Griffith University Brighter Futures Scholarship 2025

The Brighter Futures Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students impacted by various types of educational disadvantage, including financial hardship, educational disruption, disability or others, that has impacted their ability to achieve their full potential.

This suite of scholarships will be awarded to commencing and continuing students and includes some scholarships that are specific for students registered with Student Disability and Accessibility Support, some specific for First Peoples students, as well as some specific to students who are Permanent Residents.

To see how this scholarship has benefitted past recipients, check out some of our student stories.

• Student stories

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineJune 30, 2025
• ValueFrom $5,000 (for 80 CP of study) up to $40,000 (fo
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorGriffith University
• City to studyQueensland
• School to studyGriffith University

Subscribe for Scholarship Alert!

Benefits

The maximum value of your scholarship and the trimester instalment amount is dependent on your awarded scholarship type:

Scholarship Type	Maximum Value	Trimester instalment value
Educational disadvantage (degree-length)	$20,000 for a 320 CP degree or $15,000 for a 240 CP degree	$625 per 10 credit points
Educational disadvantage (80 credit points)	$5,000 for 80 CP (one year of full-time study)	$625 per 10 credit points
Inclusive (degree-length)	$20,000 for a 320 CP degree or $15,000 for a 240 CP degree	$625 per 10 credit points
First Peoples (degree-length)	$20,000 for a 320 CP degree or $15,000 for a 240 CP degree	$625 per 10 credit points
Permanent Resident (degree-length)	$40,000 for a 320 CP degree or $30,000 for a 240 CP degree	$1,250 per 10 credit points

Requirements

To be eligible you must:

• be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, permanent humanitarian visa holder or New Zealand citizen
• be a Griffith University undergraduate student (this includes commencing and continuing students)
• demonstrate educational disadvantage based on a comprehensive assessment by the University
• not have completed the requirements for an Australian bachelor award unless such an award is a prerequisite to your undergraduate program of enrolment and there is no alternate pathway into that program
• have a GPA of 4.5 or above (this applies to continuing students only)
• demonstrate sound academic potential by having achieved an ATAR above 85 or equivalent. Griffith may use your Educational Disadvantage Assessment score* to adjust your ATAR rank.
• not be in receipt of any other scholarship funding.

Additional eligibility for specific type of scholarship:

• Inclusive type is for commencing students with a disability who are registered with Griffith University Student Disability and Accessibility support services
• Permanent resident type is for commencing students who are permanent residents (CSP eligible) who do not qualify for FEE-HELP
• First Peoples type is for commencing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students. Confirmation of Heritage may be required, such as letter of confirmation obtained from an incorporated Indigenous organisation and stamped with their Common Seal.

*Information provided by individuals in their Griffith online scholarship application is used to conduct a comprehensive Educational Disadvantage Assessment (EDA) in accordance with the following categories:

1. Financial hardship
2. Home environment and responsibilities
3. English language difficulty
4. Personal illness and disability
5. Educational disruption
6. Remoteness or relocation within Australia.

Interview Dates and Process

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

Study details

• Program preferences (commencing students)
• Secondary education history (commencing students)
• Tertiary education history
• Program (continuing students)
• Relocation within Australia

Personal background

• Income and expenditure
• Scholarships
• Circumstances

Application assessment

Students will need to demonstrate educational disadvantage that impacts their ability to achieve their potential.

Information provided by individuals in their Griffith online scholarship application is assessed and ranked in accordance with the following Educational Disadvantage Assessment (EDA) categories:

1. Financial hardship
2. Home environment and responsibilities
3. English language difficulty
4. Personal illness and disability
5. Educational disruption
6. Remoteness or relocation within Australia.

Priority will be given to students who:

• have proven the ability for successful academic progression, as assessed by GPA for continuing students and ATAR (or equivalent) for commencing students
• were on a Brighter Futures single year scholarship in the preceding year.

Application Deadline

June 30, 2025

How To Apply

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

For more information, kindly visit Griffith University scholarship webpage.