Griffith University

This policy prescribes the condition for the award of the University Medal which is the highest award in recognition of academic excellence in Bachelors Degree Honours graduates.

Awards, including scholarships, bursaries, grants and prizes are established by the University for the purpose of encouraging and recognising academic excellence, assisting particular categories of students to pursue academic studies, and fostering links between the University and the wider community. This policy describes how such awards are to be established and managed.

This procedure sets out the support available to high achieving students to encourage them to apply for external scholarships and awards.

This policy specifies the University’s processes for managing annually the award of a range of Equity Scholarships including: the Chancellor’s Equity Scholarships; and the Widening Participation Equity Scholarships.

This policy sets out the University's processes for managing scholarships available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants, and the conditions for the award of these scholarships. The scholarships include: the Commonwealth Scholarships Program, Patience Thoms First Peoples (Honours and Postgraduate) Scholarships and Neville Bonner Scholarship. This policy must be read in conjunction with the Commonwealth Scholarships Program Guidelines made under Section 238-10 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.

The policy describes the eligibility, criteria and selection process for the awarding of the Chancellor’s Medals for Excellence in the PhD Thesis.

The Griffith Award for Academic Excellence is designed to recognise and promote high levels of academic achievement by students who have completed at least 40CP of courses over two semesters in a single year of work.

This policy specifies the University’s processes for managing annually the award of the Academic Excellence Scholarships which include: the Deans' Sir Samuel Griffith Scholarship, Sir Samuel Griffith Scholarship, and the Griffith Connect Academic Excellence Bursary.

This policy describes the University's processes for managing the Sports Excellence Scholarship Scheme and its conditions.