CQUniversity students who can demonstrate their environmental empathy are encouraged to apply for the Fitzroy Student Bursary, which is now open to students from all disciplines.

The $1100 bursary is open to students residing in the Fitzroy River and Coastal Catchments region, which extends from just north of St Lawrence, west to Gogango and south to Mount Larcom.

L-R Jeff Krause (FRCC Executive Officer), Kristy Byers (CQUni science student and part time FRCC staff member) and Rhys Kellow (FRCC Project Officer) discussing the Fitzroy Student Bursary

This bursary is a partnership between CQUniversity and Fitzroy River and Coastal Catchments Inc (FRCC), to provide encouragement to students who have an interest in ecology and the environment.  The award will be assessed based on an application form, and a 500-1000 word submission outlining what applicants believe are the environmental challenges of their generation, and how they relate to the local region.

Application forms will be available from the University's scholarship page - www.cqu.edu.au/scholarships from the end of October.

* FRCC receives funding from the Fitzroy Basin Association to implement sustainable land management practices within the catchments of the Fitzroy and Coastal Catchments of the Broadsound and Yeppoon regions. The scholarship is designed to create awareness of FRCC's contribution as a non-profit community-based natural resource management group.