Gibbins HDR Travel Award for Science Research
Established in 2015 from a bequest, this award provides funding to enable HDR biosciences candidates to travel interstate or overseas for a laboratory placement or research internship. It is offered every third year, with next offerings in 2026 and 2029.
Eligibility: HDR candidates enrolled in their second or third year with our School
Value: $2000
Levick HDR Travel Award for Science Research
Established in 2015 from a bequest, this award provides funding to enable HDR medical or biological research candidates to travel interstate or overseas for a laboratory placement or research internship. The award is offered every two years in three, with next offerings in 2024 and 2025, then 2027 and 2028.
Eligibility: HDR candidates enrolled in their second or third year with our School
Value: $2000
R.A and M. G. Plowman Scholarship in Inorganic Chemistry
Established in 2005 by a bequest to the University under the will of the late Mrs M. G. Plowman in memory of her late husband, Ron Plowman, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and a former Head of the Department of Chemistry, for the purpose of establishing postgraduate or postdoctoral fellowships, research fellowships and visiting research appointments or any form of postgraduate research activity in inorganic chemistry. The current focus of the award is to support HDR candidates in inorganic chemistry.
Eligibility: HDR candidates in inorganic chemistry or allied disciplines
Value: up to $10000
SCMB Francine Kroesen Travel Fellowship
Established in memory of Francine Kroesen, a research assistant and PhD student in polymer chemistry from 1988 to 1991, who died in an accident on 14 July 1991. This fellowship commemorates the work of a promising young chemist who promoted international goodwill and the equal standing of female scientists. It aims to promote visits by chemistry postgraduate students to overseas universities for collaborative research, to assist in their professional development and to promote international goodwill.
Eligibility: HDR chemistry candidates
Value: $2000
