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

Faculty of Science
Undergraduate Awards

Discipline
Prize
Contact
Value/Frequency
Science Dublin Prize
R6.72(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: Penelope Pepperell(Academic Secretary)
Ph: 8344 7527
$4,000 in 2002
(NAI)

Quinquennially award
Science John and Betty McCreery Scholarships
R7.153
Contact: Ben McCarthy (Student Financial Aid)
Ph:
8344- 6550
$200-1000
$1,000 in 2004
(NAI)

One or more annual awards
Science Hilda Trevelyan Morrison Bequest
R7.150
Donor: Hilda Trevelyan, who bequeathed half of her estate at the time of her death for the establishment of Science scholarships.
Selection Criteria:
Awarded to one or more needy students enrolled in the Faculty of Science on the joint recommendation of the Faculty and of the Student Financial Aid Officer. The Faculty of Science and the Student Financial Aid Officer must be satisfied that the student could not continue his or her University course without financial assistance. Any student who has received an award from the fund is not thereby disqualified from receiving further assistance from the fund.
Contact: Ben McCarthy (Student Financial Aid)
Ph:
8344- 6550
Various amounts from $200 - $1,000 (NAI)

Annual award
Science Muriel Ramm Science Bursary
R6.214
Selection Criteria:
Awarded to the student entering a Degree with Honours course in the Faculty who is not expected to receive additional funds from the University other than an Honours Scholarship to cover a fee-based place.
Contact: Kevin Kirk (Science)
Ph: 8344 6128
Email: science-awards@unimelb.edu.au
$4,000 in 2004

Annual award
Science Honours Amgen Australia Prize in Biotechnology
Donor: Amgen Australia is part of Amgen Incorporated, which develops and delivers therapeutics based on advances in cellular and molecular biology.
Eligibility: Students undertaking a course in Biotechnology at Honours level.
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student with the highest achievement in a research project in biotechnology. The recipient will be selected by a selection committee consisting of the Dean of the Faculty of Science, a representative of Amgen Australia and the Heads of the School of Botany, and the Departments of Biochemistry and Genetics.
Contact: Kevin Kirk (Science)
Ph: 8344 6128
Email: science-awards@unimelb.edu.au
$500 in 2004

Annual award
Science Honours Richard Larkins Prize - Department of Medicine (RMH/WH)
Donor: The Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals) established a Prize to honour the contribution of Professor Richard Larkins, who held the position of James Stewart Professor of Medicine and Head of Department of Medicine (RMH/WH) from 1984 to 1997.
Eligibility: Students enrolled in the Fourth Year of the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) in the Department of Medicine (RMH/WH).
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the Department of Medicine (RMH/WH) to the student achieving the highest results.
Contact: Helen Dedman (Medicine RMH)
Ph: 8344 6128
$1,000 approx

Annual award
Science Honours The John A. McKenzie/Selby Scientific Foundation Award
Donor: Selby Scientific Foundation
Eligibility: Students who have completed the requirement of the BSc, BASc or BBiomedSc at the University of Melbourne and are pursuing a Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) or equivalent in the Department of Genetics.
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student achieving the highest Science Faculty Honours Score who is enrolled in a Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) or equivalent in the Department of Genetics.
Special Conditions: The award may be shared by up to 3 students should it be impossible to distinguish between them on the basis of their academic record.
Contact: Kevin Kirk (Science)
Ph: 8344 6128
Email: science-awards@unimelb.edu.au
$1,000 approx

Annual award to 2010
ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY
Anatomy TF Ryan Prize for Anatomy
R6.72(25)
Selection Criteria
: Students enrolled in Second Year Anatomy
Contact: Colin Anderson (Anatomy and Cell Biology)
Ph: 8344 5807
$320 and Medal in 2004

Annual award
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Cell Biology Tissues and Organs 516-201
Alcorn Award for Cell Biology
Donor:
The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology.
Eligibility: Awarded to an award course student who has completed the second year level subject: 516-201 Cell Biology of Tissues and Organs.
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student placed first overall in the second year subject: 516-201 Cell Biology Tissues and Organs.
Special Conditions: The prize will only be awarded to a student who has a minimum result of H1 (80%). There will be only one winner of the award in any one year. In the event of a tie, consideration will be given to the consistency of performance of the students within the different assessment tasks within the subject, in order to decide on a single winner. The prize will not be awarded if in the opinion of the Anatomy & Cell Biology Department Executive Committee, there is no student of sufficient merit.
Contact: Colin Anderson (Anatomy and Cell Biology)
Ph: 8344 5807
$250 approx

