COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR UNIVERSITY STUDY IN 1974
Major changes in the system of assistance available to university students will be introduced by the Commonwealth Government from the beginning of 1974. All full-time non-bonded students in approved courses may apply for a means tested living allowance.
All enquiries should be addressed to:
The Regional Director,
Commonwealth Department of Education, 450 St Kilda Road,
Melbourne, Vic. 3004.
DAFYDD LEWIS TRUST SCHOLARSHIPS
Available to males only who were educated at State Elementary, State Secondary or Technical Schools. There is a means test for applicants, and scholarships are not available for Theology, Music, Arts or Education.
There is an age limit of 181/2 years for boys from High Schools and 201/2 years for boys from Technical Colleges.
BENEFITS All studies and registration fees will be paid.
A living allowance will be paid.
ENQUIRIES The Secretary, Dafydd Lewis Trust,
c/o The Trustees, Executors and Agency Co. Ltd., 401 Collins Street,
Melbourne, Vic. 3000.
GOWRIE SCHOLARSHIPS
BENEFITS A grant of $150 per annum.
Open only to members of the Australian Armed Forces (or their descen- dants) who served overseas during the war of 1939/45. Closing date 30 September.
ENQUIRIES The Secretary,
The Gowrle Scholarship Trust Fund, Box E5, St James,
Sydney, N.S.W. 2001.
UNIVERSITY'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS
Under the terms of the Commonwealth's Special arrangements and from the University's own Student's Loan Fund, finance is available to enable loans of up to $1,000 to be made to students in any year pursuing courses satisfactorily. In addition, free grants may be availaЫe towards annual 32
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fees. Normally a guarantor is required to guarantee the repayment of loans to students.
Enquiries from: Faculty Secretary or Student Counsellor or Accounts Branch.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SECONDARY STUDENTSHIPS
Holders of studentships are required to enter into an agreement to teach with the Education Department for three years after completion of course. Service for one year is required If studentship assistance has been given for one year only (e.g., to enable holder to undertake Dip.Ed.) BENEFITS All studies and registration fees. Living allowance. Special rates for undergraduates and graduates not previously assisted.
ENQUIRIES The Secretary, Education Department, (Teacher Education Division), 480 Collins Street,
Melbourne, Vic. 3000.
POSTGRADUATE STUDIES: GRANTS FROM RESEARCH FUNDS ALLOCATION
Grants are made by the Professorial Board on the advice of its Standing Research Committee and the heads of the departments concerned.
Commonwealth Postgraduate Awards
These awards are currently 82,600 per annum and applications close with the Secretary for Graduate Studies on 31 October each year. Awards are normally for two years for MSc or three years for PhD or up to four years for combined MSc/PhD candidature. A limited number of awards are available for MSc by course work.
Further details are available from the Secretary for Graduate Studies.
Research Awards
The University of Melbourne grants to students a limited number of research scholarships from its own resources. Where an award is made, scholars are expected to devote their whole time to research except for such tutoring and demonstrating work as is approved by the head of the appropriate department.
Research scholarships (some known as Williams Scholarships) are awarded to graduates who have shown marked ability for research and who are undertaking further research training, as Master degree or PhD candidates. Research scholarships may be renewed annually for a period not exceeding three years.
EMOLUMENTS OF AWARDS
The value is 82,000 per annum plus fees.
Research Fellowships
The University of Melbourne has established five research fellowships, not more than two of which may be senior fellowships. The senior fellowships have the status and salary of a senior lecturer and the fellowships the status and salary of a lecturer. Fellowships may be held for one or two years. Travelling allowance is made for a fellow appointed from overseas.
Fellowships will be advertised as they become vacant.
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Travelling Research Scholarships
Two travelling research scholarships• are offered in two years out of every three to enable a graduate who shows first-rate capacity for research to undertake approved work at an overseas university, or other suitable institution. The value of the scholarship, which is normally awarded for three years, is 83,200 per annum.
RESEARCH REPORT
All persons conducting research in the University, whether under research awards or otherwise, are required to submit, by the end of February in each year, reports on their research during the preceding twelve months to the heads of their departments, together with a list of their research publications during the period. Heads of departments also submit depart- mental research reports, which are published in the annual University of Melbourne Research Report.
MODE OF APPLICATION
Applications for research awards and grants must be made on a form designed for the purpose (and available at the office of the Dean of Graduate Studies). Applications must be lodged with the Secretary for Graduate Studies before 30 November. In general, research awards are made as from 1 March.
Further information may be obtained from the Secretary for Graduate Studies.
SUMMARY OF AWARDS
The following table gives a summary of awards other than those described above which are available to Science students at entrance, undergraduate, final examination and postgraduate levels. More precise information con- cerning these awards may be obtained from Appendix 3 in the Calendar or from the person or Calendar regulation indicated in the table.
Note: Values of awards as shown below are approximate only.
ENTRANCE
Title and Approximate Calendar Reference or
Value Information Source
Field
Unrestricted Senior Government The Secretary, Scholarships Education Department, 980 p.a. Treasury Place,,
East Melbourne Free Places The Secretary,
Tuition fees Education Department, Treasury Place, Melbourne,
Vic. 3002
Dick Bursaries Accounts Department 8100 maximum
Moran Bursaries Accounts Department 9180
• The Aitchison Travelling Scholarship and the Myer Scholarship, which are together worth
$3,200, are also available for research abroad. The combined scholarship is also offered for three years, but only in two out of every three years.
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Field Title and Approximate Value
Calendar Reference or Information Source
Forestry
Rest Home Bursary
$100 p.a.
War Bursaries Tuition fees Edwin Nonus Smith
Scholarship 8140
Students' Loan Fund Commonwealth Forestry
Scholarships Tuition fees
Accounts Department Accounts Department Accounts Department
Science Faculty Office or Accounts Branch The Director-General, Forestry and Timber
Bureau, Canberra, A.C.T.
Optometry Details are shown in Chapter 7
UNDERGRADUATE Field Title and Approximate
Value
Calendar Reference or Information Source Unrestricted
Agricultural Chemistry Applied Mathe-
matics (first year) Applied Mathe-
matics (second year)
Biochemistry (second year) Biochemistry
(third year) Biology Botany (later
years) Botany (second
year) Botany (third
year) Chemistry (first
year)
Aitchison Scholarships 8140 each
James Curving Prize
$90
Dixon Scholarship 830
Dixson Scholarship 840
Exhibition 820
Dunlop Rubber Company Exhibition
840
J. F. W. Payne Exhibition 840
Brunning Prizes (2) 820 (each) E. F. Millar Exhibition
840 Exhibition
860 Dwight's Prize
850
Accounts Department R.6.26 R.6.13.2
R.6.13.2
R.3.20.10 R.7.3.6
R.7.3.6 Announcements
R.7.3.6 R.á.20.10 R.6.5
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Chemistry (second year) Chemistry (third
year) Engineering
Part I