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Honours Scholarships

These scholarships are available to students who are undertaking an Honours program.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Scholarship
Donor: University, industry donors, community organisations and the annual Reconciliation Scholarship Dinner Dance
Amount: $10,000 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Scholarship was established through contributions from the University, industry donors, community organisations and the annual Reconciliation Scholarship Dinner Dance.

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ADSSI Quality in Community Care Scholarship
Donor: ADSSI Limited
Amount: $10,000 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established to provide support and stimulus for suitably qualified and interested beginning nurse researchers. This is a community based scholarship to provide research about enhancing quality of life provided by community care support services to frail aged, younger people with a disability, and their carers, who are living on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It is anticipated that these students will enrol full-time or part-time and thus for part-time students the scholarships will extend over two years per student if applicable.

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Aston Bequest Honours Scholarship in Nursing
Donor: Aston Bequest to School of Nursing and Midwifery
Amount: $2,000 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Friday, 11 May 2012

This scholarship was established in 2000 after instruction from the will of Elizabeth Beverley Aston to the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Newcastle to assist in the training of nurses.

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Challenge / SMART Mentor Scholarship
Benefit: The scholarship provides the benefit of $6000, payable in fortnightly instalments of $600 for full-time Scholars. If the Scholar has not already completed the course, the Challenge/SMART will agree to pay half cost for the SCIT2100 online course.
Closing Date: Friday, 11 November 2011

This scholarship was first established in 2011. SMART (Science, Maths and Real Technology) and The Science and Engineering Challenge are award-winning science communication programs from the University of Newcastle's Faculty of Science and Information Technology, and Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment. SMART and the Challenge now operate around Australia

The scholarships are an important part of fulfilling Challenge/SMART mission to:

* Inspire, inform and involve young people with science, including mathematics engineering and technology

* Provide opportunities for university students to learn and practice science communication

* Encourage widespread ongoing participation and dialogue relating to science

Mentor scholars will be involved in researching, developing and presenting science shows and activities, a mini project and/or research project paper, being mentored and mentoring other students, professional development and assisting in the running of the programs.

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Don McNair Scholarship in Plant Identification and Illustration
Donor: Dr Donald Livingstone McNair
Benefit: One scholarship valued at $1200 to be awarded each year. Students undertaking either an ecologically-based project involving some plant identification or a plant illustration project can apply. The scholarship will be awarded on merit each year preferably, but not necessarily, alternating between the two disciplines.
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

Don McNair wishes to establish an Honours Scholarship within the Faculty of Science and Information Technology to encourage study of all aspects of Australian Native Plants within the disciplines of Environmental Science and Natural History Illustration. It is to promote the importance of Australian Plants and through ecologically-based projects using either classical or molecular plant identification methods or through projects focused on plant illustration.

Don has donated a Research Herbarium to the University and wishes that it be used by participants of Plant Environmental Sciences and Plant Illustration as an essential part of these scholarships.

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Edwards Hall Alumni Scholarship
Donor: Residential Colleges Fund
Benefit: Up to five (5) scholarships will be offered annually. The scholarship provides the benefit of $500 payable as a lump sum payment after the semester 1 census date.
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established in 2010 through the generous donations of past Edwards Hall residents, to help students who are socially or economically disadvantaged.

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Faculty of Business and Law Honours Scholarship
Amount: $3,000 Number available: 10 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established by the Faculty of Business and Law, to assist outstanding students enrolled in an honours program in the Faculty.

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Faculty of Science and Information Technology Honours Scholarship
Benefit: Scholarships will be available for students commencing in Semester 2, 2012. The scholarships provide a total of $2,000 each payable in two payments of $1,000 to be paid each semester after the census date.
Closing Date: Sunday, 3 June 2012

This scholarship was establised by the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Science and Information Technology to encourage and support students entering an Honours program with the aim of progressing to an RHD program offered by the Faculty of Science and Information Technology.

