Scholarships and Prizes
The School of Physical Sciences recognises outstanding achievement through a range of Scholarships and Prizes.
The School would also like to acknowledge with gratitude the generosity from donors and industry to allow the number of awards available to our students.
Scholarships
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Summer Research Scholarships
More information will be available soon on the School's Summer Research Scholarships.
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Prizes
- ChemistryThere are several Chemistry Scholarships & Awards for high achieving students:
The Rennie Scholarship (Honours) Awarded annually to the student obtaining the highest mark in the Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Chemistry. The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Prize (Honours) Awarded to the student obtaining the highest mark in the Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Chemistry. This award has been terminated. The G M Badger Prize (Level III) Awarded annually to the student who has satisfied the requirements for a major in chemistry and has achieved the best weighted overall performance in Level III Chemistry courses. The G S Laurence Prize (Level III) (Previously ADUCHEM Prize in Practical Chemistry Level III) Awarded annually to the student obtaining the highest aggregate mark for practical work in Level III chemistry courses. The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Prize (Level II) Awarded annually to the student enrolled in a minimum of 6 units of Level II chemistry courses who has achieved the best weighted overall performance in these courses. ADUCHEM Prize in Practical Chemistry Level II Awarded annually to the student obtaining the highest aggregate mark for practical work in Level II chemistry courses. - Earth SciencesThere are several Earth Sciences Scholarships & Awards for high achieving students:
First Year Reg Sprigg Prize In 1955 the University was given shares in Nickel Mines of Australia at the behest of one of the Directors Dr R.C. Sprigg.
Funds from the sale of the shares were invested and the Council in 1983 resolved that $3,295 of the accumulated income be reserved for a prize in Geology, in accordance with a wish expressed by Dr R.C. Sprigg.
In 1989 Dr Sprigg indicated his intention to supplement the prize by $200 annually until and including 2008 at which time it will be reviewed. The value of the prize is $500.
It is awarded annually to the student whose performance is adjudged the best amongst the candidates who pass with distinction in the Level 1 geology courses and proceeds to take second year Geoscience courses.Prospectors Supplies/Estwing Prize This award, donated by Prospectors Supplies Pty. Ltd., is made to the First Year student showing outstanding field ability. The student must be continuing on to Level 2 Geology in the following year. The award is a high-quality geological hammer and leather pouch. Robin Oliver & Pat James Prize The prize is awarded to the top Level 1 (Earth's Interior I) student going on to take Igneous and Metamorphic Geology II (Level 2), with a restriction that the prize may not be given to either the winner of the Sprigg Prize (overall top Level 1 student going on to Level 2) or of the Prospectors Supplies/Estwing Prize (overall top field work Level 1 student going on to Level 2). Second Year Brian Daily Prize This award of $100 was donated by the Field Geology Club of South Australia in memory of Brian Daily (Lecturer in the Department 1961-1986). The prize is given to the student who produces the best mapping project during the Level II Sedimentary and Structural Geology II field camp. The Field Geology Club of South Australia and The Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia now provide an annual donation of $250 and $500 respectively to establish three prizes for second year students, with the aim of improving the geological field mapping ability of undergraduate students. There is a gold prize of value $350, a silver prize of value $250 and a bronze prize of value $150, awarded annually to the first, second and third placed students in the field mapping camp. PESA Bursary Awarded to the best recipient of a Brain Daily Prize who enrols in the Petroleum Exploration course at third year. The bursary is for $500. The Second Year Dominion Mining Prize for Excellence in Geoscience The School of Earth and Environmental Science has accepted the offer of Dominion Mining to provide an annual donation of $500 to establish a prize for a second year student, with the aim of encouraging undergraduate students of Geology and Geophysics to aspire to a career in Geosciences with an interest in the structural and tectonic aspects of Geology. The annual value of the prize is $500. The prize is annually to the best overall student in second year geology who gained the highest average mark in Sedimentary and Structural Geology II and at least one additional second year subject in geology." If two or more candidates are of equal merit the prize is shared equally. Third Year Dominion Mining Level 3 Bursary The Bursary is a $3000 prize awarded to the third year student who, in the opinion of Dominion, is best able to demonstrate a future commitment to the Mining and Mineral Exploration Industry. The aim of the Bursary is to actively encourage all students studying geology at Adelaide University to consider their career options in this industry. Toro Energy Geology Scholarship This scholarship awardee is selected by Toro Energy. The award is for a student majoring in Geology, and who is intending to continue into Honours. The aim of the scholarship is to encourage and enable students to undertake a career in earth sciences. The scholarship is for $8,000 each year. James Barrans Scholarship The late Sarah Barrans bequeathed to the University in 1945 the sum of $6,000 for the purpose of founding a scholarship in geological or metallurgical science in memory of her brother, the late James Barrans. The value of the Scholarship is $1,000 or such other amount as the Council on the recommendation of the Faculty of Sciences shall from time to time determine. The Scholarship is awarded by the Discipline of Geology and Geophysics to the student who in the opinion of the Discipline of Geology and Geophysics displayed the greatest academic merit in third year courses offered by the Discipline and who in the following year proceeds to an honours degree in Geology, Geophysics or Petroleum Geology and Geophysics. Bruce Webb Scholarship The Bruce Webb Scholarship in Geology has been established in memory of the late Mr Bruce Webb AM, former Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. The purpose of the scholarship is to support a meritorious student undertaking an Honours project in the Discipline of Geology and Geophysics.
