University Secretary's Department List of Awards, Scholarships and Prizes

General - Graduate Prizes


Discipline
Prize
Contact
Value/Frequency
Academic career has been adversely affected Fay Marles Scholarships Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
Applications: close 31 October
$17,915 per annum in 2004 plus thesis and relocation allowance

Up to ten annual awards
Archival Research Juliet Flesch Cambridge Studies Prize
UTR6.72(181)
Contact: Janita Westbury (Arts)
Ph: 9035 4317
(NAI)

Annual award
Disabled Students Robertson Scholarship
UTR6.72(110)
Contact: Student Financial Aid
Ph: 8344-6053
Applications: Close 28 March
$5,500
(NAI)

Annual award
Dramatic Performance Louise Homfrey Prizes
UTR6.72(58)
Contact: Union House Theatre
Ph : 8344-6975
Book about history of theatre

Two annual awards
Dramatic Performance Murray Sutherland Prizes
UTR6.72(30)
Contact: Union House Theatre
Ph : 8344-6975
Book about history of theatre

Annual award
Financial Aid Saltau-Price Scholarship
UTR6.72(116)
Contact: Student Financial Aid
Ph: 8344-6053
Applications: Close 28 March
$350 in 2001

Annual award
Human Rights Fay Marles Scholarships
Eligibility: Students undertaking postgraduate studies in the field of human rights at the University of Melbourne.
Selection Criteria
: Students must demonstrate a commitment to the peaceful advancement of human rights.
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
Annual award
Indigenous Students Isabella Oldham Scholarships
UTR6.243
Contact: Leanne Fisher
(University Secretary's Dept)
Ph: 8344-4721
(Determined by the Council)

One or more annual awards
Indigenous Students Rotary District 980 [now known as District 9800] Aboriginal Vocational Fund
UTR7.75(23)
Contact: Leanne Fisher
(University Secretary's Dept)
Ph: 8344-4721
(Determined by the Council)

One or more annual awards
Melbourne Theatre Company Robert McDonald MTC Professional Development Award
Eligibility
: Undergraduate or postgraduate students who are enrolled currently as students of the University of Melbourne, and who have been a producer or stage manager with a theatre production group which is affiliated with the Union House Theatre at the University of Melbourne during the current year.
Contact: Ms Suzie Thomas
Education Manager, Melbourne Theatre Company, The University of Melbourne,
Ph: 9684 4502
Five week secondment to a particular production in the Melbourne Theatre Company 2010 subscription season. Also include a double under 30’s subscription package for all plays in the MTC 2010 Subscription Season, valued at approximately $432.

Annual award til 2015
Publication Australian Academy of the Humanities Publication Subsidies
Donor: The Australian Academy of the Humanities offers funding to assist the publication of scholarly work.
Eligibility: Scholars resident in Australia and working in the field of the Humanities (Philosophy and Religion, Literature and Philology, Linguistics, History, Prehistory, Archaeology, Classics, Visual Arts and Musicology). Fellows of the Academy are ineligible for awards. Preference will be given to scholars in the earlier stages of their careers, and who are not well placed to receive funding from other sources. If scholars wish to apply for a subsidy towards publication they must already have a publisher, obtain a statement of costs and submit the statement with a formal request for a subsidy to the Secretary of the Academy.
Special Conditions: The Academy may seek from the publisher full copies of the readers’ reports on the manuscript and will require a copy of the typescript. It will not normally assist publications on which royalties are paid. Costs of research assistance, editorial work and the preparation of indexes are not subsidised under the scheme. If a subsidy is approved, it is normally paid when the book is in page-proof, and unless cause is shown will be withdrawn if the book is not published within three years of the approval of the request. The subsidy should be acknowledged either on or near the title page, and a copy of the book must be sent to the Academy for deposit in the library. Publication assistance is restricted to works by scholars normally resident in Australia.
Contact: The Secretariat
Australian Academy of the Humanities
GPO Box 93 Canberra ACT 2601
Ph: (06) 248 7744
Fax: (06) 248 6287
Applications: close 28 February and 31 July. Forms are available from the Secretariat AAH.
Max. $3,000

Several annual awards
Research Australian Postgraduate Awards Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
$18,484 in 2004 plus thesis and relocation allowance

Annual awards
Research MA Bartlett Research Scholarships
UTR6.51
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
$200 each
8 awards
(NAI)


One or more annual awards
Research AO Capell Scholarships
UTR6.114
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
$20,000 in 2003
(Determined by the Council)

One or more annual awards
Research Stella Mary Langford Scholarship
UTR6.166
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
$20,000 in 2004
(NAI)

Annual award
Research Ernst and Grace Matthaei Scholarship
UTR7.144
Donor: Grace Moran Matthaei
Eligibility: Postgraduates engaged in research within the field of optics including students of Biochemistry, Botany, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Optomertry and Vision Sciences, Science and Zoology.
Contact: (Research and Innovation)
Ph: 8344-6937
$19,000 and $3,000 for research purposes

Every three years
Research Melbourne Research Scholarships (MRS) Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
$17,915 in 2004
plus thesis and relocation allowance

