Faculty of Arts
Graduate Awards
Discipline |
Prize |
Contact |
Value/Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
BY STUDENT APPLICATION |
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| Ancient History/ Classical Studies |
Jessie Webb Scholarship UTR6.132 |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$17,000 approx (NAI) Awarded from time to time |
| Arts | Lizette Bentwitch Scholarship UTR6.98 |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Officer Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$3,000 (NAI) Biennial award shared with Music (Arts 2010/11) |
| Arts | Melbourne Rome Scholarship | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Officer Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$6,000+in-kind support Annual award |
| Arts | Norman MacGeorge Bequest Scholarship UTR7.98 |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Officer Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$6,000 approx Annual award |
| Arts - Labour History | AIRC Centennial Prize | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$570 approx Annual award |
| Arts - Staff, honorary associates, postgraduate students Art History, Art Conservation, Italian, Classics & Archaeology | Gandioli Fumagalli Foundation Milan Internship | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizesr Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$5,000 - $10,000 Annual award |
| Creative Writing | Penguin Manuscript Award | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$5,000 + 25 hrs editorial work Annual award |
| English | Shakespeare Scholarship UTR6.2 |
Contact: Sharon Tribe (English) Ph: 8344-5506 Applications: close 2 February |
$2,000 in 2002 two awards (NAI) Awarded from time to time |
| English | Amy Gaye Cowper Tennent Memorial Scholarship UTR6.178 |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$5,000 in 2004 (NAI) Annual award |
| Prints | Harold Wright Scholarship and Sarah and William Holmes Scholarship | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
£8,600 in 2009 (NAI) Annual award |
| French | Elizabeth and Nicholas Slezak Scholarship UTR6.193 |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$25,000 in 2009 (NAI) Awarded from time to time |
| French | French History Research Higher Degree Scholarship | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Officer Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$3,000 Annual award |
| History | Ernest Scott Prize UTR6.61 Authors of Australian History |
Contact: Gabrielle Murphy Ph: +61 3 8344 5961 Applications close on 31 January each year |
$11,000 in 2009 (NAI) Annual award |
| Icelandic | Anna Lodewyckx Icelandic Scholarships UTR6.101 |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$7,431 in 2009 (NAI) Awarded from time to time |
| Italian | Emma Grollo Memorial Scholarship UTR6.176 |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$15,000 in 2009 shared prize (NAI) Annual award |
| Literature | Felix Meyer Scholarship UTR6.162 |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$13,500 in 2009 (Determined by the Council) Annual award |
| Poetry | Wesley Michel Wright Prize UTR6.72(74) Open to all Australian Citizens |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$4,050 approx Annual award |
| Poetry | John Masefield Poetry Prize | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$100 approx Annual award |
| Poetry | HB Higgins Poetry Scholarship | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$4,563 approx Annual award |
| Political Science and Sociology | A.F. Davies Prize Donor: In recognition of the late Professor Alan Davies Eligibility: PhD or research Masters in Political Science. Selection Criteria: Awarded to the author of the best paper written by a research student accepted by a refereed journal. |
Contact: School of Social and Political Sciences Ph: 8344-6586 |
$250 NAI Annual award |
| Travel Scholarship | Alma Hansen Scholarship UTR6.164 |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Officer Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$16,000 approx |
Prizes Awarded to High Achieving Students |
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| Awarded for highest GQL in Arts in Combined Honours | Percival Serle Bequest for Final Combined Honours Assessment other than English and History | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Officer Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$550 in 2009 |
| Awarded for highest GQL in Arts Honours | RG Wilson Scholarship – Best Honours Student (1/3) | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Officer Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$4,414 in 2009 |
| Awarded for highest GQL in Arts Honours | RG Wilson Scholarship – Best Honours Student (2/3) | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Officer Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$4,414 in 2009 |
| Awarded for highest GQL in Arts Honours | RG Wilson Scholarship – Best Honours Student (3/3) | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Officer Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$4,414 in 2009 |
| Awarded at the beginning of 1st semester to commencing international PG student (with highest GPA from most relevant previous study) in a politics coursework in any of the following programs: Grad Dip, Cert PG Dip, Cert Masters International Politics. | Hamish Malcolm Memorial Prize (1st semester) | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Officer Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$500 in 2009 |
| Awarded at the beginning of 2nd semester to commencing international PG student (with highest GPA from most relevant previous study) in a politics coursework in any of the following programs: Grad Dip, Cert PG Dip, Cert Masters International Politics. | Hamish Malcolm Memorial Prize (1st semester) | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Officer Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$500 in 2009 |
Nominated by Academics |
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| Arts | Dublin Prize UTR6.72(3) Selection Criteria: For students and graduates making outstanding contributions in Art, Music, Literature and Science. NOTE: Past recipients have included concert pianist Ronald Farren-Price, historian Geoffrey Blainey and poet Vincent Buckley. |
Contact: Academic Secretary |
$4,000 in 2002 (NAI) Quinquennial award |
| Arts Female Student | Eleanor and Joseph Wertheim Scholarship | Contact: Susan Winifred Brazenor Ph: +61 3 8344-7467 Applications close on 2 February 2009 |
$20,000 (approx.) |
| Arts Doctor of Philosophy |