Annual award
Anatomy and Cell Biology Developmental Neurobiology
516-306
Lavarack Prize
Donor:
The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology.
Eligibility: Students who has completed the third year level subject, Developmental Neurobiology (516-306)
Selection Criteria: Awarded to student placed first overall.
Special Conditions: There must be only one winner of the ward in any one year. The prize will only be awarded to a student with a H1.
Contact: Colin Anderson (Anatomy and Cell Biology)
Ph: 8344 5807
$250

Annual award
Anatomy and Cell Biology Neuroscience: Systems and Higher Functions
516-305
Sunderland Award for Neuroscience
Donor: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Eligibility: Award course students who have completed the third year level subject Neuroscience: Systems and Higher Functions (516-305). Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student placed first overall.
Special Conditions: There must be only one winner of the award in any one year. The prize will only be awarded to a student with a H1.
Contact: Colin Anderson (Anatomy and Cell Biology)
Ph: 8344 5807
$250

Annual award
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Introductory Neuroscience
516-209
Darian-Smith Award for Introductory Neuroscience
Donor
: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Eligibility: Award course students who have completed the second year level subject: 516-209 Introductory Neuroscience.
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the award course student placed first overall in the second year subject 516-209 Introductory Neuroscience.
Special Conditions: The prize will only be awarded to a student who has a minimum result of H1 (80%). There will be only one winner of the award in any one year. In the event of a tie, consideration will be given to the consistency of performance of the students within the different assessment tasks within the subject, in order to decide on a single Winner. The prize will not be awarded if in the opinion of the Anatomy & Cell Biology Department Executive Committee, there is no student of sufficient merit.
Contact: Colin Anderson (Anatomy and Cell Biology)
Ph: 8344 5807
$250

Annual award
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Functional and Applied Anatomy
516-304 and Advanced Studies in Human Anatomy
516-308
Wood-Jones Award for Topographic Anatomy
Donor: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Eligibility: Award course students who have completed Functional and Applied Anatomy (516-304) and Advanced Studies in Human Anatomy (516-308).
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student with the highest aggregate score in the relevant subjects.
Special Conditions. There must be only one winner of the award in any one year. The prize will only be awarded to a student with a H1 average over the two subjects.
Contact: Colin Anderson (Anatomy and Cell Biology)
Ph: 8344 5807
$250

Annual award
BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY
Biochemistry Second Year Exhibition Prize in Second Year Biochemistry
Donor:
Information not provided.
Eligibility: Students enrolled in seond year Biochemistry.
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Biochemistry to the student achieving the highest result.
Contact: Jacquie Munro-Smith (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Ph: 8344 5907
$100 in 2003

Annual award
Biochemistry Third Year Dunlop Rubber Co Exhibition
R6.72B(9)

Selction Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Biochemistry to the student achieving the highest result in Third Year Biochemistry.
Contact: Jacquie Munro-Smith (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Ph: 8344 5907
$500

Annual award
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Lundie Summer Research Scholarship
Donor: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to commemorate the passing of Nicole Amber Lundie, a member of the inaugural Bachelor of Biomedical Science class in 2001.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Biomedical Science (BBiomedSc) and have completed 100 points at first year and 100 points at second year, but not completed any third year subjects of this course.
Selection Criteria: The award will be made primarily on the basis of academic merit in the subject Integrated Biomedical Science I (521-213). Students who submit an outstanding written application with at least a H2B pass in 521-213 will be considered.
Special Conditions: Applicants must have passed all 100 points of first year subjects and 100 points of second year subjects in the Bachelor of Biomedical Science. An award need not be made in a particular year if no suitable applications are received.
Contact: Jacquie Munro-Smith (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Ph: 8344 5907
Summer Research Placement in Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and $1,500

Annual award
Biology
First Year
JFW Payne
R6.72B(7)

