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Elaine and Peter Taylor Scholarship

Scholarship applications for Semester 1, 2025 are now closed.

All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by close of business, 28 February 2025.

Elaine Taylor shall donate A$5,000 per year for the purpose of supporting high achieving undergraduate students undertaking a Bachelor of Creative Industries (Creative Writing and Publishing) or any Bachelor program with a major or minor in Australian Studies or Creative Writing and Publishing.

One Scholarship per year valued at $5,000 will be offered, paid in lump sum instalments of A$2,500 per Semester approximately three weeks after Census Date, once enrolment has been confirmed.

Students will be expected to maintain full-time enrolment in their program throughout the period of their scholarship and maintain a minimum academic standard of not less than 5.0 Grade Point Average (GPA).

Please Note:  This scholarship is offered on a yearly basis through funds provided by an external donor. If funding is not available in any given year, the scholarship will not be awarded.

Eligibility
  • full-time continuing undergraduate student enrolled in a Bachelor of Creative Industries (Creative Writing and Publishing), or any Bachelor program with a major or minor in Australian Studies, or any Bachelor program with a major or minor in Creative Writing and Publishing
  • Permanent Resident of Australia, Australian citizen, New Zealand citizen or Permanent Australian Humanitarian Visa holder
Selection criteria
  • financial need
  • academic achievement
Eligible programs
Bachelor of Creative Industries (Creative Writing and Publishing), or any Bachelor program with a major or minor in Australian Studies, or any Bachelor program with a major or minor in Creative Writing and Publishing
Number available
1 per year
Value

A$5,000 per scholarship