McIlwain Family Scholarship

You can apply for this scholarship via our application process.

Application information

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

Study details

• Secondary education history (commencing students): Academic merit
• Program preferences (commencing students)
• Program (current students)
• Tertiary education history (current students): Academic merit
• Relocation within Australia.

Personal background

• Income and expenditure
• Scholarships
• Circumstances.

Statements

• Personal statement: In 500 words or less, detail what it means to be first in family to study at university (if applicable).

Application assessment

Information provided by individuals in their Griffith online scholarship application is used to conduct a comprehensive Educational Disadvantage Assessment (EDA) in accordance with the following categories:

• Financial hardship
• Home environment and responsibilities
• English language difficulty
• Personal illness and disability
• Educational disruption
• Relocation within Australia.

Selection will be based on the applicant’s:

• EDA ranking
• academic standing of the applicant and the likelihood of success in their chosen degree.

Preference will be given to applicants who are first in family to attend university.

Value

Maximum value is $20,000, paid in instalments. Instalments of $2,500 are payable for each full-time enrolled trimester up to the maximum value of the scholarship or minimum duration of the degree, whichever is the lesser.

Payment

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

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

• remain full-time enrolled in the Griffith Sciences undergraduate degree for which this scholarship was awarded (transferring from a single degree to a cognate double degree or completion of a fourth-year of end-on honours may also be approved)*
• maintain a GPA of 5 or above
• continue to meet the eligibility requirements.

*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.  Recipients of this scholarship 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 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.