International Postgraduate Research Scholarship at Griffith University 2024

Each year, Griffith University makes several tuition fee offset scholarships available to international candidates of exceptional research potential to undertake a higher degree research (HDR) program. This scholarship scheme is the Griffith University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (GUIPRS). The fee offset provided through the award of a GUIPRS will remove the liability of the HDR candidate to pay program tuition fees for the tenure of the award.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicants must not be passport holders of Australia or New Zealand.
• Applicants must be enrolled in an eligible HDR program at the university.
• Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree with first-class honors.
• Applicants can be new or current candidates.
• Applicants must not have completed a program equivalent to the program the candidate is enrolling in.
• Applicants must not have previously held the same or an equivalent scholarship for which they are applying unless it was terminated within six months of the scholarship’s payments commencing.
• Applicants must not have held a Commonwealth Government Australia Award scholarship in the two years before commencing the award.

Application Process:

• Interested candidates must submit an online application.
• Candidates may only apply a maximum of two times in five years for consideration in the scholarship ranking and selection process.

Value of the Scholarship:

• Selected candidates are awarded the following benefits:
  • Tuition fees waiver.
  • Cost of a standard Overseas Student Health Cover policy which covers the candidate and dependents for up to 42 months.
  • Student services and amenities fee during the tenure of the scholarship.