SpinTel is offering the Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant to support Australian students who want to pursue business education. SpinTel recognises the importance of empowering emerging entrepreneurs. By providing a helping hand to budding entrepreneurs, SpinTel hopes to create opportunities for students who are passionate about making a difference in the world through innovative and disruptive businesses.
The value of this grant is AUD $5,000 (total amount). The amount is paid as a one-off payment to the winner.
This grant is offered annually to winning applicants.
Applications for the 2023 grant are now open until 30 May 2023.
To qualify as eligible for this scholarship, you must be:
*As proof of your enrolment in a relevant field, one of the following must be provided:
A letter from your college student affairs or admissions office stating that you are enrolled as a student for a time period that includes the year 2023. This letter must:
Proof that you have accepted an offer to attend an eligible college or university stating for a semester/grading period starting on or before 1 March 2023. You must not only include an acceptance offer letter, but also show proof that you have accepted the offer. The acceptance letter must:
A transcript or course list showing the courses you are enrolled in, and the diploma, degree or traineeship you are enrolled in. A transcript in .txt format is NOT acceptable. A transcript marked "Unofficial Transcript" will suffice from most institutions.
Applicants who wish to be considered for the SpinTel Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant are to submit:
A short written essay (maximum 500 words) on 'Why you consider yourself a budding entrepreneur, and what impact you hope to make in your field during your career'.
Each applicant is also required to submit a short written statement (maximum 300 words) detailing why they believe they are deserving of the scholarship.
We are looking for submissions that reflect a real desire to better yourself and/or achieve personal growth. It doesn't have to be great prose, just honest and informative.
Eligible Entrants must submit their entry during the Entry Period by submitting their application by email to entrepreneur-grant@spintel.net.au
Entries must include:
Any entries to this Scholarship Grant must be the entrant's original work. If an entry is found to be plagiarised or Generative Pre-Trained, in part or wholly, it will be disqualified from the SpinTel Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant. This clause is active despite any communication of the result of the SpinTel Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant.
The winner of the SpinTel Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant will be selected and awarded by a panel of judges from the SpinTel team on the basis of the entry that best answers The Challenge.
The panel for the 2023 grant will convene from 1 July 2023.
The winning entrant will be notified by email and their name will be published on our website on 15 July 2023.
See full Terms and Conditions.
At SpinTel, we’re committed to supporting the technology and business sectors in any way we can, and to help students develop their skills in these sectors. We explored new ways to help students outside of the telecommunications sector and decided that supporting the education of Australian entrepreneurs is a worthy cause. That's why we're proud to offer the SpinTel Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant in 2023.
Entering the business-related tertiary education sphere can be overwhelming, which is why SpinTel decided to offer a scholarship grant for budding entrepreneurs in Australia. We believe that this small act of support can go a long way in creating innovative and disruptive businesses in the future.
That's why we're proudly offering the SpinTel Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant.
This Schedule sets out the details for the Promotion and must be read together with the Terms and Conditions (which follow the Schedule).
SpinTel Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant
SpinTel. ABN 92 082 087 689
50 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000
entrepreneur_grant@spintel.net.au
Start date: 01 May 2023
End date: 30 May 2023
10 November 2023
31 December 2023
Entry is only open to Australian citizens or permanent residents aged 18 or over who are enrolled in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited Australian Tertiary Education Institution for a diploma, degree or traineeship in any of the following areas related to business
All States and Territories
N/A
To apply for the Scholarship, an Eligible Entrant must, during the Application Period:
Limit of one (1) entry permitted per Eligible Entrant.
The Scholarship is one (1) $5,000.00 payment.
$5,000.00
Means the Eligible Entrants judged to win the Scholarship based on the Method of Draw.
The winning entry will be the Eligible Entrant who satisfies the Entry Procedure and is determined by the Promoter, on the Draw Date at the Promoter's Head Office, to have the best answer, in its sole discretion. The Promoter will have regard to, for instance, clarity of expression, the level of innovative thought, and grammatical features such as structure, syntax and vocabulary. This is a game of skill, and chance plays no part in determining the Winner.
1
Winner will be contacted by email, using the contact details on file with the Promoter, and will be published on the Promoter's website once the Scholarship has been claimed.
The Winner must contact the Promoter by the Scholarship Claim Date and provide the details required by the Promoter in its absolute discretion including proof of identification, following which the Scholarship will be paid via EFT into the Winner's nominated bank account. If a Winner fails to claim the Scholarship by the Scholarship Claim Date, the Winner will be deemed to have forfeited the Scholarship.
Nil
The Schedule was prepared on 1st May 2023.
By applying for the Scholarship, you agree that you are bound by the following Terms and Conditions.
Information on how to enter the Scholarship form part of these Terms and Conditions. All entries must comply with these Terms and Conditions to be valid.
Entrants are responsible for ensuring their familiarity with the Terms and Conditions at the time of participation. The Promoter's decision not to enforce its rights on any specific restriction (whether communicated to an Entrant or not) does not constitute a waiver of those rights, restrictions, or of the Terms and Conditions generally.
All Entrants acknowledge that the Promoter can rely on these Terms and Conditions even if the Promoter only learns of a person's ineligibility after the Promoter has awarded a Scholarship to the ineligible person. Return of the Scholarship or payment of its equivalent value to the Promoter may be required by the Promoter if that occurs.