Donor: Mr J.F.W Payne
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Director of First Year studies in Biology to the student achieving the highest result in First Year Biology.
Contact: Daryl Hepburn (Biology)
Ph: 8344 4876
Email: science-awards@unimelb.edu.au
$500

Annual award
Biology
First Year
McGraw-Hill Biology Award
Donors:
Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Co
Eligibility: Students enrolled in an award course of the university and enrolled in the first year subject Biology of Australian Flora & Fauna (650-111).
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Director of First Year Studies in Biology to the student achieving the highest overall result in Biology of Australian Flora and Fauna.
Contact: Daryl Hepburn (Biology)
Ph: 8344 4876
Email: science-awards@unimelb.edu.au
Book voucher $200

Annual award
Biology
First Year
UMEP Prize for Academic Excellence in Biology
Donor:
Biology Laboratory
Eligibility: Students enrolled in the Melbourne University Program for High Achieving Students (UMEP) who have completed an approved, year-long subject sequence in Biology.
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student placed first overall.
Special Conditions: A prize will be awarded only to a student who achieves an overall result of H1. A prize will not be awarded if there is no appropriate candidate in a given year.
Contact: Katherine van Loon (UMEP)
Ph: 8344 4393
Melbourne University Bookshop voucher valued at $120

Annual award
Biology
First Year
WH Swanton Exhibition
R6.72B(5)
Donors
: Mr & Mrs W.H Swanton
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student achieving the highest result in First Year Biomedical Biology
Contact: Daryl Hepburn (Biology)
Ph: 8344 4876
Email: science-awards@unimelb.edu.au
$500

Annual award
BOTANY
Botany Botany Prize
Donor: This donation was made anonymously by a donor to provide encouragement to a student to pursue a branch of Botany.
Eligibility: Students who are Australian citizens and enrolled either full-time or part-time in the Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the School of Botany to a student who has shown exceptional promise in his or her studies.
Contact: Sylvia Hossain (Botany)
Ph: 8344 5067
$2,000

Annual award
Botany EF Millar Exhibition
R6.72B(22)

Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Coordinator of Botany to the student achieving the highest results in Second Year Botany
Contact: Sylvia Hossain (Botany)
Ph: 8344 5067
$500

Annual award
Botany
(Rotated annually between Botany, Genetics and Zoology)
Alfred Nicholas Fellowship
R6.197

Note: Postgraduate as well as undergraduate students are eligible to apply for this award
Contact: Sylvia Hossain (Botany)
Ph: 8344 5067
(Determined by Council)

Awarded from time to time
Botany
Third Year
Exhibition Prize in Third Year Botany
Eligibility: Students enrolled in Third Year Botany.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the School of Botany to the student with the highest result.
Contact: Sylvia Hossain (Botany)
Ph: 8344 5067
$800 in 2004

Annual award
Botany
Honours
Bruce Knox Honours Prize
Donor: Friends, students and associates made a donation in 1997 in memory of Professor Robert Bruce Knox.
Eligibility: Students enrolled in Fourth Year honours course in the School of Botany
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the School of Botany to the student with the highest aggregate result.
Contact: Sylvia Hossain (Botany)
Ph: 8344 5067
Two awards of $500 each in 2004

Annual award
Botany
Marine and Freshwater Botany
The Kingsley Rowan Marine Botany Prize
Donor: Established by the School of Botany Foundation with an initial donation from Dr Vasilliso Sarafis for a prize to be established in Marine and Freshwater Botany to honour Dr Kingsley Rowan, past Reader in the School.
Eligibility: Students who have completed third year Marine and Botany subject.
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student achieving the highest result in third year Marine and Botany subject.
Contact: Sylvia Hossain (Botany)
Ph: 8344 5067
$400 in 2004

Annual award
CHEMISTRY
Chemistry
First Year
Dwight's Prize
R6.5
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Chemistry to an outstanding student in First Year Chemistry.
Contact: Vicki Burley (Chemistry)
Ph: 8344-6495
$700 in 2004

Annual award
Chemistry
First Year
Exhibition Prize in First Year Chemistry
Donor: Information not provided.
Eligibility: Students enrolled in first year Chemistry.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the School of Chemistry to the student achieving the highest result.
Contact: Vicki Burley (Chemistry)
Ph: 8344-6495
$100 in 2004

