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James (Jim) Perkins was a PhD student at the University of Cambridge when he received a scholarship to study Economics at the University of Melbourne. After completing his degree at Cambridge, he returned to Australia and to the University of Melbourne, where he was appointed as an Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics. This scholarship honours his life and work. In 2024 it will support:
- a student undertaking a PhD in economics at a Russell Gro1 ...
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This scholarship supports students who specialise in jazz or improvised music who otherwise would be unable or would struggle to complete their studies.
Study area: Music, visual and performing arts Award amount: At least $600 Application status and date: Applications opening 23 Jun 2025Study level: Undergraduate, Honours, Graduate coursework, Graduate researchFaculty: Fine Arts and Music ...
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The Len Tierney Social Work Travelling Award was established in memory of Dr Tierney’s son Mark Julian Tierney, who died in infancy in 1964. Dr Leonard James Tierney OAM (1925 – 1996) was a leader in the development of social work education and professional practice at the University of Melbourne from 1961 until his retirement in 1990. In 1976 he was awarded Honorary Life Memberships of both the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and Australian Social Welf1 ...
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This award is supported by a gift from Duncan McEachran Eales and is offered to students who are enrolled in a graduate research degree in the field of telecommunications and are undertaking travel related to their research.
Study area: Engineering Award amount: Up to $5,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 30 May 2025Study level: Graduate researchFaculty: Engineering ...
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The Duncan McEachran Eales Research Scholarship was established with a gift Duncan McEachran Eales and is offered to students enrolled in a higher degree by research in the field of telecommunications whether theoretical or practical.
Study area: Engineering Award amount: Up to $39,375 Application status and date: Applications opening 30 May 2025Study level: Graduate researchFaculty: Engineering ...
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The Melbourne Humanitarian Access Scholarship is offered to talented students who are enrolling in an undergraduate or graduate degree by coursework and have applied for asylum in Australia.
Study area: Agricultural and veterinary sciences Award amount: 100% fee remission and up to $20,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 1 May 2025Study level: Undergraduate, Graduate courseworkFaculty: Scholarship office ...
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The Stawell Scholarship has been established to support Graduate Researchers within the field of Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology with a project of a proposal that will enhance their research outcomes.
Study area: Engineering Award amount: Up to $6,600 Application status and date: Applications opening 30 May 2025Study level: Graduate researchFaculty: Engineering ...
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The Lionel Gell Screen Production Bursary was established with a gift from the Lionel Gell Foundation and is offered to students who are producing high-quality, industry-standard graduation films as part of their final year of a degree in Film and Television and are experiencing financial need. Preference is given to high-achieving students.
Study area: Music, visual and performing arts Award amount: Up to $3,500 Application status and date: Applic1 ...
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The Lionel Gell Screen Production Bursary was established with a gift from the Lionel Gell Foundation and is offered to students who are producing high-quality, industry-standard graduation films as part of their final year of a degree in Film and Television and are experiencing financial need. Preference is given to high-achieving students.
Study area: Music, visual and performing arts Award amount: Up to $3,500 Application status and date: Applic1 ...
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The Len Tierney Social Work Travelling Award was established in memory of Dr Tierney’s son Mark Julian Tierney, who died in infancy in 1964. Dr Leonard James Tierney OAM (1925 – 1996) was a leader in the development of social work education and professional practice at the University of Melbourne from 1961 until his retirement in 1990. In 1976 he was awarded Honorary Life Memberships of both the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and Australian Social Welf1 ...
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The Faculty of Business and Economics Undergraduate Deputy Dean Awards is offered to students who are enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and demonstrate outstanding leadership skills and strong community engagement, both within and outside the University.
Study area: Business and economics Award amount: Up to $5,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 1 Aug 2025Study level: UndergraduateFaculty: FBE ...
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This scholarship, worth up to $20,000, supports high-ranking first-year Painting students in the discipline of Art who are in need of financial assistance to continue their course.
Study area: Music, visual and performing arts Award amount: $4,000 - $20,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 23 Jun 2025Study level: UndergraduateFaculty: Fine Arts and Music ...
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Professor Malcolm DH Smith was a leading international figure in Asian legal studies and the Founding Director of the Asian Law Centre at the University of Melbourne. Established to remember Professor Smith and his exceptional contribution to Asian legal studies, this scholarship is open to a first-year student enrolled in or enrolling in the Juris Doctor degree commencing at Melbourne Law School who has completed at a tertiary institution in Australia or Asia an under1 ...