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Faculty of Science and Information Technology Research Training Scholarships
Benefit: Up to twenty (20) scholarships will be offered subject to available funding. Scholarships will be offered to students commencing in Honours programs or programs with embedded Honours in Semester 1, 2012. The scholarships provide a benefit of $2,000 each payable in two payments of $1,000 to be paid each semester after the census date. The scholarship provides an automatic 2013 Provisional University of Newcastle Postgraduate Research Scholarship (PUNRSC) for students continuing to a Research Higher Degree program in 2013 offered by the Faculty of Science and IT who receive Honours Class One in Semester 2 2012 and an offer for admission.
Closing Date: Monday, 24 October 2011

This scholarship is established by the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Science and Information Technology with the aim to encourage and support students to enrol in an Honours program and to commence a research higher degree.

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Flechtheim Scholarship
Donor: Father Stephen Moore
Benefit: A scholarship will be offered annually (where possible). The scholarship provides an amount of $3,000 to be paid as a lump sum upon receipt of a research paper deemed by the Chair of the selection committee to be of suitable standard.
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established in 2006 by a legacy from the donor's maternal grandfather, Julius Flechtheim, a former professor of jurisprudence at Berlin University who died as a victim of the Holocaust in 1940. The legacy funding the scholarship was made available to Julius's grandson after the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims in 2005 recognised the legitimacy of a life insurance policy taken out by Professor Flechtheim 70 years earlier. He was a contemporary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who lectured on systematic theology at the same time and who was killed by the Nazis in 1945.

In their respective fields both men recognised in the upheaval of their country that true responsibility (both secular and temporal) means freedom and true freedom means responsibility.

The scholarship is offered in the hope that it will give fresh inspiration to all who are called to ask the awkward moral and ethical questions by encouraging study into the ethics of responsible action with particular reference to Bonhoeffer's theology.

Further information to assist students interested in applying for the prestigious Flechtheim Scholarship can be found here

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Hartley Honours Scholarship
Donor: Professor Kelver Hartley Bequest
Benefit: Up to five (5) scholarships will be offered annually. The scholarship provides $4000 to be paid in two payments of $2000 each after the census date each semester. An additional amount of up to $1000 to support relocation to the University of Newcastle may be available upon written request to the Hartley Awards Committee.
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

These scholarships were established from the estate of the first Professor of French, Professor Kelver Hartley, at the University of Newcastle to promote the study of French and to assist students in this endeavour. Funding is derived from the Hartley Bequest administered by the executors, the Perpetual Trustees.

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Hunter New England Health Honours Scholarship
Donor: School of Nursing and Midwifery/Hunter New England Health
Benefit: At least one (1) Scholarship will be offered valued at $10000 for 1 year full time study or 2 years part time study. The scholarship will be paid after the Semester 1 and Semester 2 census dates in equal instalments.
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established to build a research culture in Nursing and to support students undertaking the Honours program. This will then establish a pathway leading to Research Higher Degree level studies. It aims to strengthen the research partnership between Hunter New England Health and the University of Newcastle.

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Jennie Thomas Travelling Art Honours Scholarship
Donor: Mrs Jennie Thomas
Amount: $2,500 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established to support an Honours student enrolled in a School of Fine Art program to travel to view, appreciate and gain a greater understanding of works of art internationally recognised and the cultural context within which they were created. These experiences should enrich the quality of work the artist develops themselves and in inspiring others. One (1) scholarship will be offered.

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Job Centre Australia Scholarship
Donor: Job Centre Australia
Amount: $1,500 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established in 2011 by Job Centre Australia, Newcastle branch for students with a disability to assist with costs of study.

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John Broughton Scholarship
Donor: UoN Services Limited (UoNS)
Amount: $1,000 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established to recognise John Broughton's 24 years of service and contribution to the University of Newcastle Union (UNU) and the University of Newcastle.

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Keith Barbour Friends of the University Honours Scholarship
Donor: Friends of the University of Newcastle
Amount: $2,000 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established by the Friends of the University in 1991 to support a student studying a full-time Honours program at the University.

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Ken Gordon Memorial Honours Scholarship
Donor: Friends of the University of Newcastle
Amount: $2,000 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established by the Friends of the University in 1991 to support a student enrolled full-time in a Honours program.

