ILP and Honours

1. ILP and Honours Awards and Scholarships 2014/15

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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!

8. Available ILP awards Award 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) ?? • 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

9. Available Honours awards Award 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 • 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

10. 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