Postgraduate research scholarships

The Faculty of Medicine and the Medical Foundation offer several scholarships to Australian and New Zealand citizens or permanent residents of Australia who enrol full-time in research higher degrees in the Faculty of Medicine. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit and any other criteria stipulated for individual scholarships. Not all scholarships are offered in any one year.

• Anthony Pierre Balthasar Scholarship in Anaesthetics (closed)
• Dorothy Blanche Chandler Scholarship (rheumatoid arthritis, not offered in 2009)
• Elizabeth and Henry Hamilton-Browne Scholarship (any area, preference to women, closing date 31 October)
• James and Margaret Claffy Fellowship in Ophthalmology (closed, not offered in 2009)
• John Brooke Moore Research Scholarship in Surgery (closing date 31 January 2009)
• John Keith Chandler Scholarship (varicose veins, closing date 31 October)
• Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Scholarships (any area, closing date 31 October)
• Faculty of Medicine Research Top-Up Scholarship (any area, no application necessary)
• Medical Foundation Scholarship (any area, closing date 31 October)
• Muriel and Walter Lumley Research Scholarship (preference to gynaecology, closed)
• Phillip Jacoby Scholarship in Alzheimer’s Dementia Research (closed, not offered in 2009)
• Reginald Maney Lake and Amy Laura Bonamy Scholarship (pathology, not offered in 2009)

Anthony Pierre Balthasar Scholarship in Anaesthetics

Eligibility:

• must be undertaking research into anaesthesia for medical purposes
• Australian and New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• have an offer to enrol fulltime in a MPhil or PhD in the Faculty of Medicine

Value: stipend at the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) rate

Further information: The successful applicant will be based in the clinical research program, Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital.

Terms and conditions - PDF 14kB

Closing date: closed

How to apply:
Contact
Professor MJ Cousins
Professor and Head
Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management
Royal North Shore Hospital
ST LEONARDS NSW 2065
Phone: +61 2 9926 8423
Facsimile: +61 2 9906 4079

Dorothy Blanche Chandler Scholarship

Established in 2003 by a bequest from Bruce Veness Chandler in honour of his mother, Dorothy Blanche Chandler. The purpose of the bequest was to provide a fund to study any aspect of rheumatoid arthritis and associated conditions.

Eligibility:

• undertake research in any aspect of rheumatoid arthritis and associated conditions
• Australian and New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia or international students
• have an offer to enrol fulltime in a MPhil or PhD in the Faculty of Medicine

Value: stipend at the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) rate

Further information: Terms and conditions - PDF 10kB

Closing date: not available in 2009

How to apply

Elizabeth and Henry Hamilton-Browne Scholarship

The Elizabeth and Henry Hamilton-Browne Scholarship was established in 2007 to support research in medicine. It was the donors’ wish that female students in particular be supported.

Eligibility:

• preference will be given to female students
• Australian and New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• have an offer to enrol fulltime in a MPhil or PhD in the Faculty of Medicine

Value: stipend at the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) rate

Further information:
Terms and conditions - PDF 13kB

Closing date: 31 October each year

How to apply

James and Margaret Claffy Fellowship in Ophthalmology

Established in 1964 by a gift of £23,000 from Dr Francis Patrick Christopher Claffy, first Director of the Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Health, in memory of his parents.

Eligibility:

• undertake research and investigation into diseases of the eye
• Australian and New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• have an offer to enrol fulltime in a MPhil or PhD in the Faculty of Medicine

Value: stipend at the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) rate

Further information: Terms and conditions - PDF 9kB

Closing date: not available in 2008

John Brooke Moore Research Scholarship in Surgery

Established in 1979 from a bequest by Moira Brooke Moore to establish a postgraduate scholarship in surgery to the memory of her father Dr John Brooke Moore, who practised surgery for many years in Bathurst, NSW.