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Koiki Eddie Mabo Scholarship
Donor: Roger Riordan
Amount: $5,000 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established in 2001, a trust fund in memory of Koiki Eddie Mabo was graciously established by Roger Riordan, Director of the computer virus detection company, Cybec Pty Ltd.

The aim is to provide a scholarship fund that can be used for the purpose of assisting any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, who are studying in the Faculty of Health at the University of Newcastle.

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Michael Dudman Undergraduate Scholarship for Organ
Donor: Various donors
Amount: $1,000 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

The University of Newcastle Faculty of Education and Arts, in memory of the former Dean, Professor Michael Dudman, is offering an undergraduate scholarship to one outstanding organ student.

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National Association of Australian University Colleges Scholarship
Donor: Residential Colleges Fund
Benefit: Up to four (4) scholarships will be offered annually. The scholarship provides the benefit of $1000 payable as a lump sum payment after the semester 1 census date.
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

The National Association of Australian University Colleges (NAUUC) is an annual conference for student leaders from colleges all around Australia.

Resident leaders attend to better their skills, ideas and motivation to excel as leaders with their college community. The conference has a strong emphasis on leadership training, networking, access to resources and advice.

Residential Life supports up to 2 residents from each college to attend annually.

The scholarships are valued at $1000 each and will be awarded to assist in paying some the recipients fees associated with attending the course.

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Philip Emlyn Thomas Keyboard Scholarship
Donor: Mrs Jennie Thomas
Amount: $2,500 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established in honour of Philip Emlyn Thomas, a science graduate of the University of Newcastle, whose love of music equalled his interest in science. It is intended to recognise and enhance outstanding keyboard performance ability in students from the region.

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Residential Equity Scholarship
Donor: Residential Colleges Fund
Benefit: Up to ten (10) scholarships will be offered annually. The scholarship provides the benefit of $500 payable as a lump sum payment after the semester 1 census date.
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established in 2010 to help students financially that are socially or economically disadvantaged.

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Residential Life Scholarship
Donor: Residential Colleges Fund
Benefit: One (1) scholarship will be offered annually. The scholarship provides the benefit of $500 payable as a lump sum payment after the semester 1 census date.
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established in 2010 to be awarded to the most deserving applicant on the basis of contributions to the resident body, participation in college events and personal qualities.

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Robin Mcdonald Memorial Regional Research Scholarship
Donor: Hunter Valley Research Foundation (HVRF)
Amount: $5,000 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established in 2010 to commemorate the role Robin Mcdonald played in communicating economic issues to the Hunter Region community and her leadership role at the Hunter Valley Research Foundation (HVRF). For information about HVRF visit www.hvrf.com.au.

The scholarship aims to maximise the potential benefits for the Hunter Region of a closer relationship between the University and the HVRF and to lay the foundations for a continuing partnership between the HVRF and the Robin Mcdonald scholars.

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Sanitarium Honours Scholarship
Donor: Sanitarium Health Food Company
Benefit: The scholarship offers the benefit of $3000 with the addition of $2000 to be used for consumables.
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

Sanitarium Health Food Company is interested in promoting health by establishing links with the University of Newcastle for the purpose of developing Food Science and Human Nutrition. The company has a long history and tradition of being at the forefront of health promoting consumer products and research and wishes to actively engage with the most promising graduates of the University of Newcastle.

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Shaping Futures Scholarships
Donor: Public at large
Benefit: The value and number of scholarships awarded will be dependent upon the amount raised by donations to the UON Foundation (including the Annual Appeal). Typically the scholarship is valued at $4,000. The payment will be for a lump sum amount and paid after the semester 1 census date (31 March).
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established by the University of Newcastle (UON) Foundation. It is the intent of these scholarships that they be used to assist gifted and disadvantaged students with their studies at the University of Newcastle. To be eligible for this scholarship, students must be academically gifted but are also facing hardship from factors such as being from a low socio-economic background, coming from a rural or remote area, living with disabilities, and carer or parenting responsibilities.

