The following scholarships and prizes require students to apply to take part in a performance or composition competition. Please see the individual scholarship page for more information about how to apply: competition dates may change as the year progresses.
Semester 1, 2025 competitions
- Burnett William Wendorff Memorial Prize for Classical Piano - applications now due 28 April
- Ethel Osborn Prize - applications now due 28 April
- Percy Brier Memorial Prize in Composition - applications now due 28 April
- Richard Pollett Prize - applications now due 28 April
- 2025 UQ Concerto Competition
Semester 2, 2025 competitions
Submission deadline for all semester 2 prizes now extended to Tuesday 9 September 5pm.
- Isolde Schaupp Memorial Prize for Percussion
- Margaret Nickson Prize for Voice and Piano and Accompanists' Guild of Queensland Piano Accompaniment Prize
- O’Brien Family Prize for Wind and Brass
- Sleath String Performance Prize and Accompanists' Guild of Queensland Piano Accompaniment Prize
- 4MBS Musica Viva Sid Page Memorial Prize in Chamber Music