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The Bond University Transformer Scholarship 2023 [Up to 50% Reduction in Tuition Fees]: Apply by Sep 5!

Saheb Nanda

Aug 31, 2023
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Applications are invited for The Bond University Transformer Scholarship 2023. Apply by Sep 5, and get a reduction of 50% in your tuition fees!

About Bond University

Bond University is Australia’s first private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina, a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland. Since its founding on 15 May 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teaching-focused higher education institution featuring a three-semester-per-year timetable.

About the Scholarship

The Transformer is a co-curricular program that enables students to innovatively tackle real-world problems that matter. It attracts motivated, self-directed individuals who want to work in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams on challenging projects that typically span multiple semesters. The nature and scope of these projects are limited only by the passions and interests of the participants. Although highly motivated and self-directed, Transformer participants are supported throughout the program by dedicated Bond academics and staff, industry experts, mentors, state-of-the-art facilities and other essential resources.

The Transformer Scholarship is awarded to those with high potential to affect real change through participation in the Transformer program.

Applications open at 10 AM on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, and close at 11.59 PM on Tuesday, September 5, 2023.

Being a Transformer Scholar

As a Transformer Scholar, you will be awarded up to 50% tuition remission for any single undergraduate bachelor’s degree or postgraduate master’s degree program (excluding the Bond Medical Program) and will commence your study in the following January semester.

As a Transformer Scholar, you will actively participate in and complete the Transformer program during your studies at Bond.

Eligible Countries

All countries, including India.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, you must:

Have strong leadership skills, community involvement and demonstrated potential to affect change;
Have had extensive involvement in extracurricular activities; and
Meet the entry requirements for your chosen program of study and commence in the following January semester.

How to Apply?

If you meet the eligibility criteria for this scholarship, they encourage you to apply by following the below steps:

Complete the Bond University Study Application Form to lodge your application for your chosen program. Learn more about this process.
Complete the Bond University Scholarship Application Form. Simply use the same login details as used for your study application and enter ‘scholarship’ in the keyword field on the Start an Application tab.

You must complete and submit your scholarship application before the application closing date as no late scholarship applications will be considered!

Preparation for Your Application

As a Transformer Scholarship applicant, you will be required to submit the following documents as part of your scholarship application:

Evidence of your leadership, initiative, and service to your school and/or community. Please use our Summary of Achievements template to present this evidence and upload as one Word or PDF document.
A School reference. As part of your application, you will be asked to provide your career advisor’s details so please have these on hand. We will follow up with them directly to request a reference – this is required for high school leavers only.
A personal statement outlining why you have applied for this scholarship (for postgraduate applicants).

In addition, all Transformer Scholarship applicants are required to submit a short video pitch of themselves that concisely and persuasively answers the following questions:

What is your interest in innovation, entrepreneurship, change, and solving real-world problems?
Do you have a real-world problem you’d like to solve? What is the problem you would like to explore as a participant in the Transformer? Why is it important? Why hasn’t the problem been solved already? What alternative solutions exist, if any?
And/or
Do you have a business idea? What is your business idea that you’d like to establish through the Transformer?
Why you? Why do you think your business idea will be successful? And/or Why are you the right person to take on this problem? What personal characteristics and experiences do you feel you possess that are relevant to taking on your proposed project? Why will others want to work with you on this project? Why do you want to come to Bond and participate in the Transformer?

Videos should be no longer than 5 minutes in length and must be uploaded to YouTube for online viewing. Make sure you submit an accurate URL for your video in the space provided in your application. Videos longer than 5 minutes will not be considered.

Applying for More Than One Scholarship

Bond University encourages you to apply for as many scholarships as you are eligible for. This should all be done in the one scholarship application form. You will only be considered for the scholarships you have applied for so ensure you have included them all in your application before you submit it!

If you are applying for more than one scholarship with different application closing dates, it is important to submit your scholarship application form by the earliest scholarship closing date.

Timeline

Applications open 10 AM on Tuesday, May2 , 2023, and close at 11.59 PM on Tuesday, September 5, 2023.

Please note, if you are applying for scholarships with different closing dates, you must submit your full scholarship application by the earliest closing date.

Obligations of the Transformer Scholarship

Transformer Scholarship recipients are expected to actively participate in and complete the Transformer program during their academic degree program. Participation in the Transformer commences immediately with academic studies.
Suspension of participation in the Transformer program for academic or other reasons will result in termination of scholarship funding.
Scholarship recipients must comply with Bond’s general scholarship terms and conditions.
The quality of the pitch video is the student’s responsibility. The video submitted and received within the entry period is the version that will be judged. No subsequent versions will be accepted after the closing date.
Video submissions must not include copyright material.
The University may use excerpts of the videos submitted for entry for teaching purposes and to promote the competition to the public by whatever means it sees fit. This includes online, print and multimedia. We retain this right indefinitely.

Video Tips and Guidelines

Must not be any longer than 5 minutes in duration.
Upload your video to YouTube or a suitable online viewing platform.
Be sure to make your video public!
Include your video URL in your scholarship application form, where prompted.
Must be in English and must not include copyright material.
Ensure that you can be seen and heard clearly throughout the video.
Must not contain obscene or offensive content.
The University may use excerpts of your video to promote the scholarship to others in the future.