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The Clive Pratt Scholarship was established with a gift from Henry Reginald Clive Pratt and is offered to graduate researchers in the field of Chemical Engineering or Biomolecular Engineering.
Study area: Engineering Award amount: Up to $9,500 Application status and date: Applications opening 30 May 2025Study level: Graduate researchFaculty: Engineering ...
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The Agilent Women in Science Leadership Award seeks to recognise leadership qualities and capabilities of students. This award will be offered to two students a year helping to build a strong cohort of future leaders in STEM, either in academia or industry.
Study area: Science Award amount: Up to $5,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 1 Jun 2025Study level: Graduate courseworkFaculty: Science ...
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The Australasian College of Dermatologists Undergraduate Prize in Dermatology is established by The Victorian Faculty of the Australasian College of Dermatologists, available on a yearly basis to medical students from the University of Melbourne, Monash University, Deakin University and University of Notre Dame Australia. Students in their final and penultimate years are invited to sit the examination.
An examination for the prize will be conducted in two parts: a one-1 ...
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The Stawell Scholarship has been established to support Graduate Researchers within the field of Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology with a project of a proposal that will enhance their research outcomes.
Study area: Engineering Award amount: Up to $5,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 30 May 2025Study level: Graduate researchFaculty: Engineering ...
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The Dr Betty Elliott Science Scholarship is offered to students who are enrolled in the second year of the Bachelor of Science and are experiencing disadvantaged circumstances.
Study area: Science Award amount: Up to $1,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 1 Jun 2025Study level: UndergraduateFaculty: Science ...
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This award supports graduate researchers in the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences undertaking travel to attend conferences, fieldwork, etc. as part of a Study Away request
Study area: Agricultural and veterinary sciences Award amount: Up to $3,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 27 Jan 2025Study level: Graduate researchFaculty: Science ...
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The Stawell Scholarship has been established to support Graduate Researchers within the field of Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology with a project of a proposal that will enhance their research outcomes.
Study area: Engineering Award amount: Up to $6,600 Application status and date: Applications opening 30 May 2025Study level: Graduate researchFaculty: Engineering ...
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The Herman Lawrence Prize in Clinical Dermatology is established by the Victorian Branch of the British Association of Dermatology and Syphilology in memory of Dr Herman Lawrence, a leader in the field of Dermatology and a world pioneer in the field of superficial radiotherapy. The Australian College of Dermatologists.
Study area: Health Application status and date: Applications opening 28 Apr 2025Study level: Graduate courseworkFaculty: MDHS ...
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This award was established by the Melbourne Foundation for Business & Economics in honour of Professor Emerita Margaret Abernethy, former Dean of the Faculty of Business & Economics. It aims to acknowledge, encourage and support high achieving students who demonstrate outstanding leadership skills in community engagement.
Study area: Business and economics Award amount: Up to $15,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 28 Aug1 ...
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The June Howqua Prize is established by the late June Louise Howqua MBBS (Hons) (1944), MD (1947). June worked for the Queen Victoria Hospital, the only hospital at the time that was run by women, exclusively for women. She maintained close contact with the University until she passed away.
Study area: Health Application status and date: Applications opening 1 May 2025Study level: Graduate courseworkFaculty: MDHS ...
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The Australasian College of Dermatologists Undergraduate Prize in Dermatology is established by The Victorian Faculty of the Australasian College of Dermatologists, available on a yearly basis to medical students from the University of Melbourne, Monash University, Deakin University and University of Notre Dame Australia. Students in their final and penultimate years are invited to sit the examination.
An examination for the prize will be conducted in two parts: a one-1 ...
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The Duncan McEachran Eales Research Scholarship was established with a gift Duncan McEachran Eales and is offered to students enrolled in a higher degree by research in the field of telecommunications whether theoretical or practical.
Study area: Engineering Award amount: Up to $39,375 Application status and date: Applications opening 30 May 2025Study level: Graduate researchFaculty: Engineering ...
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The Faculty of Business and Economics Undergraduate Deputy Dean Awards is offered to students who are enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and demonstrate outstanding leadership skills and strong community engagement, both within and outside the University.
Study area: Business and economics Award amount: Up to $5,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 1 Aug 2025Study level: UndergraduateFaculty: FBE ...
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The MBS Deputy Dean Awards were established by the Faculty of Business and Economics to acknowledge Academic Excellence and Community Leadership. The awards recognise high achieving graduate students at the Melbourne Business School who demonstrate outstanding leadership skills and strong community engagement, both within and outside the University both during and prior to their MBS study period.
