Patience Thoms First Peoples (Honours and Postgraduate) 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

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

Personal background

• Income and expenditure
• Scholarships
• Circumstances.

Statements

• Personal statement: In 500 words or less, address the following questions:
  • Why have you chosen your program of study?
  • How will the scholarship be used to further your studies and to best meet your educational and employment goals?
• Challenges statement: In 250 words or less, address the following:
  • Identify certain financial needs or challenges that have impacted your studies.
  • Tell us a bit about your family background.

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 commencing their one-year honours or postgraduate (by coursework) degree
• are not in receipt of other scholarship funding
• either demonstrate the potential for or have the proven ability to successful academic progression
• have been awarded previously.

Value

The Patience Thoms First Peoples (Honours and Postgraduate) Scholarships are valued at a maximum of $4,000, payable in instalments.  Instalment amount is based on enrolled credit points per trimester, being $500 per 10 Credit Points, up to the maximum value of the scholarship.

Payment

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

Please note, payments made during part-time study may be taxable.

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

• remain enrolled in an eligible honours-level or postgraduate by coursework degree
• remain in good academic progress (GPA 3.5 or above).

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:

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

Offers are made via email.

Applicants may be shortlisted and required to provide additional information.

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