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R6.12 - THE BEANEY SCHOLARSHIPS IN SURGERY AND IN PATHOLOGY

Recitals-

1. James George Beaney, Doctor of Medicine of Collins Street, Melbourne, who died in 1891, bequeathed to the University, the sum of £1000 to establish a scholarship in Surgery and the same sum to establish a scholarship in Pathology. The University also received from the residue of the estate the sum of £1,900 to be applied to the same purposes.
   
2. At 31 December 2004 the capital of the Beaney Scholarship in Surgery fund had increased to $18,596.97 and accumulated income was $2,077.40. At the same date the capital of the Beaney Scholarship in Pathology fund had increased to $141,474.83 and accumulated income was $7,221.11.

1. The sums of $141,474.83 and $18,596.97 are to form the endowments for two scholarships to be called ‘The Beaney Scholarship in Pathology’ and ‘The Beaney Scholarship in Surgery’ respectively and the funds must be placed in an investment pool and remain there until Council directs otherwise.
   
2. Each scholarship is to be open for competition annually.
   
3. The Beaney Scholarship in Pathology is to be awarded –
   
   1. to a student enrolled for a higher degree by research in the department of Pathology;
   2. by Council on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (‘the dean’) who, before making any such recommendation, must consult the head of the department of Pathology .
      
4. The Beaney Scholarship in Surgery is to be awarded–
   
   1. to a student enrolled for a higher degree by research in either the department of Surgery Royal Melbourne Hospital, the department of Surgery Austin Health or the department of Surgery St Vincent’s Hospital (‘the departments of Surgery’);
   2. by Council on the recommendation of the dean who, before making any such recommendation, must consult the heads of the departments of Surgery.
      
5. Each scholarship –
   
   1. is to be awarded for a term of one year and may be awarded for a further term or terms provided that it must not be awarded for a total period exceeding the normal period prescribed for the degree for which the recipient is enrolled; and
   2. is to have the value of the net annual income of the respective fund.

[Revoked and remade 7/3/05]