Fundraiser launched for surveying scholarships

A campaign has been launched to raise funds for two surveying and spatial scholarships at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ).

Announcing the campaign launch at the recent Geospatial Council of Australia (GCA) Queensland Conference, Phillip Pozzi, Chair of the ISAQ Bicentennial Education Foundation, said there has never been a more urgent need to help students enter the profession and to build the skills it so badly needs.

Pozzi said that with students struggling to pay their way through university because of the high cost of living, sky high rent and work pressures, a hand up was desperately needed.

He said the Foundation had in its two years of operation established the endowed Clem Jones and Geoff Wright Foundation in partnership with the Clem Jones Foundation and the Springfield City Group. The two scholarship holders pictured above are currently enjoying their studies at UniSQ.

Additionally, the Foundation has awarded three Honours Year Research Bursaries to help students with expenses related to their final year projects, and $8,000 has been donated to the Student Support Fund at UniSQ.

However, to continue to fund scholarships and bursaries, the Foundation is seeking the support of the surveying and spatial community. It’s directors are excited by the challenge of raising $100,000 by August next year, which will go towards establishing two more endowed scholarships.

All gifts to the Foundation are tax-deductible.

Information on how to donate can be found on the Foundation’s website or by emailing admin@isaqbef.org.au.

In related news, applications for the Clem Jones and Geoff Wright Scholarship for 2025 are now open, but applicants must be quick! The closing date is 18 November 2024.