Scholarships for Honours Students

Both the ANU and RSBS offer merit based Honours scholarships, students are encouraged to apply for both of these scholarships.

ANU Honours Scholarship

The ANU offers 15 honours scholarships to students across all disciplines each year. The Scholarship is valued at $5000. Applications for the ANU Scholarship are via an online form, open from 1 August each year.

Further information on the ANU Honours Scholarship

RSBS Honours Scholarship

RSBS offers a number of scholarships for suitably qualified students wishing to undertake their fourth year (Honours) in the biological or medical sciences field within the Research School of Biological Sciences. A selection of exciting research projects is available for Honours study in 2008.

Scholarships are for one year and are valued at $6,000. In addition scholars transferring from a university outside the ACT region are eligible for a travel and relocation allowance of up to $4,000 (reimbursed upon the production of approved receipts).

Applicants should be completing, or have recently completed, the third year of a relevant Bachelors degree course or equivalent with majors in appropriate medical or biological science areas, and have a strong academic record.

Students must be undertaking an Honours project within RSBS, and have a supervisor from within the School to be eligible for the RSBS Honours Scholarship.

Applications have officially closed however late applications may be considered on a case-by case basis. Applications must be complete with referee reports when you submit. An online RSBS scholarship application form is now available. To complete your application you will need to nominate two academic referees to comment on your academic performance using the referee report form which is to be returned to RSBS.

ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science Scholarship

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.

Eligibility
• The student must be enrolled in an honours program at ANU
• The student must be supervised by one of a Centre’s Chief Investigators
• The student must be working on a Centre related research project
• The student must not be a recipient of any other honours scholarship

Application Procedure
Students are encouraged to discuss research opportunities with the relevant Chief Investigator at the Centre.

All applications for honours scholarships 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

Students are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible but not later than 30 November for semester 1 start in the following year. Details of research projects and contact information of Chief Investigators in the Centre can be found on the Centre website.


Summer Research Scholarships

RSBS participates in the ANU Summer Research Scholarship program. Summer Research Scholarships are designed for talented students considering undertaking postgraduate research in the future. They are an excellent opportunity to work with distinguished researchers, utilising facilities and materials not readily available elsewhere. Students typically participate in the program prior to undertaking their Honours year, however it is also possible to participate upon completion of the Honours program.

Further information on Summer Research Scholarships.

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