Study area: Business and economics Award amount: Up1 ...
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The Faculty of Business and Economics Undergraduate Deputy Dean Awards is offered to students who are enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and demonstrate outstanding leadership skills and strong community engagement, both within and outside the University.
Study area: Business and economics Award amount: Up to $5,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 1 Aug 2025Study level: UndergraduateFaculty: FBE ...
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The Eugen Singer Award was established with a gift from Mrs Josephine Singer in commemoration of her late husband, Eugen Singer, and is offered to students who are undertaking a graduate research degree in the study of polymers and are experiencing disadvantaged circumstaces.
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The Lionel Gell Screen Production Bursary was established with a gift from the Lionel Gell Foundation and is offered to students who are producing high-quality, industry-standard graduation films as part of their final year of a degree in Film and Television and are experiencing financial need. Preference is given to high-achieving students.
Study area: Music, visual and performing arts Award amount: Up to $3,500 Application status and date: Applic1 ...
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The Portland House Theatre Bursary is established with a gift from Portland House Group and is offered to students who are enrolled in a course specialising in Theatre or Design and Production and are experiencing financial need.
Study area: Music, visual and performing arts Award amount: Up to $3,000 Application status and date: Applications opening 23 Jun 2025Study level: Undergraduate, Honours, Graduate courseworkFaculty: Fine Arts and Music ...
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The Australasian College of Dermatologists Undergraduate Prize in Dermatology is established by The Victorian Faculty of the Australasian College of Dermatologists, available on a yearly basis to medical students from the University of Melbourne, Monash University, Deakin University and University of Notre Dame Australia. Students in their final and penultimate years are invited to sit the examination.
An examination for the prize will be conducted in two parts: a one-1 ...
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The June Howqua Prize is established by the late June Louise Howqua MBBS (Hons) (1944), MD (1947). June worked for the Queen Victoria Hospital, the only hospital at the time that was run by women, exclusively for women. She maintained close contact with the University until she passed away.
Study area: Health Application status and date: Applications opening 1 May 2025Study level: Graduate courseworkFaculty: MDHS ...
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The Hamilton Family Travel Scholarship is awarded annually to support one or more Melbourne Medical School students to travel to either remote regions in Australia or an overseas destination for the purposes of furthering their medical knowledge and gaining life experience.
Study area: Health Application status and date: Applications opening 1 May 2025Study level: Graduate courseworkFaculty: MDHS ...
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The Herman Lawrence Prize in Clinical Dermatology is established by the Victorian Branch of the British Association of Dermatology and Syphilology in memory of Dr Herman Lawrence, a leader in the field of Dermatology and a world pioneer in the field of superficial radiotherapy. The Australian College of Dermatologists.
Study area: Health Application status and date: Applications opening 28 Apr 2025Study level: Graduate courseworkFaculty: MDHS ...
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The Philip Hunter Fellowship will support a wide range of art forms and creative disciplines engaging in themes and issues that hold currency in contemporary creative practice. The intention of this fellowship is to provide financial support to practitioners so that their creative practice and studio programme can continue to develop and sustain. The Fellowship will encourage broadening Faculty of Fine Arts and Music professional networks and contribute to the notion o1 ...
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The Hector Maclean Ophthalmology Prize is sponsored by The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists.
Study area: Health Award amount: Up to $500 Application status and date: Applications opening 28 Apr 2025Study level: Graduate courseworkFaculty: MDHS ...
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The Karl David Yeomans Prize was established by Yeomans and Buxton families, their friends and associates, in memory of the late Karl David Yeomans. Karl, a poet, died from brain cancer at age 33, and was the son of Professor Neville Yeomans, formerly Associate Dean (Academic Programs) in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, and also formerly Head of the Department of Medicine at The Western Hospital.
Study area: Health Applicati1 ...
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The Hector Maclean Ophthalmology Prize is sponsored by The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists.
Study area: Health Award amount: Up to $500 Application status and date: Applications opening 28 Apr 2025Study level: Graduate courseworkFaculty: MDHS ...
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The McCall MacBain Scholarships were established in 2019 by John and Marcy McCall MacBain and are offered to students who are enrolling in masters or professional degree studies at McGill University, have demonstrated leadership potential, and aspire to lead with purpose to make a positive impact on the lives of others.
Study area: Agricultural and veterinary sciences Application status and date: Applications opening 1 Jun 2025Study level: Graduate1 ...