Prizes and Awards are sponsored by a number of different donors to the university. Their generosity provides support to students and acknowledges high academic achievement.
Occasionally a Prize or Award may be withdrawn where funding has not been confirmed in time for the Awards selection date. USC therefore reserves the right to amend or withdraw any of the following individual Prizes and Awards.
BDO Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in ACC321 Auditing and Professional Practice
Value: A$500
Big Kart Track Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in TSM102 Introduction to Tourism, Leisure and Events
Value: A$1,000
CPA Australia Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving first-year Accounting student
Value: A$500
CPA Australia Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving second-year Accounting student
Value: CPA Australia Professional level segments (Ethics and Governance) at A$1,240
CPA Australia Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving third-year graduating Accounting student
Value: CPA Australia Professional level segments (Ethics and Governance) at A$1,240
Drew Stephenson Chartered Accountants Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in ACC106 Accounting Principles who is enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and is studying at USC Fraser Coast
Value: A$500
Evolve Accounting and Advice Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in ENT221 New Venture Growth and Innovation
Value: A$1,000
Holmans Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in ACC311 Taxation Law and Practice
Value: A$500
Innovation Centre Sunshine Coast Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in ENT211 igniting Entrepreneurial Talent
Value: A$500
Institute of Public Accountants Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in ACC310 Management Accounting
Value: Graduate Associate Membership and two full-day professional development seminars (valued at A$1,000)
Love and Partners Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in ACC106 Accounting Principles
Value: A$750
Minor Hotels Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in TSM313 Technology and Innovation in Tourism, Leisure and Events
Value: A$500
Anita Pitcher Memorial Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in MKG211 Services Marketing
Value: A$500
Sea FM Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in MKG220 Marketing Communication
Value: A$500
Rod Stringer Prize
Awarded to the Highest Achieving Student in TSM211 Tourism, Leisure and Special Interests
Value: A$1,000
Tax Institute Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in ACC320 Contemporary Accounting Issues
Value: Registration to 1 x Webinar Series (9 webinars), valued at A$1,089
More information
For more information about prizes or donor enquiries please contact Julie Flanagan of the USC Business School.
Email:asure@usc.edu.au
APRA AMCOS Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in MUS203 Advanced Songwriting
Value: A$500
Ronald Siemiginowski Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in MUS301 Performance Mastery
Value: A$500
U3A Frayda Myers Cooper Memorial Prize
Established in 2014 in memory of Mrs Frayda Myers Cooper, the founder of U3A Sunshine Coast Branch. Awarded to the highest achieving student in EGL205 Imagined Homelands
Value: A$1,000
More information
For more information about prizes or donor enquiries please contact the School of Creative Industries.
Email: SoCCIAdmin@usc.edu.au
Fraser Coast Anglican College Education Prize
Established in 2016. Awarded in Semester 2 each year to the highest achieving second or third year undergraduate Bachelor of Education student studying at the USC Fraser Coast Campus
Value: A$500
Occupational Therapy Australia QLD Division Diligence Award
To the undergraduate student who has made the most significant progress in the development of professional character and ability in the third and fourth years of the USC program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Occupational Therapy. In making the recommendation, consideration shall be given to the student's diligence in all aspects of her/his undergraduate activities including participation in activities outside the normal scope of the formal program of study towards the degree, service in student affairs, as well as the student's academic record and performance in clinical practice.
Occupational Therapy Australia QLD Division Undergraduate Academic Award
To the undergraduate student who has achieved the highest academic standard overall, as measured by cumulative grade point average in her/his studies, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Occupational Therapy at USC.
Occupational Therapy Australia QLD Division Undergraduate Research Award
To the undergraduate student who has achieved the highest mark in research courses.
Occupational Therapy Australia QLD Division Postgraduate Student Award
To the postgraduate student who has made significant progress during the previous year in her/his professional and scholarly development. In making the recommendation, consideration will be given to engagement and accomplishment in postgraduate activities such as publications, conference and seminar presentations, 3 Minute Thesis performance, and/or contributions to communities of practice.
Occupational Therapy Award for Professionalism and Collegiality
To the undergraduate student who has consistently shown her/himself to be professional and collegial in her/his behaviour towards students and staff whilst studying towards the degree of Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Hons) at USC.
