Support to tackle financial hardship
This scholarship supports a continuing undergraduate Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student who is experiencing financial hardship.
Key points
Targeted to
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students
Value
$5,200
Level of study
Undergraduate
Apply by
4pm Monday 18 March 2024
Scholarship details
To be eligible, you must:
- be an Australian Citizen
- be Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- be a second or third-year student enrolled full-time in a bachelor degree and have a minimum GPA of 5
- be able to provide evidence of financial need (Centrelink or tax statement)
- not be in receipt of any other scholarship funding.
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
- Program: Academic Merit.
Personal background
- Income and expenditure
- Scholarships.
Statements
- Personal statement: Outline how this scholarship would benefit you, why you feel it is warranted, and your community involvement and leadership.
Supporting documentation
You must upload the following in the supporting documentation section.
- Other: Evidence of financial need: Centrelink statement or tax statement.
Please upload the following formats only: PDF, Word, JPEG or Excel. We cannot guarantee other formats will be accepted.
Applicants may be required to attend an interview as part of the selection process.
Value
Maximum value is $5,200. Instalments of $2,600 are payable in Trimester 1 and 2, provided conditions are met.
Payment
Payments are made up to six weeks after the census date subject to recipients satisfying the scholarship terms and conditions.
To remain eligible for the scholarship, recipients will be required to:
- remain full-time enrolled at Griffith University in the program for which the scholarship was awarded
- maintain a minimum GPA of 5 (for students enrolled in a bachelor degree)
- not in receipt of any other scholarship funding.
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.
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.
Donor details
Lawrence R Tedesco was born in New York City and grew up in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. He was educated in the State University of New York at Binghamton, Miami University, and University of Tasmania, among others.
Lawrence worked and travelled in the USA, Israel, Africa, Southeast Asia, China and Australia. He worked with remote Aboriginal communities in health-related areas in Australian in the 1970s and was passionate about improving health outcomes for indigenous people.
This scholarship has been set up in his honour and memory.
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