Annual awards
Research Pratt Foundation Scholarship
Eligibility: First awarded in 1997, the Pratt Foundation Scholarships are generously supported by Mr Richard Pratt, A.O. and his family through the Pratt Foundation.
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
$20,000 in 2004

Annual award
Research Rhodes Scholarship
UTR6.107
Contact: Professor James A Angus
Honorary Secretary to the Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee
The University of Melbourne
VICTORIA 3010
Ph: 8344-4019
£820 per month plus all fees

Annual award
Research Special Postgraduate Studentships
Note: Faculties and Departments can opt to establish a studentship that the Melbourne Scholarships Office can pay either on a fortnightly basis or as a one-off lump sum payment. Details on establishing a studentship can be obtained at
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
Annual award
Research The Henry and Louisa Williams Bequest Scholarships
UTR6.106
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
$20,000 in 2004

One or more annual awards
Scholarships The Eleanor and Joseph Wertheim Scholarship
UTR6.233
Eligibility:
Awarded to unmarried, widowed or divorced women over the age of 25 years, in difficult circumstances.
Selection Criteria:
Candidates must provide evidence of their gender, age and marital status. They must be unmarried women.
Note: Postgraduate as well as undergraduate students are eligible to apply for this award
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
Funded by a trust fund

Annual Award
Thesis Chancellor's Prize
Eligibility: All PhD candidates who are awarded the degree in the previous year are eligible to be nominated
Selection Criteria: Excellence in the PhD thesis. The Deans of all faculties are invited to submit two nominations from each of the groupings-
(i) Humanities and Creative Arts,
(ii) Social Sciences,
(iii) Science and Engineering, and
(iv) Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.
The final selection committee will be the Research Higher Degrees Committee.
Contact: School of Graduate Studies
Ph: 8344-8599
Medal for desk display

Four awards annually
Travelling Scholarship Aitchison Travelling Scholarship
UTR6.46
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
Applications: close 1 February
(NAI)

Annual award
Travelling Scholarship Rae & Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship
UTR6.165
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
$50,000 per annum

Two or more awarded from time to time
Travelling Scholarship Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
Applications: closing date to be advised
Maintenance allowance, tuition and examination
fees, airfares and other allowances

Annual award
Travelling Scholarship WEJ Craig Travelling Scholarship
UTR6.74
Donor:
Anonymous
Selection Criteria: Graduates qualified to pursue research in animal husbandry. Preference given to students undertaking research at Queen's University in Belfast.
Eligibility: The student must pursue research relating to animal husbandry at an overseas university.
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
Applications: close 30 June
$20,000pa

Annual award
Travelling Scholarship Alma Hansen Scholarship
UTR6.164
Contact: Janita Westbury (Arts)
Ph: 9035 4317
Applications: closing date to be advised
(NAI)

Annual award
Travelling Scholarship Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
Applications: closing date to be advised
$US17,000pa
plus tuition fees, health insurance and service fees

Annual award
Travelling Scholarship French History Research Higher Degree Scholarship
Donor:
Helen Margaret Davies
Eligibility:
Research Higher Degree candidates (PhD.) with confirmed candidature, in the Faculty of Arts and the Facutly of VCA and MCM.
Selection Criteria: The Scholarship is intended to be applied to airfares, train/bus fares, accommodation and/or any other expenses associated with local travel at the research site. The award is not to be applied to funding for attendance at conferences or seminars if this is the purpose of the application. Nor is the award to be applied to support course fees at an overseas institution. Candidates would present an outline of planned activities proposed to undertake through the Scholarship and make a case justifying their selection.
Contact: Janita Westbury (Arts)
Ph: 9035 4317
$3,000 in 2012

Annual award
Travelling Scholarship Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship (MATS)
Eligibility: PhD and other Research Doctorate students.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on a competitive basis to assist PhD and other Research Doctorate students travel overseas to conduct academically justifiable research that is relevant, but not essential, to the completion of the student's thesis and that fulfills two or more of the following purposes:
  • To collect field data
  • To access research materials not available in Australia
  • To work in a laboratory, research institute or meet researchers
  • To present papers at relevant conferences.
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
Applications: closing date to be advised
$1,000 max.

One or more annual awards
Travelling Scholarship Postgraduate Overseas Research Experience Scholarship (PORES)
Eligibility:
PhD and other Research Doctorate students.
Selection Criteria: Awarded to assist PhD students gain international experience as part of their research higher degree training, and to consolidate research links with overseas universities and research institutions.
Special Conditions: A significant proportion of the funds required should be available from another source (usually from research funds available to the supervisor or relevant department).
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
Applications: closing date to be advised
$5,000 max.

One or more annual awards
Travelling Scholarship Sir Arthur Sims Travelling Scholarship
UTR6.80
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
Applications: close 30 June
Variable
(NAI)

Biennial award
Travelling Scholarship Lorna Stirling Fund
UTR7.92
Contact: Leanne Fisher
(Central Secretariat)
Ph: 8344-4721
Nine-tenths NAI
(Determined by Committee)

One or more annual awards
Women Graduates Helen Macpherson Smith Scholarship
UTR6.198
Contact: Melbourne Scholarships
Ph: +61 3 8344-8747
Fax: +61 3 9349-1740
$4,000 top-up to APA/MRS in 2003
(NAI)

Annual award
       

 

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