The Thomas and Margaret Ruth McArthur Fellowships UTR6.229 Donor: Dr Annie Margaret McArthur Oliver Eligibility: The fellowships are open to students who have been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Social Sciences or Humanities. Special Conditions: Preference will be given to female candidates undertaking research in the field of Anthropology. |
Contact: Steve Heath Ph: +61 3 8344-3303 |
This prize is advertised when it is available Annual award |
| Publication | Publication Subsidy Grants | Contact: Allison Dutka (Arts) Ph: 8344-6461 |
Variable Two rounds of offers |
| Travel Scholarship | Travel for Research in Postgraduate Study (TRIPS) | Contact: Kym Clifford (Arts) Ph: 8344-8152 |
Various amounts Several annual awards |
| Travel Scholarship | PhD Fieldwork Scheme | Contact: Kym Clifford (Arts) Ph: 8344-8152 |
Various amounts Several annual awards |
| PHILOSOPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIAL INQUIRY | |||
| Ancient History Archaeology |
William Culican Memorial Award R6.72(135) |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 Applications: close 6 September |
$500 (NAI) Annual award |
| Anthropology | Anthropology (Melanesia) Fieldwork Scheme Eligibility: The scholarship is limited to graduate students of anthropology for fieldwork study in the Pacific (Melanesia). Special Conditions: The scholarship may be held concurrently with any other scholarship or similar benefit if the total emoluments held by the scholar do not exceed the amount from time to time determined by the Associate Dean (Research) as the desirable maximum for an overseas fieldwork scholarship. The scholarship may be held only once. |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$5,000 Max Annual award to 2009 |
| Logic | Wyselaskie Scholarship in Logic | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$8,789 approx
Annual award |
| Philosophy | Hastie Exhibition for 1st year Philosophy | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$200 in 2009
Annual award |
| ENGLISH (WITH CULTURAL STUDIES) | |||
| English | Percival Serle Prize (highest GQL score) UTR6.148 |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$550 in 2009 (one-quarter NAI) Annual award |
| Literature | Dublin Prize UTR6.72(3) Selection Criteria: For students and graduates making outstanding contributions in Art, Music, Literature and Science. NOTE: Past recipients have included concert pianist Ronald Farren-Price, historian Geoffrey Blainey and poet Vincent Buckley. |
Contact:Academic Secretary | $4,000 in 2002 (NAI) Quinquennial award |
| Literature | Dinny O’Hearn Scholarship R6.72(150) |
Contact: The Australian Centre Ph: 8344-3849 |
(Determined by the Council) Biennial award |
| Literature and Humanities | Dr Greta Hort Memorial Scholarship Donor: This is a Scholarship for semester exchange between University College and the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne, and the Australian Studies Department at Aarhus University, Denmark. Eligibility: Candidates should be postgraduate students currently enrolled at the University of Melbourne in the area of literature and humanities. The candidate if not a resident of University College would be required to enrol as a non-resident of the College. |
Contact: Cultural Affairs Office The Australian Centre University of Melbourne 131 Barry Street Carlton VIC 3053 Ph: 8344-7021 |
Return economy airfare and living allowance Biennial award |
| HISTORY | |||
| Cultural material Conservation | Cultural Connotations Art Curatorship Award (1st year student) | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$1,000
Annual award Expires 2012 |
| History | Harbison-Higinbotham Research Scholarship UTR6.28 |
Contact: School of Graduate Research Telephone: 8344-8667 |
(percentage of NAI) Annual award |
| History Ancient |
William Culican Memorial Award UTR6.72(135) |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$500 in 2009 Annual award |
| History Australian |
Caroline Kay Scholarship | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$13,355 approx Annual award |
| History Australian |
Dennis-Wettenhall Prize UTR6.137 |
Contact: Arts & Music Student Centre Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$1,000 in 2009 Annual award |
| History Australian |
Lloyd Robson Memorial Award UTR6.192 |
Contact: Erica Mehrtens (History) Ph : 8344-5959 |
(Determined by the Council) Annual award |
| History Civil Liberties | Alan Missen Foundation Prize | Contact: Arts & Music Student Centre Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$250 approx Annually awarded |
| History Modern British | Wyselaskie Scholarship in Modern British History | Contact: Arts & Music Student Centre Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
(NAI) Annual award |
| History Travel |
Ian Robertson Travel Prize UTR6.72(170) |
Contact: Erica Mehrtens (History) Ph : 8344-5959 |
$500 in 1999 (NAI) Annual award |
| History and Literature | Bowen Prize for British History or British Literature Essay | Contact: Arts & Music Student Centre Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$1,488 in 2009
(NAI) Annual award |
| LANGUAGES | |||
| French Poetry |
Doctor Joseph Birch Hanson Prize UTR6.126 |
Contact: Department of French and Italian Studies (Arts) Ph: 8344-5179 |
$2,330 (NAI) Annual award |
| German Travel |
Anita Rodgers Scholarship UTR6.72(171) |
Contact: Department of German and Swedish Studies (Arts) Ph: 8344-5204 |
$200 (NAI) Triennial award (next 2006) |
| Italian | Omero Schiassi Prize UTR6.72(81) |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$1,100 in 2009 (NAI) Annual award |
| Languages | WT Mollison Scholarship UTR6.9 |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$19,460 in 2009 (NAI) Annual award |
| Languages | Wyselaskie scholarship in Modern Languages | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$3,800 in 2009 Annual award |
| Languages | Schiassi Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded to W. T. Mollison Winner but who is studying Italian |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$1,100 approx
Annual award |
| POLITICAL SCIENCE | |||
| Political Science International Studies |
William McMahon Ball Prize in International Studies UTR6.72(152) Eligibility: Postgraduate student Selection Criteria: Best result |
Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$500 (NAI) Annual award |
| Politics | Harbison-Higinbotham Research Scholarship UTR6.28 |
Contact: School of Graduate research Telephone: 8344-8667 |
(percentage of NAI) Annual award |
| Political Science | Jeannette Kosky Prize for International Relations | Contact: Arts Scholarships & Prizes Ph: +61 3 9035 4317 |
$334 in 2009 Annual award |