Scholarships / Awards
Scholarships and prizes are awarded annually and administered by Trustees of AFUW-NSW Inc Education Trust.
Please note that the value of scholarships may vary from year to year at the discretion of the Trustees.
Branches award prizes at their own discretion.
One such is the Dr Barbara Wright Postgraduate Scholarship offered by Central West Branch. See separate listing for detailed application requirements [pdf].
This scholarship is available to mature aged women living in the Central West of NSW who will be undertaking a postgraduate degree/research in 2011.
The closing date for applications to this scholarship is 31st July 2010.
Description of Awards - AFGW - NSW
JAMIESON AWARD
The Australian Federation of Graduate Women – NSW Inc. offers annual awards of $1000.00 each to outstanding women students who completed the final year of their first degree in 2009. Preference will be given to applicants with significant community involvement and preferably proceeding to approved further study.
Please note: Students enrolled in double degrees may only apply when the final year of the first part of this degree was completed in 2009.
Candidates may be studying in any field but a special Molly Price award may be offered to a suitable science student.
For application guidelines click Jamieson Award application
Completed application together with names and email addresses of two referees should be emailed to the AFGW-NSW office: afuwnsw@netspace.net.au by not later than 31 March 2010.
Hilda Jamieson's Biography
THE TEMPE MANN TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP
The Trustees of the Education Trust of the Australian Federation of Graduate Women — NSW Inc. invite applications from women enrolled as a research masters or doctorate degree student at The University of Sydney, or have a first degree or masters from the University of Sydney and be enrolled for a doctorate at another university within NSW, for the TEMPE MANN TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP 2010. The Scholarship is awarded to a woman to undertake a short period of advanced research or course work in any field, at an overseas university or equivalent organisation.
Value: The Scholarship for 2010 will be $A7,500. The award will be applied to the cost of the successful
applicant's expenses incurred in the designated study program.
Tenure: The scholarship will be taken up in 2010 (or early 2011) for a period to be agreed by the Trustees.
Eligibility: An applicant must:
- Be enrolled as a research masters or doctorate degree student at The University of Sydney, or have a first degree or masters from the University of Sydney and be enrolled for a doctorate at another university within NSW
- Be an Australian citizen or have permanent residency in Australia
- Be accepted by the overseas university (or equivalent organisation) at which she proposes to study
- Establish the necessity for overseas study/research
Closing date: 30 April 2010.
The Trustees hope to announce the award of the Scholarship by 1st June 2010.
Applications:
Click here for more information regarding the Tempe Mann Scholarship Guidelines and link to Application form
Tempe Mann's Biography
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