Annual award
Chemistry
Second Year
The Huntsman Australia Prize
Donor:
Huntsman Corporation Australia Pty Ltd.
Eligibility: Second Year Chemistry students proceeding to a major in Chemistry in Third Year.
Selection Criteria: Awarded for an outstanding performance
Contact: Vicki Burley (Chemistry)
Ph: 8344-6495
$500

Annual award
Chemistry
Second Year
Charles Anthony Taylor Scholarship
R6.72(175)
Selection Criteria
: Awarded to an outstanding second year student who intends to major in Chemistry.
Contact: Vicki Burley (Chemistry)
Ph: 8344-6495
$975 in 2004
(NAI)

Annual award
Chemistry
Third Year
Fred Walker Scholarship
R6.58

Selection Criteria: Awarded to a Third Year student to enable him or her to undertake a Fourth Year of study in Chemistry in preparation for a Master of Science.
Special Conditions: The scholarship is not to be held jointly with a Cuming Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry.
Contact: Vicki Burley (Chemistry)
Ph: 8344-6495
$600 in 2004
(NAI)

Annual award
Chemistry
Fourth Year
Dixson Scholarship in Chemistry
R6.13
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the School of Chemistry on the basis of Fourth Year Honours results in the School of Chemistry. Holders must conduct research in the School.
Contact: Vicki Burley (Chemistry)
Ph: 8344-6495
$2,000 in 2004
(one-quarter NAI)

Annual award
Chemistry
Fourth Year
Ronald Riseborough Prize
R6.72(46)

Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Chemistry for the best Fourth Year research report in Applied Chemistry by a student who is a graduate of an Institute of Technology.
Contact: Vicki Burley (Chemistry)
Ph: 8344-6495
$360 in 2004
(NAI)


Annual award
Chemistry
Final Year
James Cuming Memorial Scholarships
R6.49

Selection Criteria: Awarded to students completing the Final Year of a Bachelor of Science based on assessments in Chemistry in that year. Scholarship holders must devote themselves to advanced studies or research work in Chemistry in preparation for a Master of Science.
Contact: Vicki Burley (Chemistry)
Ph: 8344-6495
Major $500 in 2004
Minor $330 in 2003
(three-fifths and two-fifths NAI)

Two annual awards
Chemistry
Honours
JS Anderson Prize
R6.72(146)

Selection Criteria: Awarded to a student enrolled in a Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) who is majoring in Chemistry and who displays the greatest potential for research.
Contact: Vicki Burley (Chemistry)
Ph: 8344-6495
$1,475 in 2004
(NAI)

Awarded from time to time
Chemistry Industrial Grimwade Prize
R6.18
Contact: Kevin Kirk (Science)
Ph: 8344-7647
$7,000 in 2004

Annual award
Chemistry Organic/ Physical Dulux Prize in Organic Chemistry
Donor: Information not provided.
Eligibility: Chemistry students who have completed Third Year in the Bachelor of Science and who are enrolled in either Organic or Physical Chemistry in the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours), and who are permanent residents of Australia.
Contact: Gillian Webster (Chemistry)
Ph: 8344 7137
$1,000 in 2004

Annual award
EARTH SCIENCES
Geology
First Year
Argus Exhibition
R6.3
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Head of the School of Earth Sciences to the student who achieves the highest result in First Year Earth Sciences.
Contact: Malcolm Wallace (Earth Sciences)
Ph: 8344 6526
$100 in 2003

Annual award
Geology
First Year
Leo Stach Memorial Scholarship
R6.72(104)

Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the School of Earth Sciences to the Geology student who, at the end of First Year, shows academic ability and demonstrates financial need.
Contact: Malcolm Wallace (Earth Sciences)
Ph: 8344 6526
$1,700 in 2005
(Determined by Council)

Biennial award
Geology
Second Year
Exhibition Prize in Second Year Geology
Donor: Information not supplied.
Eligibility: Students enrolled in second year Geology.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Head of Department of Geology to the student achieving the highest results.
Contact: Malcolm Wallace (Earth Sciences)
Ph: 8344 6526
$550 in 2004

