Faculty of Science
Undergraduate Awards
Discipline |
Prize |
Contact |
Value/Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science | 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: Penelope Pepperell(Academic Secretary) Ph: 8344 7527 |
$4,000 in 2002 (NAI) Quinquennially award |
| Science | John and Betty McCreery Scholarships UTR7.153 |
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 UTR7.150 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 UTR6.214 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 | 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 |
| BIOLOGY | |||
| Biology First Year |
JFW Payne UTR6.72B(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 UTR6.72B(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 UTR6.72B(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 UTR6.197 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 Prize Donor: Established by the School of Botany Foundation. The prize was initiated by donations from friends, students and associates in 1997 in memory of the late Professor Robert Bruce Knox. Eligibility: This prize is open to students in the School of Botany who are undertaking an honours degree or a research training program in the Master of Science (commencing from 2009). Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student with the highest grade for the research project in either the Honours 4th year of the Bachelor of Science or the Master of Science (commencing from 2009). This award may be split if there is more than one student of equal merit. |
Contact: Sylvia Hossain (Botany) Ph: 8344 5067 |
$1,200 in 2009 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 UTR6.5 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 Prize UTR6.72(175) Selection Criteria: Awarded to an outstanding second year student who intends to major in Chemistry. |
Contact: Vicki Burley (Chemistry) Ph: 8344-6495 |
$832 in 2009 (NAI) Annual award |
| Chemistry Third Year |
Fred Walker Scholarship UTR6.58 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 UTR6.13 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 UTR6.72(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 UTR6.49 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 |
J S Anderson Prize UTR6.72(146) Selection Criteria: Awarded to the student in the final year of the degree of bachelor of Science with honours, in a research training program in the master of Science or in a postgraduate diploma in Science, who is majoring in chemistry and who displays the greatest aptitude and potential for research. |
Contact: Vicki Burley (Chemistry) Ph: 8344-6495 |
$1,475 in 2004 (NAI) Awarded from time to time |
| Chemistry Industrial | Grimwade Prize UTR6.18 |
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 UTR6.3 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 UTR6.72(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 UTR6.72(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 UTR6.197 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 UTR6.72(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 UTR6.5 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 UTR6.72(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 UTR6.13 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 UTR6.7 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 UTR6.13 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 UTR6.72B(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 UTR6.72(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 UTR6.72(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 UTR6.72(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 UTR6.5 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 |
| NATURAL SCIENCE | |||
| Natural History | Howitt Natural History Scholarship UTR6.6 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 UTR6.146 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 UTR6.7 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 |
| 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 Annual award |
| Physics | Ramm Prize in Experimental Physics UTR6.214 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: Linda Richardson (Science) Ph: 8344-5949 |
(22 ½ percent NAI) Annual award |
| Physics | TF Ryan Roentgen Prize UTR6.72(26) |
Contact: Dave Wolf (Physics) Ph: 8344-5447 |
Annual award |
| Physics First Year |
Dwight's Prize UTR6.5 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: Dave Wolf (Physics) Ph: 8344-5447 |
Annual award |
| Physics Second Year |
William Sutherland Prize UTR6.72(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: Dave Wolf (Physics) Ph: 8344-5447 |
Books (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: Dave Wolf (Physics) Ph: 8344-5447 |
Prize plus medallion in 2004 Annual award |
| Physics Honours, Master of Science, Postgraduate Diploma of Science | Dixson Scholarship in Experimental Physics UTR6.13 Robert Dixson, of Melbourne and Adelaide, made a bequest in 1890, to advance sound learning in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. Selection Criteria: Awarded in the School of Physics on the basis of results in Physics in fourth year (Honours), a research training program in the Masters of Science or the Postgraduate Diploma in Science. Holders must conduct research in the respective School. Process: Nominated by the Head, School of Physics. Tenure: 1 Year |
Contact: Dave Wolf (Physics) Ph: 8344-5447 Email: science-awards@unimelb.edu.au |
$1,658 for 2010 (one-quarter NAI) Annual award |
| ZOOLOGY | |||
| Zoology (Rotated annually between Botany, Genetics and Zoology) |
Alfred Nicholas Fellowship UTR6.197 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 UTR6.72(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 UTR6.72B(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 UTR6.184 Selection Criteria: The F.H. Drummond Prize is awarded to the most outstanding student in Zoology who is completing the honours year in a BSc, a research training program in the master of Science degree or a postgraduate diploma in Science. |
Contact: Josie D'Alessandro (Zoology) Ph: 8344-6259 |
$300 in 2004 (determined by Council) Annual award |