Posthumous Award

Conferral of awards posthumously or on the basis of permanent incapacity

This form allows staff members to request the conferral of an award under the circumstances outlined below.

The University may confer an award on a student before completion of the requirements of that award in the following circumstances:

the death of the student; or
sustaining an injury or contracting an illness that renders the student permanently incapacitated and precludes completion of their studies; and
the request for conferral of the award is made by a staff member of the University, with either the consent of the individual or the family, on the Request for Conferral of Award Form.

Requests will be reviewed by either the Dean (Learning and Teaching) or the Dean, Griffith Graduate Research School (unless the request is made by the Dean themselves). The request may then be forwarded with a recommendation for conferral of the award to the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education) or the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research).

The Griffith Graduate Research School manages the conferral of HDR requests, and the Graduations office manages conferral of coursework requests.

Please review section 3.1.6 of the Graduations Procedure for full details before completing the form below.

Request for Conferral of Award Form

Student details

Student ID (if known)

First name (required)

Middle name/s

Last name (required)

Form completed by (full name) (required)

Form completed by (email address) (required)

Award details

Program (required)

Award to be conferred (required)

Undergraduate
Postgraduate
HDR

Criteria for conferral (required) Please select which of the following applies:

Undergraduate/Postgraduate: The student was enrolled in a coursework program at the time of their permanent incapacity or death, and had satisfactorily (GPA of 3.5) completed at least two thirds of the program in which they had enrolled
HDR: The candidate was enrolled in a higher degree by research at the time of their permanent incapacity or death, and had completed sufficient documentation in the form of data and publications that the degree would have been satisfied if the candidate had been in a position to continue their work
None of the above (please refer to exceptional circumstances)

Exceptional circumstances

If the student/candidate does not meet the above criteria for conferral but there are exceptional circumstances to be considered, please provide any supporting comments or details of any exceptional circumstances that may warrant conferral outside the criteria in Section 3.1.6 of the Graduations Procedure. (Final endorsement will be required from the Vice Chancellor).

OR if the student/candidate does not meet the above criteria for conferral and there are no exceptional circumstances, please request for a non-award certificate to be awarded in recognition of the student’s achievements in the field below.

Please attach any supporting documents:

Family/next of kin

First name (required)

Last name (required)

Relationship to student (required)

Contact number (required)

Has the family initiated this request? (required)

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