OakView Financial Planning Scholarship

You can apply for this scholarship via our scholarship application process.

Application information

We use the following sections of the application to consider you for this scholarship:

Study details

• Program
• Relocation within Australia

Personal background

• Income and expenditure - Are you applying for a financial hardship scholarship?
• Scholarships
• Circumstances

Statements

To give yourself the best chance, we recommend you complete both personal statements.

• Personal statement: In 500 words or less, cover your career goals, community involvement and how this scholarship would benefit you.
• Challenges statement: In 250 words or less, cover challenges you've faced or overcome.

Application assessment

Information provided by individuals in their Griffith online scholarship application is assessed and ranked in accordance with the following Educational Disadvantage Assessment categories:

1. Financial Hardship
2. Home Environment and Responsibilities
3. English Language Difficulty
4. Personal Illness and Disability
5. Educational Disruption
6. Relocation within Australia

Value

Maximum value is $5,000. Instalments of $2,500 are payable in trimester 1 and 2, provided conditions are met.

Separate from this scholarship, the successful recipient will also have the opportunity to apply for the OakView Financial Pty Ltd work experience or vacation placement program.

Payment

Payments are made up to six weeks after the census date, subject to maintaining ongoing terms and conditions.

To remain eligible for the scholarship, you will be required to:

• remain full-time enrolled at Griffith University in the approved Griffith Business School undergraduate program with a Financial Planning major
• maintain a GPA of 4.5 or above.

Requests for leave of absence may be considered in line with Griffith University procedure.

The above conditions are verified each trimester at census date. If a scholarship recipient fails to successfully meet these conditions, scholarship payments may be withheld, or the scholarship may be terminated. The recipient must show cause to the Scholarships Office why the scholarship should not be cancelled.

Recipients may be invited to meet with the donor and feature in marketing materials to promote the Scholarship.

Applications must be completed and submitted by the closing date.

Offers are made via email.

Applicants may be shortlisted and be required to provide additional information.

Griffith University reserves the right to withdraw an advertised scholarship at any time.