A group of students celebrating at the Top100 Awards Night

Top100 Future Leaders Awards

The Top100 Awards offer a unique opportunity to enhance your application skills, communication abilities, and personal branding, giving your career a head start before graduation.

What are the Top100 Future Leaders Awards?

The Top100 Future Leaders Awards are your opportunity to make friends with students from universities across the country, gain exposure to Australia's top grad employers and have your name printed in The Australian Financial Review! These Awards provide you with a unique experience to develop your application skills, communication skills, and your personal branding, and as a Finalist you'll be able to accelerate your career.

2025 applications have now closed

Information for students

Applications open

Monday, 12 August, 2024

Applications close

Applications have been extended to Monday, 16 September

Testing opens

Wednesday, 18 September, 2024 

Testing closes 

Tuesday, 1 October, 2024 

Assessment Day  

Wednesday, 12 February, 2025 

Awards Night  

Thursday, 13 February, 2025 

To apply for the 2025 GradConnection Top100 Future Leader Awards, you must:

  • Reside in Australia: You must currently live in Australia and continue to do so until at least February 2025.
  • Be enrolled as a student: You need to be enrolled in an Australian university, either as an undergraduate or postgraduate student, and continue your studies into 2025.
  • Be available for events: You should be able to attend a full-day assessment centre and the awards evening in February 2025, if required.
  • Register on GradConnection: Apply via GradConnection (registration is free).