Transformer Scholarship

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.

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

1. Complete the Bond University Study Application Form to lodge your application for your chosen program. Learn more about this process. 
2. Complete the Bond University Scholarship Application Form. Simply use the same log-in 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!

Yes! 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. It is a COMPULSORY component of your application to use our Summary of Achievements template to present this evidence. You will need to complete all sections of the template provided and upload it as one Word or PDF document, to your scholarship application. 
  Your application CANNOT be considered if you provide your evidence in any other form, such as a personal CV or resume. 
• 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 answer the following questions:

1. What is your interest in innovation, entrepreneurship, change, and solving real-world problems? 
2. 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
3. Do you have a business idea? What is your business idea that you’d like to establish through the Transformer? 
4. 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 the 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.

Yes! We encourage 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.

Applications for 2026 entry open on Thursday, 1 May, 2025 and close on Thursday, 28 August, 2025.

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