Ron Clarke Brighter Futures Scholarship

You can apply for this scholarship via our application process.

Application information

To be considered for this scholarship, you must complete the following sections within the application.

Study details

• Secondary education history
• Program preferences
• Program details (continuing students only).

Achievements

• Leadership and community: Indicate if you are or have been a member of either The Clontarf Foundation or The Stars Foundation.
• Sports participation: Are you an elite athlete? Which sport?

Personal background

• Income and expenditure
• Circumstances.

Statements

• Personal statements: In 500 words or less, describe your career goals, community involvement and how you'd benefit from this scholarship.
• Supporting documentation: Please upload the following,:
  • sporting CV: A comprehensive date-ordered list (showing 2022 first in the list and going backwards, that is, 2021, 2020, 2019) of your sporting achievements, including times and placing/ranking
  • Confirmation of Heritage—optional if held. A letter of confirmation is usually obtained from an incorporated Indigenous organisation and stamped with their Common Seal.

  Please upload the following formats only: PDF, Word, JPEG or Excel. We cannot guarantee other formats will be accepted.

Shortlist information

Assessment is made based on the following five categories:

• financial hardship
• home environment and responsibilities
• English language difficulty
• personal illness and disability
• educational disruption.

Applicants may be requested to attend an interview.

Value

The scholarship is valued at $11,000. Payments of $5,500 are made in Trimesters 1 and 2, provided conditions are met, up to maximum value of the scholarship (pro-rata payments for part-time study).

Payment

Payments are made up to six weeks after the census date, subject to the recipient satisfying scholarship terms and conditions.

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

• remain enrolled at Griffith as a full-time student in an approved program at census date with a minimum GPA of 4.0
• maintain an elite level in their chosen Commonwealth Games sport, evidenced by submitting a sporting performance report biannually
• remain a member of the Griffith Sports College.

Should the scholarship recipient request part-time enrolment due to increased training for and performance in the Olympics or Commonwealth Games, payment will be paid at 50% of the full value per trimester if approved.

A scholarship recipient may take leave of absence in accordance with University policy. 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.

The recipient may be invited to meet with the donor and feature in marketing materials to promote the scholarship

The above conditions are verified each trimester at census date. If a scholarship recipient fails to successfully meet these conditions, it is at the discretion of the Scholarship Selection Committee to withhold the trimester instalment, or terminate the scholarship. The recipient must show cause to the Scholarships Office why the scholarship should not be cancelled.

Applications, including any supporting documentation, 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.