Annual award
Geology
Third Year
Exhibition Prize in Third Year Geology
Eligibility:
Students enrolled in third year Geology.
Selection Criteria:
: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Geology to the student achieving the highest results.
Contact: Malcolm Wallace (Earth Sciences)
Ph: 8344 6526
$700 in 2004

Annual award
Earth Sciences
Honours
AMOS Prize
Donor:
Australian Meterological and Oceanographic Society
Eligibility: Student must have completed Honours in the calendar year in which the prize is awarded.
Selection Criteria: Student placed highest in the Honours Year in the School of Earth Sciences whose thesis addresses a Meteorological or Oceanographic topic.
Special Conditions: The prize will only be awarded to students who have a result of H1.
Contact: Malcolm Wallace (Earth Sciences)
Ph: 8344 6526
$100

Annual award
Earth Sciences
Honours
PW Crohn Scholarship
R6.72(188)
Contact: Malcolm Wallace (Earth Sciences)
Ph: 8344 6526
$1,600 in 2004
(NAI) Annual award
Earth Sciences
Honours
John Lovering Prize
Donor:
School of Earth Sciences
Eligibility
: Students must have completed Honours in the calendar year in which the prize is awarded.
Selection Criteria: Student placed first overall in the Honours year in the School of Earth Sciences.
Special Conditions: The prize will only be awarded to students who have a result of H1.
Contact: Malcolm Wallace (Earth Sciences)
Ph: 8344 6526
$1,000

Annual award
GENETICS
Genetics
(Rotated annually between Botany, Genetics and Zoology)
Alfred Nicholas Fellowship
R6.197

Note:
Postgraduate as well as undergraduate students are eligible to apply for this award
Contact: Veronique Bergeron (Botany)
Ph: 8344-6250
Determined by Council

Awarded from time to time
Genetics Second Year Dame Margaret Blackwood Prize
R6.72(88)

Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Genetics to the student achieving the highest results in Second Year Genetics.
Contact: Veronique Bergeron (Botany)
Ph: 8344-6250
$1,900 in 2004
(NAI)

Annual award
Genetics
Third Year
Dwight's Prize
R6.5
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Genetics to a student for achievement in four or more units in Third Year Genetics.
Contact: Veronique Bergeron (Botany)
Ph: 8344-6250
$700 in 2004

Annual award
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Information Systems
Honours
Department of Information Systems Honours Scholarship
Donor: Department of Information Systems.
Eligibility: Students commencing enrolment in the Bachelor of Information Systems (Honours).
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the basis of excellent academic achievement in Information Systems at the undergraduate level to the top three course entrants who have achieved at least an average of H1 (80% or greater) in their best five 300-level subjects.
Special Conditions: The Scholarship is payable in two instalments, 50% at the beginning of first semester of the Honours course and dependent upon full-time course continuance, 50% at the beginning of the second smester of the course. The student must score a minimum of 65% in each of the three coursework units and meet the first semester requirements of the thesis (615-496) by submitting an acceptable thesis proposal, with an associated presentation.
Contact: Vicki Jackson (Information Systems)
Ph: 8344 1507
$4,000 each

Up to three annual awards to 2006
MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
Mathematics UMEP Prize for Academic Excellence in Mathematics
Donor: Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Eligibility: Students enrolled in the Melbourne University Program for High Achieving Students (UMEP) who have completed an approved, year-long subject sequence in Mathematics.
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the top four highest placed students.
Special Conditions: A prize will be awarded only to students who achieve an overall result of H1. A prize will not be awarded if there are no appropriate candidates in a given year.
Contact: Katherine van Loon (UMEP)
Ph: 8344 4393
Melbourne University Bookshop voucher valued at $120

Annual award
Mathematics and Statistics
Analysis and its Applications
ER Love Prize
R6.72(161)

Selection Criteria: The prize is awarded annually by the Council on the recommendation of the Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics, to the undergraduate placed first in the subject considered to have the largest content of analysis.
Contact: Angela Balshaw (Mathematics and Statistics)
Ph: 8344-5550
$150 in 2004
(NAI)

