Ena Williams Award for Postgraduate Study Overseas (Classical Piano or Classical Violin)

Submit a completed application form plus supporting documents to the Operations Administrator (Room 2.64) or email to c.wharton@griffith.edu.au.

Ena Williams Award for Postgraduate Study Overseas application form

Application conditions

Applications must include the following supporting documents:

• a postgraduate study and career plan
• a budget for overseas study and details of other available funding.

Late applications and applications without supporting documents will not be accepted.

Selection process

• Competitors must complete an application form including a postgraduate study and career plan, a budget for overseas study and details of other available funding.
• Selected applicants will be invited by the judging plan to perform in a public competition. They will be required to play a program of their own choice of between 15–20 minutes showing contrast within the program.
• A judging panel of five comprising two pianists (one external to Griffith and one member of Griffith staff), two violinists (one external to Griffith and one member of Griffith staff) and one person invited by Griffith, who will chair the panel (a trustee of the Trust or their nominee).
• No judge may be the teacher of the student who is competing.
• The winning recipients will be chosen based on their performance and written application. The recipients will be announced immediately following the competition.

Major bursary: $40,000 to be awarded in instalments.

Minor bursary: $5,000.

Sponsored by The Ena Williams Scholarship Fund.

Competition date: Tuesday 7 May 2024

Time: 6.30pm

Venue: Ian Hanger Recital Hall.

Major winner

• The Major award should be paid in two instalments:  one prior to departure to study abroad and the second upon receipt of a satisfactory progress report. The timing will be finalised following consultation with the recipient and as approved by the chair of the judging panel.
• If the winner of the Major Award has not already secured a written offer to study overseas, the judging panel may offer her an initial payment of $5,000 out of the prize money for the Major Award which must be used by the winner to travel to one or more of the institutions nominated in her application for the purpose of audition and preliminary tuition.
• Should the winner of the Major Award be unsuccessful in gaining acceptance to one of the nominated institutions by six months after the competition date, then unless the judging panel unanimously agrees to an extension or other alteration to these conditions, she will forfeit her conditional entitlement to the prize and the remaining part of the Major Award (approx. $35,000) will be offered to the Minor Award winner, on condition that she:

a. gains acceptance to one of her nominated institutions by the date which is 6 months after the re-offer date

b. commences her overseas study within 18 months of the re-offer date.

If the competition runner up has not already received payment under the Minor Award, the judging panel may also offer her an initial payment out of the prize money remaining for that year of the Major Award.

• If the competition runner up is able to satisfy the conditions, she will be entitled to the funds remaining in the Major Award in lieu of the Minor Award and the Minor Award will be returned to the endowment and will be available for future prizes.
• If the competition runner up is unable to satisfy the conditions, she may retain her entitlement to the Minor Award provided that she is able to satisfy conditions attached to that award and the funds remaining in the Major Award will be returned to the endowment and will be available for future prizes.

Minor winner

• The Minor Award should be paid in one instalment prior to departure for that trip or within one month of the announcement of the winning recipient.
• The winner of the Minor Award is expected to use the funds to travel abroad to undertake casual tuition within 18 months after the competition date.
• If the winner of the Minor Award is unable to utilise the funds in this way within 18 months after the competition date, she will forfeit her conditional entitlement to the prize. The funds shall be returned to the endowment and will be available for future prizes.

Should either winner be unable to secure a position for overseas postgraduate study or tuition that is satisfactory to the judging panel and commence the position within 18 months after the competition date, her conditional entitlement to the prize should be forfeited.