Eligibility:

• must be graduates of the University of Sydney
• Australian and New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• expected to enrol fulltime in a Master of Surgery (by research) or PhD in the Faculty of Medicine

Value: $40,000 tenable for one year

Further information: Terms and conditions - PDF 13kB
Master of Surgery (by research) and the
Discipline of Surgery

Closing date: closed

How to apply:
For an application form contact
May Lee, Room 410 Blackburn Building D06
The University of Sydney NSW 2006

Phone: +61 2 9351 2400
Facsimile: +61 2 9351 2401
Email:

John Keith Chandler Scholarship

Established in 2003 by a bequest from Bruce Veness Chandler in honour of his father, John Keith Chandler, in order to support study of any aspect of varicose veins and its associated problems, especially varicose ulcers and varicose eczema.

Eligibility:

• research into any aspect of varicose veins and its associated problems, especially varicose ulcers and varicose eczema
• Australian and New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• have an offer to enrol fulltime in a MPhil or PhD in the Faculty of Medicine

Value: stipend at the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) rate

Further information: Terms and conditions - PDF 10kB

Closing date: not offered in 2009

How to apply

Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Scholarships

The Faculty of Medicine offers up to six scholarships towards research higher degrees for suitably qualified candidates.

Eligibility:

• Australian and New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• have an offer to enrol fulltime in a MPhil or PhD in the Faculty of Medicine

Value: stipend at the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) rate

Further information: Terms and conditions - PDF 13kB

Closing date: 31 October each year

How to apply

Faculty of Medicine Research Top-Up Scholarship

The Faculty of Medicine offers top-up scholarships to students who are awarded an APA or a fully-funded UPA.

Value: up to $5,000 per annum

Further information: Terms and conditions - PDF 8kB

No application is necessary.

Medical Foundation Scholarship

The Medical Foundation Scholarship is a prestigious award funded by the Medical Foundation to support a person of outstanding research ability to undertake a full-time PhD in any area of research in the Faculty of Medicine.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must demonstrate evidence of outstanding research ability and experience in a relevant field, reflecting the prestigious nature of this award.
• Australian and New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• have an offer to enrol fulltime in a MPhil or PhD in the Faculty of Medicine

Value: $30,000 per annum

Further information: Terms and conditions - PDF 14kB

Closing date: 31 October each year

How to apply

Muriel and Walter Lumley Research Scholarship

The Muriel and Walter Lumley Research Scholarship was established in 2007 to support research in medicine, particularly in gynaecology.

Eligibility:

• research in medicine, but preference will be given to applicants who are undertaking research into gynaecology
• Australian and New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• have an offer to enrol fulltime in a MPhil or PhD in the Faculty of Medicine

Value: stipend at the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) rate

Further information:
Terms and conditions - PDF 13kB

Closing date: not offered in 2009

How to apply

Phillip Jacoby Scholarship in Alzheimer’s Dementia Research

The Phillip Jacoby Scholarship in Alzheimer’s Dementia Research was established in 2007 following a gift by the family of the late Phillip Jacoby to support research within the University of Sydney.

Eligibility:

• research into Alzheimer's dementia, with a preference given to applicants who have a particular focus on the role genetics plays in Alzheimer’s dementia
• preference will be given to students undertaking their research through the Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease Laboratory.
• Australian and New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• have an offer to enrol fulltime in a MPhil or PhD in the Faculty of Medicine

Value: stipend at the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) rate

Further information:
Terms and conditions - PDF 15kB

Closing date: not offered in 2009

How to apply

Reginald Maney Lake and Amy Laura Bonamy Scholarship

The Reginald Maney Lake Scholarship was first established in 1926 to support full-time research in pathology. It is offered in conjunction with the Amy Laura Bonamy Scholarship, which was first established in 1948 by Mrs NMB Cowburn.

Eligibility:

• undertake research in pathology
• Australian and New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• have an offer to enrol fulltime in a MPhil or PhD in the Faculty of Medicine

Value: stipend at the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) rate

Further information:
Terms and conditions - PDF 13kB

Closing date: not offered in 2009

How to apply