Griffith College acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land in Australia and respects all First Nations peoples in the Countries in which we operate. We recognise and respect the continuing living cultures of First Nations peoples. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Artwork created by Marcia McGuire, a proud Whadjuk, Ballardong and Yamatji Aboriginal woman.
This scholarship has been established for Trimester 1 2025, to support an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student to undertake their diploma of choice and enable the pursuit of their dream degree and career.
This is an non-academic, merit-based scholarship.
Applicants must submit a scholarship application form (included below). The application will include a personal statement addressing the following (maximum 300 words each category):
Applicants who are shortlisted may be required to provide additional information / documentation to show evidence of eligibility, or to verify information provided in their application. They may be required to attend an interview with the Scholarship Selection Committee.
Applications must be completed and submitted by the closing date.
The scholarship recipient must:
The value of this scholarship is $10,000. The sum of $1,250 will be deducted from the tuition fee of each of the eight (8) courses in your diploma program.
Subject to the recipient satisfying scholarship terms and conditions, they will be notified at the time when results are released for the completed trimester, the scholarship value to be awarded for the next trimester.
If a course needs to be repeated due to failure, any further scholarship value cannot be used towards the tuition fee for a re-enrolment in that course.
Students will be sent information about a payment plan or FEE-HELP to cover the tuition fees where the scholarship value is less than the total tuition fee for each trimester.
The scholarship recipient may take a leave of absence after their first trimester in accordance with College Withdrawal, Deferral and Leave of Absence Policy. Scholarship benefits are suspended for the any period of leave of absence and will resume once the student returns to full-time study, subject to maintaining the other ongoing scholarship terms and conditions.
The above conditions are verified each trimester at census date. If a scholarship recipient fails to successfully meet these conditions, the scholarship may be terminated.
The scholarship recipient will be required to provide a testimonial about their study experience for marketing purposes.
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