The Violin Germany Travel Bursary

You can apply for Chancellor's Scholarships via our scholarship application process.

Application information

To be considered for these scholarships, you must complete the following sections within the application:

Study details

• Program – to verify instrument and GPA

Achievements

• Referee details – obtain a reference from a member of the QCGU string faculty (optional but preferred)

Personal background

• Income and expenditure

Statements

• Personal statement - outline your career aspirations, your plans for travel to study in Germany and how this bursary would benefit you in your studies. You should include any achievements that support your success in achieving your goals.

Value

Maximum value is $6,000, paid in one instalment, provided conditions are met.

Payment is made on confirmation of travel plans and acceptance to study in Germany.

Donor details

Dr Irmtraud Petersson was born in Germany and came to Australia in 1984. She received an MA (1966, Universität München) and a PhD (1988, University of Queensland) specialising in Australian literature.

Petersson has published several articles on Australian fiction, the monograph German Images in Australian Literature (1990), and coedited (with Laurie Hergenhan) an anthology of Australian travel writing Changing Places: Australian Writers in Europe 1960s–1990s (1994). She taught part-time at the University of Queensland and is now an Honorary Research Fellow. In 2015 she donated her Nuremberg violin (made in the early 1800s) to the QCGU for use by talented violin students.

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

• Be currently enrolled at QCGU studying violin
• Maintain good academic progress at Griffith University
• Provide acceptable evidence of German travel plans, such as flight bookings, travel itinerary, or acceptance letter for study in Germany prior to receiving payment
• Use the bursary in the following twelve months towards the cost of tuition, travel, accommodation, or travel related living expenses in, to, and from Germany.

The Bursary will be forfeited if it is not used within 12 months from the bursary closing date.

Applications, including referee reports and 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 anytime.