Undergraduate Scholarships for Honours Students

The Research School of Earth Sciences award 2 scholarships each year to the value of $7,000 plus reimbursement of up to $4,500 for relocation costs. For further information see the Research School of Earth Sciences website at: http://rses.anu.edu.au/students/index.php?p=scholarships.

Four scholarships of $A5,000 each is available for one year to full-time students enrolled in a course of study leading to the award of the Degree of Bachelor with Honours in a field offered by the Fenner School of Environment and Society.

Apply by letter to the Prizes & Undergraduate Scholarships Office setting out your passion for science as well as your academic achievements.

Mail to:
Prizes & Undergraduate Scholarships Office
Pauline Griffin Building
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200

Closing Date: 30 November 2007

Every year the College of Arts and Social Sciences offers a number of Honours scholarshps.

To be eligible, students must be currently enrolled at a University other than the Australian National University, in a program of study leading to the award of a Bachelor of Arts degree, or in a combined degree program leading to two degrees (one of which will lead to the award of a Bachelor of Arts degree).

As an external student you must apply for direct admission to ANU and also fill out the Faculty of Arts Honours Application form OR the Visual Arts Honours Application form.

ANU Direct Admission form: http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/forms/sas11.pdf>.

Faculty of Arts Honours Application form: http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/forms/arts_honours_admission.pdf.

Visual Arts Honours Application form: http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/forms/application_visual_arts_honours.pdf.

Applicants will be automatically considered for this scholarship if they apply for the ANU Honours Scholarship. There is no application process or form for the CASS Honours Scholarships.

To apply for the ANU Honours Scholarship, see below.

The University offers up to 15 ANU Honours scholarships each year.

Value

In 2008 each scholarship will be worth $5,000.

Eligibility

You should be intending to enrol full-time at this University in the Honours Year of a program of study leading to the award of the degree of Bachelor with Honours OR in the final year of a program of study leading to the award of the degree of Bachelor with Honours where the honours component is an integral part of the final year (that is, Law, Engineering, Visual Arts and Music).

It is essential that you contact the Faculty or School via the relevant ANU College where you are proposing to undertake Honours to establish that you have or will have the academic qualifications for entry into Honours and that the required resources will be available to you.

It is acknowledged that at this stage your acceptance into Honours may not yet be finalised. You do not need to wait for results before lodging an application. If you lodge an application and later become ineligible for Honours your application will be disregarded.

With the approval of the relevant Faculty or School, you may commence the Honours Program in either first or second semester of the academic year.

International students are eligible to apply for ANU Honours Scholarships.

Subject to the approval of the University Awards Committee an ANU Honours Year Scholarship may be held concurrently with other scholarships and awards.

It is advisable that you contact Centrelink to establish if an ANU Honours Scholarship can be held without affecting your Youth Allowance or other benefit.

Applications

Applications for 2008 will open on 1 August and close on 31 October 2007. If you intend to commence your Honours in second semester 2008 you will need to apply in the above listed round. There is only one round of offers.
Please note, that you will need to provide a 200 word statement describing the research, professional or scholarly interests which you would intend to pursue while an Honours Scholar at the ANU. You will need to submit this statement either to the address below or email it to ug.schols@anu.edu.au. Your application will be incomplete without this statement.

If you are not already a student at the ANU you must apply separately for admission to the University.
An admission application form may be obtained by contacting the Admissions area:

Website: http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/admission
Email: Admiss.App@anu.edu.au
Telephone: 02 6125 5594
Fax: 02 6125 0751

For more information

There shall be a number of scholarships available to students undertaking the final year of an honours level undergraduate degree.

Applicants must be currently enrolled or has been enrolled at a university in a course of study leading to the award of a degree of Bachelor with a major in an area relevant to the research of NICTA.

Selection is made on academic merit, referee's comments and suitability of project to the goals of the Canberra Laboratory of NICTA.

Application forms are to be submitted to the Faculty Office

For scholarship conditions and application forms visit the Scholarships Website.

The ANU node of the Centre will be giving 2-3 scholarships to Honours students.

The student must be enrolled in an Honours Program at the ANU, supervised by one of the Centre's Chief Investigators, working on a Centre related research project and must not be a recipient of any other Honours scholarship. ARC Centre website: http://vision.anu.edu.au/

Students are encouraged to discuss research opportunities with relevant Chief Investigators at the Centre.

All applications 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 CV, 200 words research proposal, copies of transcripts and two referee reports.

Students are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible but not later than 30 November for Semester One start in the following year.