Annual award
Mathematics and Statistics
Applied Mathematics
Dixson Scholarship in Applied Mathematics
R6.13

Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics to the students who achieve the highest results in First, Second and Third Year Applied Mathematics.
Contact: Angela Balshaw (Mathematics and Statistics)
Ph: 8344-5550
$400 each in 2004
(one-eighth NAI)


Annual award
Mathematics and Statistics
Mathematics
Wyselaskie Scholarship in Mathematics
R6.7

Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student who has the best honours result in Mathematics and Statistics.
Special Conditions: The student must continue with further study at the University of Melbourne.
Contact: Angela Balshaw (Mathematics and Statistics)
Ph: 8344-5550
$3,150 in 2004
(NAI)

Annual award
Mathematics and Statistics
Pure Mathematics
Dixson Scholarship in Mathematics
R6.13

Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics to the students who achieve the highest results in Second and Third Year Pure Mathematics.
Contact: Angela Balshaw (Mathematics and Statistics)
Ph: 8344-5550
$400 each in 2004
(one-eighth NAI)

Annual award
Mathematics and Statistics
Pure Mathematics
John MacFarland Exhibition
R6.72B(4)

Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics to the student with the best performance in First Year Pure Mathematics.
Contact: Angela Balshaw (Mathematics and Statistics)
Ph: 8344-5550
$500

Annual award
Mathematics and Statistics
Pure & Applied Mathematics
Professor Wilson Prize
R6.72(2)

Eligibility: Graduates of not more than seven years' standing from first enrolment.
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the recommendation of the Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics for the best thesis in Pure or Applied Mathematics for the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) or Master of Science.
Contact: Angela Balshaw (Mathematics and Statistics)
Ph: 8344-5550
$550 in 2004
(NAI)

Annual award
Mathematics and Statistics Statistics
Second Year
Maurice H Belz Prizes in Statistics
R6.72(55)

Selection Criteria: Awarded to the best two students in mainstream second year statistics subjects
Contact: Angela Balshaw (Mathematics and Statistics)
Ph: 8344-5550
Books
$600 (1st Prize) and
$300 (2nd Prize) in 2004
(two-thirds and one-third NAI)

Two annual prizes
Mathematics and Statistics Statistics
Third Year
Norma McArthur Prize
R6.72(162)

Selection Criteria:
Awarded by Council on the recommendation of the Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics to the student with the best performance in third year statistics.
Contact: Angela Balshaw (Mathematics and Statistics)
Ph: 8344-5550
$360 in 2004
(NAI)

Annual award
Mathematics and Statistics Statistics Dwight's Prize
R6.5

Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics to the student with the highest result in Fourth Year Statistics honours.
Contact: Angela Balshaw (Mathematics and Statistics)
Ph: 8344-5550
$700

Annual award
MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY
Microbiology Roy and Iris Simmons Award
R6.72(82)
NOTE: Postgraduate and undergraduate students are both eligible for this award.
Contact: Corliss Chang (Microbiology)
Ph: 8344-5679
$2,550 in 2004

Annual award
Microbiology Second Year Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) Second Year Prize
Donor:
Australian Society for Microbiology.
Eligibility:
Students enrolled in Second Year Microbiology proceeding to Third Year.
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Microbiology to the top student.
Contact: Corliss Chang (Microbiology)
Ph: 8344-5679
$50 plus certificate of achievement

Annual award
Microbiology Third Year Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) Third Year Prize
Donor:
Australian Society for Microbiology.
Eligibility: Students enrolled in third year Microbiology.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Microbiology to the top student.
Contact: Corliss Chang (Microbiology)
Ph: 8344-5679
$100 plus certificate of achievement

Annual award
Microbiology Third Year Exhibition Prize in Third Year Microbiology
Eligibility: Students enrolled in third year Microbiology.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Microbiology to the student achieving the highest mark.
Contact: Corliss Chang (Microbiology)
Ph: 8344-5679
$550

