The Brighter Futures Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students impacted by various types of educational disadvantage, including financial hardship, educational disruption, disability or others, that has impacted their ability to achieve their full potential.
Scholarship
Griffith Brighter Futures Scholarship
Closes:
January 28, 2025
Value:
$5,000 to $40,000 AUD
Offered by
Organisation:
Griffith University
Location:
Queensland
Key Dates
Opens:
August 1, 2024
Closes:
January 28, 2025
Perks
Value:
$5,000 to $40,000 AUD
Number on offer:
No limit
Details:
The maximum value of your scholarship and the trimester instalment amount is dependent on your awarded scholarship type:
- Educational disadvantage (degree-length): $20,000 for a 320 CP degree or $15,000 for a 240 CP degree
- Educational disadvantage (one year/80 credit points): $5,000 for 80 CP (one year of full-time study)
- Inclusive (degree-length): $20,000 for a 320 CP degree or $15,000 for a 240 CP degree
- First Peoples (degree-length): $20,000 for a 320 CP degree or $15,000 for a 240 CP degree
- Permanent Resident (degree-length): $40,000 for a 320 CP degree or $30,000 for a 240 CP degree
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility:
Citizen or Permanent Resident | Current Student | Disability | Financial Hardship | First Nations | Future Student | Neurodiverse | Refugee | Rural and Regional
Study Level:
School Leaver | University
Details:
To be eligible you must:
- be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, permanent humanitarian visa holder or New Zealand citizen
- be a Griffith University undergraduate student (this includes commencing and continuing students)
- demonstrate educational disadvantage based on a comprehensive assessment by the University
- not have completed the requirements for an Australian bachelor award unless such an award is a prerequisite to your undergraduate program of enrolment and there is no alternate pathway into that program
- have a GPA of 4.5 or above (this applies to continuing students only)
- demonstrate sound academic potential by having achieved an ATAR above 85 or equivalent. Griffith may use your Educational Disadvantage Assessment score to adjust your ATAR rank.
- not be in receipt of any other scholarship funding.
Additional eligibility for specific type of scholarship:
- Inclusive type is for commencing students with a disability who are registered with Griffith University Student Disability and Accessibility support services
- Permanent resident type is for commencing students who are permanent residents (CSP eligible) who do not qualify for FEE-HELP
- First Peoples type is for commencing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students. Confirmation of Heritage may be required, such as letter of confirmation obtained from an incorporated Indigenous organisation and stamped with their Common Seal.
Fields of Study
Any
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