Honours Scholarships

Please note only one honours scholarship may be held at one time. Recipients of other ANU undergraduate scholarships should contact the Prizes and Undergraduate Scholarships Office (phone (02) 6125 4997) to check whether two scholarships may be held concurrently.

Name	Value	Details	Apply By	Application Process
ANU Honours Year Scholarships	$5,000	The University offers up to 15 ANU Honours Year scholarships each year. In 2008 each scholarship will be worth $5,000. 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. Requirements: 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. It is essential that you contact the Faculty or School 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. International students are eligible to apply.	31/10	Online application 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: www.anu.edu.au/sas/admission/ Email: Admiss.App@anu.edu.au Telephone: 02 6125 5594 Fax: 02 6125 0751
Angus Nicholson Honours Scholarship in Science	$5,000	A scholarship of $5,000 for award to a student who can demonstrate academic merit and a passion for his or her chosen field of science. Requirements: The successful applicant will have provided supporting material as well as the names of two referees who are well placed to support the application and comment on the applicant's passion for science.	30/11	Apply by letter to the Prizes & Undergraduate Scholarships Office setting out your passion for the chosen field of science as well as your academic achievements. Mail letter to: Prizes and Undergraduate Scholarships Office, Pauline Griffin Building, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
Boyapati Computer Science and Mathematics Scholarship	$5,000	This $5,000 Scholarship is funded by Vijay Boyapati, an alumnus of the Mathematical Sciences Institute. The aim is to encourage students to pursue a degree in the related fields of Computer Science and Mathematics. Requirements: The Scholarship will be awarded to a student entering the final honours year of a bachelor degree in either the Department of Mathematics or the Department of Computer Science, and whose project is considered to be an appropriate mix of both areas. The primary criterion for award is academic merit.	30/11	Online application form Two academic references are required, the necessary form is available here.
Hilary Booth Scholarship	$5,000	The MSI has instituted a $5,000 scholarship in memory of Hilary Booth, who passed away suddenly in May 2005. Requirements: The Scholarship will be awarded to a student in the mathematical sciences entering the final honours year, or their third year with the intention of proceeding to an honours degree. The primary criterion for award is academic merit, though preference may be given to applicants satisfying one or more of the following criteria (i) A student returning to study after a break from higher education; (ii) A student not from the ANU; (iii) An interest in mathematical biology.	30/11	Online application form Two academic references are required, the necessary form is available here.
Mathematical Science Institute Honours Scholarship	$5,000	A number of scholarships of $5,000 plus relocation allowance for Honours in the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications or the Department of Mathematics in the Faculty of Science. Requirements: The Scholarship will be awarded to a student entering the final honours year of a bachelor degree in the Mathematics honours program. The primary criterion for award is academic merit.	30/11	Online application form Two academic references are required, the necessary form is available here.