The Beyond the Range Professional Experience Grant supports preservice teachers to experience teaching, living and exploring rural and remote communities across Queensland.

The financial support provided by the grant enables you to find out if teaching and living in a rural or remote community is the right fit for you, while being supported to complete your professional experience placement in a Queensland state school.

A one-off grant payment of up to $5,000 for eligible placements.

This includes:

• 15 to 19 consecutive school days  -  $3,375
• 20 to 24 consecutive school days  -  $4,500
• 25 to 35 consecutive school days  -  $4,700
• 40 or more consecutive school days  -  $5,000

Grants can be used to assist with:

• travel, meals and accommodation
• teaching resources and work attire
• incidental cost like, stationery.

To be eligible to apply for this grant you must:

• be completing the third or fourth year of an accredited undergraduate initial teacher education (ITE) program External link, or a postgraduate ITE program
• be undertaking a compulsory professional experience placement that is a minimum of 15 consecutive school days
• be commencing a placement in a Queensland state school that:

• has a transfer rating of TR4-TR7
• is at least 2 hours travel (each way) from your current home address to the state school, and
• is located in 1 of the following priority geographic regions:

• Central Queensland
• Darling Downs South West
• Far North Queensland
• North Queensland
• North Coast - only selected state schools in this region are eligible for this grant.

Access our regional and school maps External link to find our which schools are located in each region.

• Phone: 07 3055 2862
• Email: scholarships@qed.qld.gov.au