in the Toowoomba region, Darwin and Canberra.

Both Rachel and Tania are remembered for their kindness, generosity and benevolence towards those less fortunate than themselves.

This scholarship reflects the joyous experience University life offered Rachael during her studies at UniSQ in Toowoomba, and Tania’s compassion to help others.

The scholarship will have a maximum value of $4000 to be paid in one instalment.

Applicants must:

be a domestic student currently residing in Australia
be a commencing student
be intending to enrol full-time at UniSQ in a bachelor’s degree program in Study Period 1 2024 (e.g., Trimester 1 2024).

For further details, please view the Scholarship Award Conditions.

Applicants must:

address each personal statement question below (250 words maximum per question):
- what influenced and motivated you to choose your intended study program at UniSQ
- how do you see yourself as a future professional within your field.
provide evidence of academic achievement as directed in the application process:
- high school report card or post-secondary academic history (transcript of results), e.g., school, TAFE etc.
provide evidence of your financial circumstances.

Please Note: If an applicant holds other UniSQ awarded scholarships, this may be taken into consideration in selection. There are some scholarships that cannot be held together.

Application must be made via the UniSQ Scholarships Online Application Management System.

If you require assistance in completing your application please download the Scholarship Online Application Manual.

Monday 20 November 2023 at 11.59pm (AEST)

University of Southern Queensland
Phone: 1800 269 500
Email: study@unisq.edu.au

UniSQ reserves the right to alter the conditions of the scholarship/bursary based upon exceptional circumstances. UniSQ reserves the right to not award the scholarship/bursary in a given year.