Annual award

Microbiology Fourth Year
Major Bartlett University Scholarship
Donor: JCharles Bartlett made a bequest in 1930 for Scholarships to be awarded to students engaged in research in Microbiology.
Eligibility: Postgraduate students or students enrolled in the Fourth Year of a Bachelor of Science (degree with Honours) who are engaged in research in Microbiology in the departments of the University where research in Microbiology may be conducted.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Microbiology
Special Conditions: More than one Scholarship may be awarded to any one scholar, either concurrently or consecutively, as the trustees may determine
Contact: Corliss Chang (Microbiology)
Ph: 8344-5679
$200 per scholarship in 2004 8 awards
8 awards

One or more annual awards
NATURAL SCIENCE
Natural History Howitt Natural History Scholarship
R6.6
Selection Criteria:
Awarded to undergraduates who are current Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) students studying in the Schools and Departments of Botany, Earth Sciences, Genetics and Zoology. Awarded by a selection committee comprising the Dean and concerned Heads of Schools and Departments.
Contact: Kevin Kirk (Science)
Ph: 8344-7647
Major $2,200 in 2004
(50% NAI) Two minor $1,100 each in 2004 (25% NAI each)

Three awards
Natural Science Bryan Scholarships
R6.146

Donor: Frederick Bryan, of Highdene Guildford in the County of Surrey, made a bequest in 1922 for the endowment of a scholarship or scholarships in Natural Science in memory of his mother
Eligibility: Students undertaking honours in one of the School of Botany, School of Chemistry, School of Earth Sciences, Department of Genetics, School of Physics, Department of Zoology, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, Department of Pharmacology or Department of Physiology
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the recommendation of a Faculty of Science selection committee (comprising the Dean and relevant Heads of Departments) to candidates who have completed the Bachelor of Science and who are undertaking or about to undertake the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) in a branch of Natural Science.
Contact: Kevin Kirk (Science)
Ph: 8344-7647
$2,100 each in 2004
(half NAI each)

Two annual awards
Natural Science Wyselaskie Scholarship in Natural Science
R6.7

Selection Criteria: Awarded on the recommendation of a committee to the student who has the highest Third Year faculty honours score in the Schools of Chemistry and Physics, or the Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pathology and Pharmacology, and who is proceeding to the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours).
Contact: Kevin Kirk (Science)
Ph: 8344-7647
$2,000 in 2004
(NAI)

Annual award
PHARMACOLOGY
Pharmacology Third Year
Third Year Science Prize in Pharmacology Donor: Department of Pharmacology.
Eligibility: Students who have undertaken at least 62.5 points in Third Year Pharmacology.
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student achieving the highest result in third year Pharmacology
Contact: Dr Margaret Morris (Pharmacology)
Ph: 8344-5745
$200 Annual award
PHYSICS
Physics UMEP Prize for Academic Excellence in Physics
Donor: School of Physics.
Eligibility: Students enrolled in the Melbourne University Program for High Achieving Students (UMEP) who have completed an approved, year-long subject sequence in Physics.
Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student placed first overall.
Special Conditions: A prize will be awarded only to a student who achieves an overall result of H1. A prize will not be awarded if there is no appropriate candidate in a given year.
Contact: Katherine van Loon (UMEP)
Ph: 8344 4393
Melbourne University Bookshop voucher valued at $120

Annual award
Physics Ramm Prize in Experimental Physics
R6.214

Donor: Professor Emeritus Colin Ramm in memory of his wife
Selection Criteria:
Awarded to a student enrolling in either the Honours Year or a postgraduate degree by research in Experimental Physics and who has demonstrated excellent research potential.
Contact: Kevin Kirk (Science)
Ph: 8344-7647
$850 in 2004
(22 ½ percent NAI)

Annual award
Physics TF Ryan Roentgen Prize
R6.72(26)
Contact: Cilla Gloger (Physics)
Ph: 8344-5124
$500

Annual award
Physics
First Year
Dwight's Prize
R6.5
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the School of Physics to the student achieving the highest results in First Year advanced-level Physics.
Contact: Cilla Gloger (Physics)
Ph: 8344-5124
$700 in 2005

Annual award
Physics
Second Year
William Sutherland Prize
R6.72(8)
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the School of Physics to the student achieving the highest results in Second Year Physic and who is proceeding to study the subject at Third Year
Contact: Cilla Gloger (Physics)
Ph: 8344-5124
Books $125 in 2004
(NAI)

