ILP and HonoursAwards and Scholarships 2014/15

ILP and Honours Awards and Scholarships

• Why do donors fund awards and scholarships?

• How many awards are available?

• How much money can I get?

• How do I qualify and what are my obligations?

• How do I apply?Maureen O’Shea – Development Manager, UNSW Medicine

Why donors fund scholarships?• Donor motivation, usually emotional

• Genuine desire to make a difference

• To remember friend, colleague or family member/s

• To encourage research in an area they are passionate about -- illness/area of research has had a personal effect on their lives, or lives of loved ones

How many awards are available?• Variable by year – need to check UNSW

Scholarships website -- Usually up to 12

• Currently 7 individual donor funded ILP awards – though there are 4 Parkinson’s making 9 in total (may be dropped 2014/15)

• There are 5 donor funded honours awards and scholarships – though 2 -3 ILP awards are usually for either ILP or Honours

How do I qualify and what are my obligations?• Apply through UNSW Scholarships website -- usually

open around June and close Nov

• Some ILP awards were reopened 1st Semester 2014 due to NO applicants in 2013

• Complete applications …. not onerous for the reward!

• Thank you letter!!

• Must follow specific reporting obligations – e.g. Parkinson’s ILP

How much money can I get?• Awards range from $2,000 - $6000

• Value may vary annually

• e.g. Hazel Morris Award increased from $1,000 to $2,000 in 2014

How do I apply?• Apply through UNSW Scholarships website

• Usually open around June and close Nov

• Some ILP awards were reopened 1st Semester 2014 due to NO applicants in 2013

• Complete on-line applications …. not onerous for the reward!

Award

• Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Medical ILP Award UGCA1280

• Coffs Harbour Regional Cancer Services Inc.ILP Award UGCA1370

• Adele and Gildo Pegoraro Award NEW!

• Dr Peter Campbell Perinatology ILP Award UGCA1379

• Higher Thinking UNSW Brain Cancer Research Fund UGCA1380

• Lorrie Fay Memorial Kidsafe Scholarship UGCA1223

• Parkinson's NSW ILP Award UGCA1342

Area of research and award value

• Indigenous health, value $2,500

• Cancer research at Coffs Harbour Rural Clinical School, value $2,500

• ILP or Honours in Paediatrics, value $2,000

• Perinatal research, plus travel costs to present research, value $6,000

• the mechanisms of why brain tumours, (oligodendrogliomas), progress from low grade to deadly high grade brain tumours, value $2,500

• honours thesis project OR an ILP relevant to child safety issues, value $4,800

• Parkinson’s research at a Rural Clinical School, value $3,000 (4 scholarships available) ??

Available ILP awards

Award

• David Walsh Memorial Scholarship UGCA1064

• Hazel Morris Award in Medicine UGCA1031

• Mary Edna Quinn Scholarship UGCA1378

• Raymond O. Sainty Scholarship in Community Medicine UGCA1225

• Rose Ling Lang Award in Medicine UGTR1022

Area of research and award value

• Developmental biology, genetics or biochemistry, and their relationship to birth defects, value $1,400

• Any area, value $2,000 (increased for 2014)/15

• Any area, value $4,000

• Diseases of ageing with the aim of improving the quality of life of the aged, value $2,500

• To undertake study or attend a conference related to your Honours work at an overseas university, value $1,400

Available Honours awards

Remember

• Free $ to help you be the best you can be!

• Many have NO applicants at all … no competition, you may as well be the recipient

• Donor funded scholarships, therefore availability and value may change for 2014/15

• Other awards and scholarships which are not donor funded may also be available

• Check UNSW Scholarships website between July – Nov 2014 & S1 2015

Best wishes for your research projects in 2015