Kelver Hartley French Honours Scholarship

Applications open
Amount

$10,000

Number available

1

Closing date

08 February 2026

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Scholarship details

Donor

Kelver Hartley Bequest

Establishment

This scholarship is funded from The Kelver Hartley Bequest and seeks to support a University of Newcastle student who is completing their Honours project in French language, literature, or culture.

The Kelver Hartley Bequest was established from the estate of Professor Kelver Hartley, The University of Newcastle’s first Professor of French. Kelver Hayward Hartley (1909-1988) was Professor of French at the University of Newcastle from 1965 to 1969. Over the course of a long career as a secondary school teacher and academic, he endeared himself to generations of students by his devotion to his subject and his gentle eccentricity of character. His $2 Million Bequest to the University of Newcastle annually provides for several student scholarships and prizes which assist students to further their French studies in Australia and abroad.

For more information on this scholarship, please review the full Terms and Conditions.

Applicable to French studies, academic achievement, equity, financial disadvantage, disability, regional and remote, part-time study permitted, Honours, domestic and international students.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, you will need to:

  • Be enrolled in the Honours year of an undergraduate degree program with University of Newcastle.
  • Be doing your Honours project in the area/s of French or Francophone Literature, culture, language or English-French/French-English literary translation.
  • Demonstrate academic achievement through a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.0 or higher
  • Demonstrate the impact of educational disadvantage such as carer and sole parent responsibilities, financial hardship, a long-term medical condition or disability, the ongoing effects of abuse, regional/remote disadvantage, or applicant attributes such as being an Indigenous Australian, having a Refugee background, or placement with an Out-of-Home Care provider.
  • Not be the recipient of another University of Newcastle donor-funded or sponsored scholarship concurrently.

Required Documentation

Required documents will be listed on the ‘Your Documents’ page of your application. The application portal accepts PDF only. A maximum of 3 PDF smaller than 5 MB can be added per document type upload field.

  • A personal statement (approx. 1 A4 page) outlining your academic achievements, career aspirations in the relevant area of study, and how this scholarship would assist you. This statement will cover all scholarships you are submitting for.
  • You may need to provide documents to support financial hardship, although a centrelink reference number may be enough. Additional documents will be identified based on your application responses and listed in the Documents section of the application.

Benefit

The scholarship provides a benefit of $10,000 to be paid in Semester 1 and 2.

Payments are typically received 2–3 weeks after the semester census date, or 2–3 weeks after you accept your offer if the census date has already passed.

Selection

Selection is a competitive process and will be based on assessment of the scholarship application and any required supporting documents, with reference to the eligibility criteria.

College

College of Human and Social Futures

Contact Details

Scholarships
Student and Academic Services
University of Newcastle
University Drive
CALLAGHAN NSW 2308

Phone: +61 2 4921 5000
Email: scholarships@newcastle.edu.au