Funds are being sought through donations to the University of Newcastle (UON) Foundation (including the Annual Appeal) from existing donors and University of Newcastle Alumni to build and sustain the Shaping Futures Scholarship Fund.

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Singapore Alumni Scholarship
Donor: Singapore Citizens and/or Permanent Residents who studied at the University of Newcastle and made a Donation to the Singapore Alumni Scholarship Fund
Benefit: Up to five (5) scholarships will be available, valued at $4000 each payable in a lump sum payment after the semester 1 census date.
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established by the University of Newcastle (UON) Foundation in 2011. It is the intent that these scholarships be used to assist gifted and disadvantaged students with their studies at the University of Newcastle.

To be eligible for this scholarship, students must be academically gifted but are also facing hardship from factors such as being from a low socio-economic background, coming from a rural or remote area, living with disabilities, and carer or parenting responsibilities.

Donations for this Singapore Alumni Scholarship have come from Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents who studied at the University of Newcastle, take great pride in the achievements of Singapore, value their relationship with The University of Newcastle and hope that this Scholarship will further strengthen the relationship between Singapore and Australia. The University of Newcastle expects beneficiaries of this Scholarship to respect the values and aspirations of those who have made this very generous donation.

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SMART Research and Development Scholarship
Benefit: Two (2) scholarships will be offered providing a benefit of $600 ($300 per week) payable in a lump sum.
Closing Date: Tuesday, 27 March 2012

This scholarship was established to research, develop and document the new SMART science show for 2012.

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Speleothem Scholarship
Benefit: One (1) scholarship provides the benefit of $5500 payable as a lump sum payment. One (1) scholarship provides the benefit of $2500 payable as a lump sum payment.
Closing Date: Monday, 30 April 2012

This scholarship was established in 2012 to assist Honours students to meet the expenses related to their Speleothem based research projects.

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The Wollotuka Institute Honours Scholarship
Amount: $8,000 Number available: 1 Closing Date: Wednesday, 29 February 2012

This scholarship was established by the Umulliko Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in an Honours program to assist in the payment of their HECS fees allowing them to progress towards a postgraduate degree.

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Tina Offler and John Patrick Plant Science Honours Scholarship
Donor: Tina Offler and John Patrick
Benefit: One scholarship of $1000 will be offered annually and paid in 2 payments of $500, one each semester after the census date.

If recipient studies on a part-time basis a total of $500 per year payable over 2 years

Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

This scholarship was established by Tina Offler and John Patrick using funds in lieu of gifts on their retirement from the University of Newcastle in 2007. The intention of the scholarship is to promote the study of functional plant sciences at the University of Newcastle. Specifically this will be achieved by supporting a high calibre student enrolled in an Honours program under the supervision of a Plant Science Group academic located in the Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences.

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University Undergraduate Sports Scholarships and Friends of the University Sports Scholarships
Donor: Friends of the University of Newcastle and University of Newcastle
Benefit: Eight (8) scholarships will be offered annually. One (1) Friends of the University Sports Scholarship will be available valued at $2000 and seven (7) University Sports Scholarships will be available valued at $1500 each.
Closing Date: Saturday, 30 June 2012

These scholarships were established in 1994 to encourage and support students with demonstrated sporting ability and potential contribution to the sporting achievements of the University. The purpose of these scholarships is to improve the quality of University sporting teams and to establish a standard of excellence to complement the University's academic achievements. Sporting facilities at the University are among the best in the region. Sports in which the University competes include: Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Cross Country, Fencing, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Jujutsu, Kendo, Netball, Orienteering, Rowing, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Ski and Snowboard, Soccer, Softball, Squash, Surfriding, Swimming, Tae Kwon Do, Ultimate Frisbee, Tennis, Touch, Triathlon Volleyball, and Water Polo.

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Vice Chancellor's Honours Scholarships
Benefit: Two scholarships will be offered in each Faculty valued at $2000 each.
Closing Date: Saturday, 31 March 2012

These scholarships were initiated by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Newcastle in 1997 to encourage and support students entering an Honours program. Two (2) scholarships per faculty will be awarded from 2002 inclusive.

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