This is an award of $2,500 made to a meritorious Geosciences student, who is proceeding to a full-time Honours project in the following year that includes a significant component of geological mapping and fieldwork. Selection will be made on the basis of academic merit and research potential. The successful nominee must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia, and must not be in receipt of any other equivalent award or scholarship for the Honours year.SHIELS Prize - Field Geoscience III Prize The Discipline agreed to award a prize donated by Albert Bensimon to the value of $1000, to the best student in Field Geoscience Program III. Honours KAGARA Ltd - AIG Bursary The Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) provides bursaries for both undergraduate and postgraduate students studying at Australian universities. The Bursary Program began in 2001 to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), and since then the AIG has awarded between four and eight bursaries every year. The AIG Bursaries are funded by the AIG and by the generous sponsorship of individuals and organisations.
These two named bursaries recognise the contributions of major supporters of the AIG Student Bursary programme. All bursary recipients are required to submit either a copy of their Honours thesis abstract or a report outlining the results of their funded activity.The Newmont Australia Prize in Geophysics Formerly the Normandy Mining prize, to the value of $500, is awarded to the student who obtains the best results in the B.Sc. (Honours) degree in the field of Geophysics. No award is made if there is no candidate of sufficient merit. The first winner was Philip Hawke in 1993. The Tate Medal The most senior medal is the Tate Memorial Medal established in 1902 in memory of Ralph Tate (Professor of Natural Science from 1875 to 1901). The medal is awarded to the student who obtains the best results in the Honours degree of the Bachelor of Science in the field of Geology. The first winner was H.W. Gartrell in 1903 whose thesis subject was "The Port Victor Granite". A sum of $120 was paid to the University for the purpose of founding a medal in memory of the late Ralph Tate, sometime Professor of Natural Science in this University. The medal is awarded annually to the candidate who obtains the best results in the Honours degree of the Bachelor of Science in the field of Geology. Postgraduate Eric Rudd Memorial Scholarship (MSc, PhD) As a memorial to Professor Eric Rudd and in recognition of the great contribution he made to the economic geology program at the University of Adelaide, a postgraduate scholarship exists in his name. It is awarded annually to a higher degree geoscience student (MSc or PhD) at the University of Adelaide, studying mineral or petroleum exploration and intent on making a career in the resource industry. It is a travelling scholarship to the value of $5,000 pa, designed to enable students to spend periods of time at some of the best geoscience institutes, mine sites and other key geological locations, possibly in combination with presenting a paper at an international conference. A key selection criterion is the relevance and application of the intended travel program to the applicant's research project. The successful candidate will be expected to summarise the outcomes of their trip in an informal Geology and Geophysics seminar. The decision for the Eric Rudd Memorial Scholarship will be made by the Geology and Geophysics Discipline Committee upon recommendation from the Industry Liaison Committee. Kristy Brown Memorial Award Kirsty Margot Brown was a PhD candidate in Geology and Geophysics at the University of Adelaide. She was investigating the volume of material produced by calcareous-secreting biota that was epiphytic on seagrass. She obtained a prestigious OPRA Scholarship in 1997 to come to the University of Adelaide to undertake this project, after having obtained a BSc from Royal Holloway University, London, and a MSc from Southhampton University. She had taken up a position in 2003 with the British Antarctic Survey at their base in Rothera, where she was writing her thesis. It was during this work that she was attacked and killed by a leopard seal.
Many contributions from all over the world were made to the Brown family for a Trust Fund to be set up in memory of Kirsty Brown. Two annual awards of £1,000 have been made available for a ten year period, one for a PhD student in the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, and one for a PhD student in the Department of Geology, Royal Holloway University, London.
- PhysicsThere are several Physics Scholarships & Awards for high achieving students:
Barker Tong Scholarship in Physics (Postgraduates) Awarded to postgraduate students, studying a PhD in physics with a preference for theoretical physics. The David Sutton Memorial Prize (Honours) Awarded annually to the student in experimental physics at the examination for the Honours degree of Bachelor of Science who is placed highest in the first class. The H S Green Prize (Honours) Awarded annually to the student in theoretical physics at the examination for the Honours Degree of Bachelor of Science or the Honours Degree of Bachelor of Science (High Performance Computational Physics) who is placed highest in the first class. The Angas Hurst Prize (Level III) Awarded annually to the student majoring in Theoretical Physics with the highest grade point average in Level III Physics courses contributing to the major. Students will be considered for the Prize in the year they satisfy the requirements for a major in Theoretical Physics. The Fred Jacka Memorial Prize (Level III) Awarded annually to the student majoring in Physics with the highest grade point average in Level III laboratory-based experimental courses contributing to the major. Students will be considered for the Prize in the year they satisfy the requirements for a major in Physics. The Sir Kerr Grant Memorial Prize (Level I) Awarded annually to the student with the highest overall grade in 'Astronomy I' or 'Space Science and Astrophysics I'.
