The Premier's Anzac Prize

Students

The Premier's Anzac Prize is a unique, life-changing opportunity for all Queensland high school students to engage with the Anzac tradition first-hand and explore how the Anzac legacy relates to modern Australian life.

Prize recipients build their knowledge and understanding of the Anzac spirit and its relevance to modern Australian and global contexts. In preparation for the overseas trip, recipients are supported in the development of research skills and preparation of commemorations of their chosen service people. They work with their local communities and engage in fundraising projects. All their research comes to life over the 2-week tour to Europe.

Discover this year's program and view activities undertaken by the 2025 prize recipients.

Find out about the achievements of the 2024 Premier's Anzac Prize recipients.

Chaperones

Teacher chaperones are also recipients of the prize and have the opportunity to enhance their intercultural awareness, global competency and knowledge of Australian and world history.

The learnings are taken back into their classrooms to make a positive difference to the quality of teaching and learning in Queensland schools. Chaperones also support the students throughout the program and on tour.

Prize inclusions

• Return domestic flights to and from Brisbane
• Return international flights
• 3-day Brisbane research workshop (January)
• 2-week European tour (April)
• GoSafe travel insurance
• Hotel accommodation (shared rooming arrangements)
• Most meals
• All local travel, tours and entries fees
• Tickets to the Anzac Day Dawn Service near Villers-Bretonneux
• Visas if required
  

Eligibility

Eligibility requirements for students

Applicants must be:

• a full-time Year 8–11 student (at time of application) in a Queensland high school (state or non-state)
• an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or a New Zealand citizen residing in Australia
• Year 8–11 students (as per their year level recorded in the Home Education Unit database, based on their age) registered for home schooling in Queensland.

Eligibility requirements for chaperones

Applicants must be:

• a fully registered teacher at a Queensland school (state or non-state)
• permanently employed at the time of application and program delivery
  
• an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or a New Zealand citizen residing in Australia.

Application

Applications open in April 2025 for travel in the following year.

Key dates

Online information sessions—why you should apply for the 2026 Premier's Anzac Prize:

• 3.30–4.15pm Tuesday 11 March 2025—Microsoft Teams information session
• 3.30–4.15pm Thursday 13 March 2025—Microsoft Teams information session
• 3.30–4.15pm Tuesday 27 May 2025—Microsoft Teams information session
• 3.30-4.15pm Tuesday 29 May 2025—Microsoft Teams information session

Event and travel dates:

• Young Historians Workshop—January 2026 (dates to be confirmed)
• Premier's Anzac Prize tour—mid April 2026 (dates to be confirmed)

Contact us

Global Engagement
Department of Education International
Email: premiersanzacprize@qed.qld.gov.au​​​