Rachel Hunter Refugee Scholarship

You can apply for this scholarship via our scholarship application process.

Application information

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

Study details

• Tertiary education history
• Secondary education history
• Relocation within Australia.

Value

The Rachel Hunter Refugee Scholarship has a maximum value of $20,000, payable in trimester instalments. Instalment amount is based on enrolled credit points per trimester, being $625 per 10 credit points, up to the maximum value of the scholarship.

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

Payment

The Rachel Hunter Refugee Scholarship is payable into the recipients nominated bank account, payments are made after each enrolled trimester census subject to the recipient satisfying scholarships terms and conditions.

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. This one-off early payment is only available at the start of the scholarship.

The following conditions apply:

• Awarding of a Rachel Hunter Refugee 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recipient must accept the scholarship by the date indicated on the letter of offer, or the scholarship offer may be withdrawn and directed to another applicant.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 Rachel Hunter Refugee Scholarship benefit, the scholarship recipient 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 Rachel Hunter Refugee Scholarship, the recipient must remain in good academic progress. A student excluded from study under any University policy loses their scholarship.
• A Rachel Hunter Refugee Scholarship recipient must continue to meet the requirements of the scholarship each year and remain on a Humanitarian Visa.
• Where the duration of the Rachel Hunter Refugee Scholarship benefit has not exceeded the maximum period, the scholarship’s recipient may use the balance of the scholarship for a bachelor honours degree program.
• A Rachel Hunter Refugee Scholarship recipient may take leave of absence in accordance with University Enrolment Procedure. Scholarship benefits are suspended for the period of leave of absence should not exceed 12 months. A Rachel Hunter Refugee Scholarship recipient who is not enrolled and is not on an approved leave of absence loses their scholarship.
• A Rachel Hunter Refugee Scholarship recipient may change their degree program.
• Rachel Hunter Refugee 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 are 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.

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.