ANU Honours Year Scholarships

Value: $5,000
Apply By: 31/10

The University offers up to 15 ANU Honours Year scholarships each year. In 2010 each scholarship will be worth $5,000.

Subject to the approval of the University Awards Committee an ANU Honours Year Scholarship may be held concurrently with other scholarships and awards. It is advisable that you contact Centrelink to establish if an ANU Honours Scholarship can be held without affecting your Youth Allowance or other benefit.

Requirements: You should be intending to enrol full-time at this University in the Honours Year of a program of study leading to the award of the degree of Bachelor with Honours OR in the final year of a program of study leading to the award of the degree of Bachelor with Honours where the honours component is an integral part of the final year.

It is essential that you contact the School where you are proposing to undertake Honours to establish that you have or will have the academic qualifications for entry into Honours and that the required resources will be available to you.

It is acknowledged that at this stage your acceptance into Honours may not yet be finalised. You do not need to wait for results before lodging an application. If you lodge an application and later become ineligible for Honours your application will be disregarded.

With the approval of the relevant School, you may commence the Honours Program in either first or second semester.

International students are eligible to apply.

Application Process: Online application

Please note that you will need to provide a 200 word statement describing the research, professional or scholarly interests which you would intend to pursue while an Honours Scholar at the ANU. You will need to submit this statement either to the address below or email it to ug.schols@anu.edu.au. Your application will be incomplete without this statement.

If you are not already a student at the ANU you must apply separately for admission to the University. An admission application form may be obtained by contacting the Admissions area:

Website: www.anu.edu.au/sas/admission/
Email: Admiss.App@anu.edu.au
Telephone: 02 6125 5594
Fax: 02 6125 0751

ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science Scholarship

Value: $6,000 plus up to $4,000 relocation allowance
Apply By: 30/11

The ANU node of the Centre is offering scholarships to honours students. The stipend will be $6,000 plus up to $4,000 relocation allowance for students relocating from other states. Students are encouraged to discuss research opportunities with the relevant Chief Investigator at the Centre. Details of research projects and contact information of Chief Investigators in the Centre can be found on the Centre website.

Requirements: The applicant must be enrolled in an honours program at ANU, must be supervised by one of a Centre’s Chief Investigators, and must be working on a Centre related research project.

Application Process: All applications should be submitted to the Chief Operations Officer of the Centre through the proposed supervisor (a Chief Investigator in the Centre).

The application should contain: A recent C.V.; 200 words research proposal; Copies of transcripts; Two referee reports.

Angus Nicholson Honours Scholarship in Science

Value: $5,000
Apply By: 30/11

A scholarship of $5,000 for a student who can demonstrate academic merit and a passion for his or her chosen field of science.

Closing date: 30 November each year


Requirements: The successful applicant will have provided supporting material as well as the names of two referees who are well placed to support the application and comment on the applicant's passion for science.

Current ANU students and external applicants are encouraged to apply.


Application Process: Apply by letter to the Prizes & Undergraduate Scholarships Office setting out your passion for the chosen field of science as well as your academic achievements. Mail letter to:

Prizes and Undergraduate Scholarships Office,
Pauline Griffin Building,
Australian National University,
Canberra ACT 0200 Australia

Anjeli Nathan Memorial Scholarship

Value: $5,000
Apply By: 31/10

A scholarship of $5,000 for an applicant accepted to study behavioural ecology or conservation biology as part of the Honours Program in Botany and Zoology. The scholarship may be used to assist the student either to undertake the Honours Program or to gain fieldwork experience after the successful completion of the degree with Honours.

The Scholarship commemorates the life of Anjeli Nathan, a brilliant student who, tragically, was killed doing the field research she loved. See the BoZo website for more information.

Closing date: 31 October each year


Requirements: The scholarship shall be awarded on the basis of academic merit and on a written proposal by applicants who are completing their third year, or are within twelve months of having completed the degree with honours in Botany and Zoology. Projects involving long-term captivity, killing or surgery on animals will not be considered.

Application Process: A written propsosal must be submitted to the school. Mail the written proposal to:

School of Botany and Zoology,
Building 116, Daley Road,
Australian National University,
Canberra ACT 0200 Australia

or email William.foley@anu.edu.au