Scholarships and Awards

Anthony Auh Chew Kang Master of Architecture Scholarship

• Awarded to an Australian citizen who is in financial need and enrolled, or enrolling full-time, in the first year of either the 200 or 300 point Master of Architecture degree.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift

Architect Michael Kaufman Scholarship

• Awarded to high achieving students entering the Master of Architecture programs and based on academic merit.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Architects Registration Board of Victoria
Professional Practice Award

• Awarded for academic excellence in a subject that demonstrates specific knowledge, skills and industry preparedness related to architectural practice.
• The award offers a one-off payment of $1,000.

Australian Property Institute Postgraduate Student Award

• Awarded for outstanding performance in the Master of Property.
• The award provides a number of benefits such as API membership.

Bates Smart Award

• Awarded for excellence, research and resolution at Thesis level.
• The award offers a one off payment of  $5,000 and a medal.

Brian Lewis Award

• Awarded for academic excellence upon completion of the Project Management specialisation in the Master of Construction Management.
• The award offers a one off payment of $2,500.

Carole and John Middleton Award

• Awarded for excellence in furthering knowledge in research in the field of Architectural History and Heritage
• The award offers a one-off payment of $2,000.

Catherin Bull Scholarship in Landscape Architecture

• Awarded to high achieving students commencing the Master of Landscape Architecture program.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Chartered Institute of Building Award (PG Coursework)

• Awarded for outstanding performance in a coursework postgraduate building degree.
• The award provides a certificate and a voucher for CIOB events.

Coles Group Scholarship

• Awarded to high achieving students  commencing the Master of Property (2 year stream)
• Open to domestic students.
• The scholarship offers a total $30,000 over two years

Denton Corker Marshall Award

• Awarded for academic excellence in design at the end of the first year of the Master of Architecture
• The award offers a one-off payment of  $5,000

DesignInc Positive Legacy of Design Award

• Awarded to the student whose design studio work best represents potential for ecological and social benefit
• The award offers a one-off payment of $2,305

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Dulux Colour Award

• Awarded for exceptional use of colour
• The award will be recognised on the winner's transcript.

Edward and Penelope Billson Prize in Architecture

• Awarded for work which displays the most promise in architectural design, particularly in regard to aesthetic content, in the Master of Architecture final year studio subjects.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Ellis Stones Memorial Award

• Awarded for excellence in research in the Master of Landscape Architecture.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Ernest Fooks Memorial Award

• Awarded for excellence in Architecture Design Studios.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Forster Family Foundation Scholarship

• Awarded to talented students entering the Master of Construction Management.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Fred Ledgar Prize in Urban Planning

• Awarded for excellence in the Master of Urban Planning.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Fritz Janeba Travelling Scholarship

• Supports alumni  to undertake studies for up to 12 months (for example study abroad, short course or degree) at a leading overseas institution.
• The scholarship amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Graham Brawn Family Award

• Awarded to  high achieving Australian Indigenous students  undertaking a masters program, with a preference for commencing Architecture students
• The award is a one-off payment of $2,500.

Grimshaw Architects Award

• Awarded to a student who has excelled in demonstrating the fusion of architecture and engineering
• The award offers a one-off payment of $5,000. This payment will be divided equally between projects.

Hansen Yuncken Prize

• Awarded to a high achieving student commencing the Master of Construction Management from a cognate background
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Harry Wexler AIQS Prize

• Awarded for excellence in the subject Construction Measurement and Estimating.
• The prize will be recognised on the winner's transcript and offers 1 year Graduate Membership.

Henry and Rachel Ackman Travelling Scholarship

• Supports alumni to undertake studies (for full-time short course or degree) at a leading overseas institution.

John Charles Lloyd Exhibition

• Awarded for excellence in Construction Technology subjects in the Master of Architecture.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

John Bayly Award

• Awarded for excellence in Urban Planning History
• The award offers a one-off payment of $3,000.

John Wardle Architects Award

• Awarded for excellence in an Architectural Design Studio and whose work shows a genuine appreciation for the way that architecture can have a profound civic impact
• The award offers a one-off payment of $2,000

Macdonald Scholarship

• Awarded to support an internship period outside Melbourne or overseas
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

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Nell Norris Scholarship

• Awarded to the best student in each year of the architecture course, based on all-round merit.
• The scholarship amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Peter Williams Award

• Awarded for academic excellence in the subject Building Services and Operations
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

proUrban Award

• Awarded for academic excellence in the Master of Urban Planning Thesis
• The award offers a one-off payment of $5,000.

Richard Falkinger Scholarship

• Awarded to Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning students, with a preference for students whose interest is the study or research of heritage architecture and/or cultural studies.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Rina Mackley Award for Architects in Landscape Architecture

• Awarded to high achieving students entering the Master of Landscape Architecture program with an architecture background.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

SGS Economics and Planning Graham Larcombe Award

• Awarded for demonstrated interest in equity and social disadvantage issues in urban development.
• Eligible students will be invited to apply
• The award offers a one-off payment of $7,500.

SJB Michael Bialek Award

• Awarded for academic excellence in the penultimate year of the Master of Architecture.
• The award offers a one-off payment of $5,000.

Steve Calhoun Scholarship

• Awarded to support research towards completion of the ABPL90375 Landscape Architecture Design Thesis.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Tom Kvan Scholarship

• Awarded for excellence to a student commencing graduate studies outside of their undergraduate degree
• The award is a one-off payment at the commencement of the postgraduate program, but faculty can elect to support a student throughout their program if they have demonstrated financial need
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

UPco Phillip Borelli Award

• Awarded for academic excellence in  Planning  Law and Statutory Planning (ABPL90130) or its successor/equivalent
• The award offers a one-off payment of $2,500.

Varney Travelling Scholarship

• Awarded to support an internship or education experience overseas
• The award offers a one-off payment of $8,000

Warren and Mahoney Award

• Awarded for excellence at the end of the first year of the Master of Architecture (300 pt)
• The award offers a one-off payment of $3,500.

Dean's Prize for Published Graduate  Research:
Sole Author

• Awarded for excellence in a peer-reviewed publication by a sole author.
• The award offers a one-off payment of $2,000.

Fritz Janeba Travelling Scholarship

• Supports graduate research students  to undertake studies (for example international exchange or study abroad, full-time short course or degree, or research fieldwork) at a leading overseas institution.
• The scholarship amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Graduate Research Scholarships

• Available to high-achieving students undertaking graduate research at the University of Melbourne.
• Provides a stipend and fee remission

Henry and Rachael Ackman Travelling Scholarship

• Supports graduate research students  to undertake studies (for example international exchange or study abroad, full-time short course or degree, or research fieldwork) at a leading overseas institution.

Ellis Stones Memorial Award

• Awarded for excellence in research in the Landscape Architecture MPhil or PhD.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

John Grice Award

• Awarded for excellence in a PhD or Masters thesis completed by a research postgraduate student in Architecture.
• The award amount is calculated each year based on the net income of the philanthropic gift.

Norman Macgeorge Scholarship

• This scholarship provides grants of up to $6000 to support research higher degree students in the visual, creative and performing arts, music, architecture, conservation, literature, creative writing, language, history, philosophy and anthropology at the University.
• Preference is given to PhD students