If applicable, the Promoter has obtained the Permit Number(s) necessary to operate the Promotion in the Relevant State(s).
The Promoter's decision in relation to any aspect of these Terms and Conditions is final and binding on every Entrant. No correspondence will be entered into. Scholarships will only be awarded following any winner validation and verification that the Promoter requires.
Nothing in the Terms and Conditions limit, exclude or modify or purports to limit, exclude or modify the statutory consumer guarantees as provided under the Competition and Consumer Act, as well as any other implied warranties under similar consumer protection laws.
A request by an Entrant to modify any information provided should be directed to the Promoter in writing.
An Entrant must, during the Promotion Period, follow the Entry Procedure.
Any rude, defamatory, offensive, illegal, incomprehensible, incorrect, or incomplete Entries (all of which will be at the absolute discretion of the Promoter), or which breach any law or infringe on any third-party rights, including intellectual property rights, will be invalid and may be deemed ineligible by the Promoter in its absolute discretion.
The Promoter is not responsible for receipt of incorrect, inaccurate, or incomplete information caused by an Entrant or occurring during transmission.
Entries are deemed to be received at the time of receipt by the Promoter.
On the Scholarship Draw Date, the Promoter will select the Winner in accordance with the Method of Draw and these Terms and Conditions.
The Winner will be contacted in accordance with the Winner Notification Procedure and will remain published for a period of time determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion.
If there is a dispute as to the identity of an Entrant or Winner, the Promoter reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to determine the identity of the Entrant or Winner.
If the Winner cannot be contacted, or the Winner does not contact the Promoter and/or fails to comply with the Claim Instructions before the Scholarship Claim Date, the Winner is deemed to have forfeited the Scholarship. The Promoter reserves the right to award the Scholarship to another Entrant in its absolute discretion. The Scholarship remains the property of the Promoter until claimed by the Winner.
If a Scholarship is won by an Eligible Entrant who does not claim their Scholarship by the Scholarship Claim Date, a replacement Winner will be selected based on the Method of Draw from all remaining Eligible Entries received in the Promotion.
The Winner will receive the Scholarship specified in the Schedule. The Scholarship is to be taken ‘as is' and without any kind of warranty or customisation.
The Total Scholarship Pool is specified in the Schedule.
If the Scholarship (or part thereof) is unavailable for any reason, the Promoter, in its absolute discretion, reserves the right to substitute and or vary the Scholarship (or part thereof) with a Scholarship to the equal value and or specification, subject to any discretion from a State and/or Territory regulatory authority where necessary.
The Scholarship or any unused portion of the Scholarship is not exchangeable. If for any reason a Winner does not take a Scholarship (or any portion of that Scholarship) by the time stipulated by the Promoter, the Scholarship (or any unused portion of that Scholarship) will be forfeited.
All Promotion advertisements depicting or describing the Scholarships and trademark references are illustrative rather than definitive and do not imply any association with the Promoter.
The Scholarship may be subject to any additional conditions of the supplier or accredited Australian Tertiary Education Institution, for which the Promoter accepts no responsibility.
Entrants' personal information will be collected by the Promoter. Personal information will be stored on the Promoter's database. The Promoter may use this information for future marketing purposes regarding its products, including contacting the Entrant electronically.
The Promoter is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and its privacy policy which is located at https://www.spintel.net.au/policy/privacy. The Promoter's privacy policy contains information about how the Entrant may access, update and seek correction of the personal information the Promoter holds about them and how the Entrant may complain about any potential breach by the Promoter of the Australian Privacy Principles or any other Australian privacy laws and how such complaints will be dealt with. The Promoter collects personal information about Entrants to enable them to participate in this Promotion and may disclose the Entrants' personal information to third parties including its contractors and agents, Scholarship suppliers and service providers to assist in conducting this Promotion and to the State and Territory lottery departments as required under the relevant lottery legislation. If the Entrant does not provide their personal information as requested, they may be ineligible to enter or claim a Scholarship in the Promotion.
Personal information collected from Entrants will not be disclosed to any entity located outside of Australia.
The Entrant is responsible for any costs associated with winning a Scholarship or, with accessing the Promotion website or Page and is dependent on the internet service provider used.
Any tax liability arising because of accepting any Scholarship is the Winner's responsibility.
Entrants consent to the Promoter using the Entrant's name, likeness, image, and/or voice in the event they are a Winner in any media for an unlimited period without remuneration for the purpose of promoting this Promotion (including any outcome), and promoting any manufacturer, distributor and/or supplier used by the Promoter.
If the Promotion requires a creative response from the Entrants, then:
Entrants consent to the Promoter using their creative responses and agree to transfer all intellectual property in their creative responses to the Promoter once an Entry is made; and
All entries become the property of the Promoter.
Except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, the Promoter (including its officers, employees, agents and related bodies corporate) bears no responsibility for any liability (including negligence), any personal injury, or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity) whether directly, indirectly or consequentially arising in any way out of:
If for any reason the Promotion is:
the Promoter reserves the right in its absolute discretion to take any action available, including canceling, terminating, modifying, suspending, or extending this Promotion.
If the Promoter suffers loss or incurs any costs resulting from any breach of the Terms and Conditions or any other legal obligation of the Entrant, the Entrant agrees to indemnify the Promoter for those losses, damages, and costs.
The laws of Australia apply to this Promotion, Entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Australia.