Annual award
Physics
Third Year
EM and JF Ward Prize for Experimental Physics
Donor:
A donation was made in 1984 by Professor Emeritus JF Ward of Townsville, in memory of his great-aunt Edith Ward who, in 1896, was among the first 55 women to graduate at the University of Melbourne. It also commemorates the association over a span of four generations of the Ward family with the School of Physics
Eligibility: Students enrolled in the Third Year or Final Year of a Bachelor of Science majoring in Physics.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the School of Physics to the most outstanding student in experimental Physics.
Contact: Cilla Gloger (Physics)
Ph: 8344-5124
$600 plus medallion in 2004

Annual award
Physics
Fourth Year
Dixson Scholarship in Experimental Physics
R6.13
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the School of Physics on the basis of Fourth Year Honours results in the School of Physics. Holders must conduct research in the School.
Contact: Cilla Gloger (Physics)
Ph: 8344-5124
$2,000 in 2004
(one-quarter NAI)

Annual award
Physics
Fourth Year
Honours Scholarships in Physics for Interstate Students
Donor: School of Physics
Eligibility: Students must be entitled to Australian residence, and have not been a resident in Victoria in the twelve months preceding the application. Students must also meet the eligibility criteria for the BSc (Honours) program in Physics.
Selection Criteria: The award will be made on academic merit to students who have at least a H1 average in subjects equivalent in content and standard to those that would be used to calculate a University of Melbourne Science Faculty Honours score.
Contact: Cilla Gloger (Physics)
Ph: 8344-5124
$5000 each

Two annual awards
PHYSIOLOGY
Physiology RD Wright Prize
R6.72(94)

Selection Criteria: Awarded to the best student(s) in undergraduate Physiology subjects in courses for degrees other than the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.
Contact: Lesley Robinson (Physiology)
Ph: 8344 7755
$1,000 each in 2004 three awards
(percentage of NAI)

Annual award
Physiology Second Year Exhibition Prize in Physiology II
Eligibility: Students enrolled in second year Physiology.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Physiology to the student achieving the highest results.
Contact: Lesley Robinson (Physiology)
Ph: 8344 7755
$500

Annual award
Physiology Third Year Exhibition Prize in Physiology III
Eligibility: Students enrolled in third year Physiology.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of the School of Physiology to the student achieving the highest results.
Contact: Lesley Robinson (Physiology)
Ph: 8344 7755
$500

Annual award
ZOOLOGY
Zoology
(Rotated annually between Botany, Genetics and Zoology)
Alfred Nicholas Fellowship
R6.197

Note: Postgraduate as well as undergraduate students are eligible to apply for this award.
Contact: Josie D'Alessandro (Zoology)
Ph: 8344-6259
NAI

Awarded from time to time
Zoology
First Year
Baldwin Spencer Prizes
R6.72(9)

Donor: Subscribers to a fund to provide a memorial to Professor Baldwin Spencer, first professor of Biology in the University. There are two prizes.
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Director of First Year studies in Biology to the students achieving the highest result in the practical work in the discipline of Zoology in each of the following groups: (a) first-year biomedical students, (b) first-year science students.
Special Conditions: Students in other faculties who do their laboratory work with either of these groups may compete for the appropriate prize.
Contact: Josie D'Alessandro (Zoology)
Ph: 8344-6259
$100 each in 2004

Annual award
Zoology
Second Year
Georgina Sweet Scholarship
R6.72B(3)
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Zoology to the student achieving the highest results in Second Year Zoology.
Contact: Josie D'Alessandro (Zoology)
Ph: 8344-6259
$500

Annual award
Zoology
Third Year
Exhibition
Eligibility: Students enrolled in Third Year Zoology
Selection Criteria: Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Zoology to the student achieving the highest results.
Contact: Josie D'Alessandro (Zoology)
Ph: 8344-6259
$450 in 2004

Annual award
Zoology
Honours
FH Drummond Prize
R6.184
Selection Criteria:
Awarded on the nomination of the Head of Department of Zoology to the student placed first in the final assessment for the undergraduate Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) in the Department of Zoology.
Contact: Josie D'Alessandro (Zoology)
Ph: 8344-6259
$300 in 2004
(determined by Council)

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