The Lord Mayor's Multicultural Business 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

• Program: Confirm your degree and GPA.

Personal background

• Income and expenditure
• Scholarships.

Statements

• Personal statement: In 500 words or less, outline your career goals, community involvement and scholarship benefit.
• Challenges statement: In 250 words or less, detail how financial circumstances impact your continuing studies at Griffith University.
• Supporting documentation: Please upload the following:
  • A current CV/resume.
  • A statement that demonstrates links to your cultural heritage through your community involvement, details your family heritage and outlines whether you or your parent/s were born overseas and you speak another language.

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

Shortlisted applicants may be required to attend an interview. Applicants may be asked to provide further evidence to determine their financial status.

Value

The maximum value of each scholarship is $15,000. Payments of $2,500 are made each trimester that conditions are meet, up to the maximum value of the scholarship or minimum duration of the degree for which the scholarship was awarded, whichever is the lesser.

Payment

Payments are made up to six weeks after the census date, subject to the recipient maintaining ongoing eligibility requirements.

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

• remain enrolled as a full-time student in an approved Griffith Business School undergraduate degree
• maintain a minimum GPA of 4.5.
• supply a progress report each trimester to be sent to the donor: the Lord Mayor's Administration and Engagement
• participate in career development, networking and mentoring opportunities made available by Griffith University and the Lord Mayor's Administration and Engagement
• show a willingness to be involved in multicultural initiatives developed by the Lord Mayor's Administration and Engagement as negotiated.

The recipient may also 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 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.