Awards, Prizes and Scholarships
The Faculty of Science supports excellence and potential with a range of scholarships, awards and prizes for our students.
Find scholarships
To find scholarships you’re eligible for, visit the Melbourne Scholarships website.
Additionally, Faculty-level scholarships are listed below.
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Faculty scholarships currently open for application
Title Closing date Dame Margaret Blackwood Soroptimist Scholarship (Graduate Research - BioSciences) 10 March 2019 Dawson Bursary (Graduate Research Degree bursary - Biological Sciences) 10 March 2019 The Muriel Ramm Science Bursary 10 March 2019 The John Hodgson Scholarship (2019 BioSciences) 15 March 2019 David Syme Research Prize (Academic research) 29 April 2019 Applied Urban Geography Award (proudly supported by Geografia) 5 July 2019 - All Faculty-level scholarships
How to apply for scholarships
Many scholarships are awarded by automatic consideration. This means you don’t need to apply or contact us to register your interest. Everyone who is eligible will be automatically considered.
If a scholarship is open for application, before applying, check that you are eligible, then carefully read the information on how to apply.
What can a scholarship do?
Emily Roycroft
PhD candidate (BioSciences)
Recipient of a Dame Margaret Blackwood Soroptimist Scholarship
"I am incredibly grateful for support over two years during my PhD. With a young child, travelling for research can be financially and logistically difficult. The scholarship has significantly relieved this pressure, allowing me to visit and work with interstate collaborators, as well as to attend conferences."
Daniel Ferlewicz
Master of Science (Physics)
Recipient of a Jean E Laby Bursary
"Receiving the bursary has definitely changed how I see my future from here. In knowing that there are people out there willing to give a helping hand, I want to keep pushing on with my studies, trying to break through the barriers that I’ve had in the hope that one day I will be able to give back to society through some breakthrough or contribution to the field."
Giving to science
Most of our scholarships are supported by generous benefactors. For more about supporting student scholarships, visit our Giving to Science page.
Contact
For further information about Faculty of Science awards, prizes and scholarships email science-awards@unimelb.edu.au.