Support for educationally disadvantaged and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students

The Chancellor’s Scholarships are for undergraduate students with compounding educational disadvantage that may impact their ability to commence and complete their degree and for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students to achieve their full potential.

There are multiple scholarship opportunities available within the suite of Chancellor's Scholarships.

Key points

Targeted to

Students facing educational disadvantage, or who are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

Value

From $3,000 to $5,000

Level of study

Undergraduate

Applications due

Trimester 1 2024

(Round 3)

4pm Monday 29 January 2024

Trimester 1 2024

(Round 4)

4pm Monday 19 February 2024

Trimester 1 2024

(Round 5)

4pm Monday 18 March 2024

Scholarship 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 (commencing and continuing students)
  • 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
  • be in good academic standing (continuing students only)
  • demonstrate educational disadvantage based on a comprehensive assessment by the University
  • not be a current recipient of a Chancellor's Accommodation, Chancellor’s Education, Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation or Indigenous Commonwealth Education Scholarship.

Applicants in receipt of Centrelink Relocation Grants may be ineligible for the regional or remote payment under this scholarship.

You can apply for Chancellor's Scholarships via our scholarship application process.  To be considered early, complete a QTAC EAS application.

Application information

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

Study details

  • Tertiary education history
  • Secondary education history
  • Program preferences
  • Relocation within Australia

Personal background

  • Income and expenditure
  • Scholarships
  • Circumstances

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

Priority will be given to students who:

  • are first-year commencing undergraduate students
  • are not in receipt of any other scholarship funding (excludes Vice Chancellor’s Academic Achievement Scholarship)
  • are not in receipt of any other Commonwealth-funded scholarship, such as the Relocation Grant, and in accordance with any Commonwealth legislation (relates to scholarships funded by ISSP )
  • either demonstrate the potential or the proven ability for successful academic progression
  • have been awarded previously.

Value

The maximum base value is $3,000, payable in instalments. Instalments of $375 per 10 Credit Points are payable for each enrolled trimester that conditions are met, up to the maximum value of the scholarship.

To ensure students with the highest needs are supported, eligible students may receive additional funding of $1,000 ($125 per 10 credit points) for each of the following:

  • are from a regional or remote area within Australia#
  • are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (Confirmation of Heritage may be requested).

#The University is guided by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Areas (ASGC Remoteness Areas) in determining the regional and remote status.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students who do not receive an educational disadvantage assessment rank may receive the base value scholarship but will be required to provide Confirmation of Heritage (a Letter of Confirmation is usually obtained from an incorporated Indigenous organisation and stamped with their common seal).

Payment

Payments are made directly to the recipients' nominated bank account up to six weeks after the census date of each trimester, subject to satisfying scholarship terms and conditions. Instalments are based on enrolled credit points for the trimester, up to the maximum value.

Please note, payments made whilst studying part-time may be taxable.

Early payment

To ease the financial burden of students with expenses at the beginning of the trimester, students who have accepted their scholarship offer and are enrolled for the upcoming trimester three weeks before Orientation week will receive an early payment of $500 from their scholarship, prior to orientation.

Sponsor details

These scholarships are funded by Griffith University together with the Commonwealth Government’s Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) and Indigenous Student Success Program (ISSP) schemes.

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

  • enrolled in an undergraduate degree at Griffith University
  • in good academic standing (GPA 3.5 or above).

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.

A scholarship recipient may take leave of absence in accordance with University procedure. Scholarship benefits are suspended for the period of leave of absence or deferment. A scholarship recipient who is not enrolled and is not on an approved leave of absence will lose their scholarship. A recipient who is excluded from study under any University procedure will lose their scholarship.

Recipients:

  • may be invited to meet with donors and feature in marketing materials to promote the scholarship
  • must accept their admission offer from Griffith University (commencing students)
  • must accept the scholarship offer, made via email, by the date indicated on the offer, and may be required to provide additional documentation to support their application
  • who are on approved cross-institutional study continue to remain eligible for scholarship benefits, and are required to provide documentation to prove cross-institutional study and academic load
  • who withdraw from their studies in two consecutive trimesters will not be eligible to receive a scholarship payment in the subsequent trimester.

Applications must be completed and submitted by the closing date.

Offers will be made to your nominated email address.

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

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

For students who received a Chancellor’s Scholarship prior to 2024, all details—including the value and duration of your scholarship—remain unchanged and are detailed in the acceptance confirmation email sent to you.

The following terms and conditions apply:

  • Awarding of a Chancellor's Scholarship is dependent on acceptance of an admission offer at Griffith University.
  • A scholarship recipient must accept the scholarship by the date indicated on the letter of offer, or the scholarship offer may be withdrawn and directed to another applicant.
  • To receive and retain the Chancellor's Scholarship benefit, recipients must remain enrolled at Griffith University in an undergraduate degree (recipients who withdraw after census may have their scholarship suspended or terminated).
  • To retain a Chancellor's Scholarship, recipients must remain in good academic standing. A student excluded from study under any University procedure will lose their scholarship.
  • A Chancellor's Scholarship recipient must continue to meet the requirements of the scholarship each year.
  • Where the duration of the Chancellor's Scholarship benefit has not exceeded the maximum period, the scholarship’s recipient may use the balance of the scholarship for a bachelor degree with honours.
  • A Chancellor's Scholarship recipient may take leave of absence in accordance with University Enrolment Procedure. Scholarship benefits are suspended for the period of leave of absence. A Chancellor's Scholarship recipient who is not enrolled and is not on an approved leave of absence loses their scholarship.
  • Chancellor's Scholarship recipients who are on approved cross-institutional study continue to remain eligible for scholarship benefits; however, recipients are required to provide documentation to prove cross-institutional study and academic load. Scholarship recipients undertaking approved cross-institutional study through Open Universities Australia and who remain active as a Griffith student continue to remain eligible for scholarship benefits; however, recipients will be required to provide documentation to prove Open Universities Australia study and academic load (OUA Non-Award courses are not eligible).

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.

Early offers

Chancellor’s Scholarships may be awarded early based on QTAC preference and EAS financial hardship data for commencing students who have Griffith University as preference 1 or 2.  Early offers will be awarded at the base scholarship rate of $3,000.

Early offer rounds will be assessed on the last Friday of September, October, and November 2023.

Submitted scholarship applications will also be assessed against the standard eligibility and selection criteria at this time.

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