USC Co-op Voucher
Awarded to a student in recognition of academic excellence in Introduction to Behavioural Health PUB104
Value: A$250 book voucher
Argon Law Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in LAW203 Contracts A and LAW204 Contracts B (overall combined academic results)
Value: A$1,000
Garland Waddington Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in LAW302 Equity and Trusts
Value: A$500
Garland Waddington Solicitors Property Law Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in LAW205 Property A and LAW206 Property B (overall combined academic results)
Value: A$750
McCullough Robertson Law Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in LAW303 Corporations Law
Value: A$800 + one week of work experience in McCullough Robertson Lawyers' Brisbane office.
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in LAW202 Torts B
Value: A$500 + a paid work experience placement for 7 days with Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.
Sajen Legal Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in BUS203 Business Law and Ethics
Value: A$1,000
Slater and Gordon Lawyers Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in ACC220 Law of Business Associations
Value: A$750
Slater and Gordon Lawyers Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in LAW201 Torts A
Value: A$750
Sunshine Coast Law Association - Justin Crosby Memorial Law Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in LAW103 Criminal Law and Procedure A
Value: A$500
Sunshine Coast Law Association - Justin Crosby Memorial Law Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in LAW104 Criminal Law and Procedure B
Value: A$500
More Information
For more information about prizes or donor enquiries please contact the School of Law and Criminology.
Email: KFletche@usc.edu.au
Centaur Joy Croker Silver Medal
Awarded in Semester 2 each year by the Centaur Memorial Fund for Nurses to outstanding Nursing students from several universities across Queensland. Certificate and medal awarded to the student gaining the highest grade point average in the final year of an undergraduate Nursing Degree
Value: Silver medal
E S Sabey Mosel Prize
Established in 2009. Awarded in Semester 2 each year to a nursing student who has completed 12 courses (50 percent) at USC and demonstrated academic growth through progressive GPA improvement; demonstrated the ethos of nursing in clinical practice and service to nursing and/or the community
Value: A$1,000
Inner Wheel and Rotary Club of Hervey Bay City Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in NUR111 Practice Foundations
Value: A$500
Jennifer Carter Geography Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving first-year student in GEO100 Changing Planet Earth
Value: A$500
Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving graduating student in the Geography Major
Value: A medallion and a one year membership to the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland
Sunshine Coast Council Prize
Awarded to the highest achieving student in ENP211 Planning and Environmental Law
Value: A$500
Sunshine Coast Council Cultural Heritage Prizes
Awarded to the highest achieving students in HIS200 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts - one prize for a student who is enrolled in the Bachelor of Urban Design and Town Planning (Honours) and one prize for a student enrolled in any other Bachelor's program
Value: A$500 (for each prize)
More Information
For more information about prizes or donor enquiries please contact the School of Social Sciences.
Email: SoSSAdmin@usc.edu.au
Adam Reilly and Covey Engineering Prize
Prize awarded to the highest achieving student in ENG211 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics based on Semester 1 results
Value: A$500
Australian Steel Institute - Undergraduate Design Award
Awarded in Semester 2 each year for excellence in the third year of Bachelor of Engineering program, for Steel Structures and Structural Steel Design
Value: A$200 Technical Book Voucher and Certificate from the Australian Steel Institute
Friends of Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens Research Bursary
Awarded in Semester 1 each year for students undertaking honours or postgraduate study in the discipline of Science or Environmental Science.
Value: $2.500
Jill Chamberlain Environmental Science Prize
Established in 2010. Awarded in Semester 2 each year to two third-year students with the highest achievement in environmental science disciplines
Value: A$1,000
L.E.W. Mosel Prize in Engineering
Awarded to students who have performed well in their second year of Engineering and who have demonstrated creativity, original thought and critical analysis in academic work and projects
Value: A$1,000
Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia Prize
This prize shall be awarded to the highest achieving student in CIV451 Concrete Structures and Technology
Value: A$500
Wildlife Preservation Society of Qld Prize
Awarded to a student who has performed well in the second year of the Bachelor Environmental Science program, in ENS222 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
Value: A$500
More Information
For more information about prizes or donor enquiries please contact the School of Science and Engineering.
Email: asure@usc.edu.au