Scholarships

Herbert Gill-Williams Scholarship (Major Scholarship, Honours Scholarship, Selectives Support)

The original bequest states that funds from the scholarship should be used:

• to establish an annual scholarship or scholarships for final year work for degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery with Honours
• for application in or towards postgraduate study and research in Dentistry
• to promote or assist in the study of Dentistry at the University

Applications made to the School of Dentistry Office, including supporting letter from supervisor plus copies of conference registration (if applicable) flight invoices and anything else pertinent to the application.

G O Lawrence Scholarships (Major Scholarship, Honours Scholarship, Travel Grant)

The original bequest states that funds from the scholarship should be used:

‘For the purpose of establishing a postgraduate scholarship or fellowship in conservative dentistry to be known as “The G O Lawrence Scholarship or Fellowship” (as they case may be) and to be awarded from time to time on such terms and son such conditions as the council of the said University shall determine.’

The field of conservative dentistry as defined by including, operative dentistry, crown and bridgework, endontics, related dental materials, implantology and those parts of paedontics which involve the above treatments.

Applications made to the School of Dentistry Office, including supporting letter from supervisor plus copies of conference registration (if applicable) flight invoices and anything else pertinent to the application.

Oliver Rutherford Turner Scholarships (Major Scholarship, Honours Scholarship)

The original bequest states that funds from the scholarship should be used:

‘to assist two or more dental students to continue their studies as the Chancellor of the University may decide and that the said funds be known as the “Oliver Rutherford Turner Award” ‘.

These funds are to support Honours and Postgraduate Research Scholarships.

Applications made to the School of Dentistry Office, including supporting letter from supervisor plus copies of conference registration (if applicable) flight invoices and anything else pertinent to the application.

The J L Eustace Memorial Scholarship (Major Scholarship, Honour’s and final year BDS placements)

The original bequest states that the funds are given ‘for the purposes of the Dental School’.  This is the entire limit on the use of the funding.

Applications made to the School of Dentistry Office, including supporting letter from supervisor plus copies of conference registration (if applicable) flight invoices and anything else pertinent to the application.

The Colgate/Betty Fanning Scholarship (Major Scholarship)

Contact: Catherine Offler (CACDRC).

Winifred E Preedy Postgraduate Bursary (Prize/Award)

Call for applications for this Scholarship will be sent out late in the year.  This is open to Undergraduate female students and is externally funded.

A M Horsnell Student Travel Scholarship (Travel Grant – for Selective use)

This scholarship was established for the purpose of assisting a 3rd or 4th year dental student to visit an approved overseas or interstate dental school.  Selection is to be based on academic merit, contributions made to the university, personality and the likely benefit to the Dental School and scholar from the trip.

Applications made to the School of Dentistry Office, including supporting letter from supervisor plus copies of conference registration (if applicable) flight invoices and anything else pertinent to the application.

R G Willoughby Bursary (Prize/Award)

The purpose of the scholarship is to ‘aid students in financial need to continue their studies in Dentistry’

Criteria

Students in financial need be determined by the following factors:

• Students who were eligible for school card during their secondary schooling
• Students who are currently eligible for Austudy or Abstudy
• Students of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander decent

Evidence to support these criteria must be supplied

• The award only be open to undergraduate students
• The value of the award be set at $1,000 per annum
• Two awards be offered each year

Applications made to the School of Dentistry Office, including application letter with evidence of ‘financial need’.  Applications open on the 1st of January each year and close on the 31st of March of said year.

Summer Vacation Scholarships

Several scholarships are available to continuing undergraduate students enrolled in either the Bachelor of Dental Surgery or the Bachelor of Oral Health at the University of Adelaide who wish to undertake a six week research project over the 2008-2009 summer vacation. 

Eligibilty

These scholarships are available to continuing undergraduate students, primarily those in the later years of either the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) or the Bachelor of Oral Health (BOH) (depending on the scholarship applied for) who wish to undertake a six-week project with the School of Dentistry over the 2008-2009 summer vacation.   Generally, these scholarships will be awarded to students who have completed at least three years of their degree program, however, in some instances (particularly in relation to BOH applications) a student may be accepted after completion of 2 years of study.  Academic merit and the student’s suitability to undertake the proposed research will be taken into consideration when assessing students for eligibility.
Australian citizens, permanent residents, or citizens of other countries and international students who hold current appropriate visas permitting study in Australia are eligible to apply for these scholarships. 
The scholarships are intended to provide experience in a research project conducted by one or more academic staff and are not intended to support work towards an Honours degree, or for any other course requirements.  They are however, designed to encourage students to consider the possibility of undertaking further research studies at a higher level.

Application Procedure

Summer Vacation Scholarships are now open for applications.
If you are interested in undertaking a summer project please apply via the Faculty of Health Sciences scholarship scheme at http://health.adelaide.edu.au/research/ugresearch/vacation/
A number of industry scholarships are being finalised but there will only be 1 call for applications in 2009 and all scholarships awarded from the pool of applications. Therefore, you must apply for a Faculty Scholarship to be in the running for an industry scholarship. Once you have applied please email cacdrc@adelaide.edu.au and advise you have submitted your application.
If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact Catherine Offler in the Colgate Centre