Program Overview & Objectives
Latrobe City Trust will invite applications on an annual basis for the award of the Jean Galbraith Memorial Rotary Scholarship In Conservation Biology. The award has been established to commemorate the life and work of the botanist and writer Jean Galbraith, who lived in Tyers for most of her life until her death early in 1999.
Each award provides a grant of $500 for each year of studies, intended to assist with purchase of course materials or with field work costs. Normally, one award will be made in each year, although the Latrobe City Trust reserves the right to make more than one award, or no award, in any given year. The Scholarship is tenable for a period of two (2) years, subject to a satisfactory academic performance review after one year. It may be extended for a further year or alternatively offered for one (1) year only in the case of a student undertaking their final year in conservation biology or an honours year of full-time study in a relevant field.
The intention of the Trust is to support students majoring in areas broadly related to the scientific interests of the late Jean Galbraith. Preference may be given to applicants planning to undertake field studies based in, or relevant to, the Gippsland region.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have completed at least the first year of a Victorian university science-orientated degree course, including first year biology, with very good results.
- Applicants must be children of Latrobe City residents or have completed at least two years of their secondary education within the municipality or be enrolled or intending to enrol at a Gippsland based university
- Applicants must be continuing with full-time studies in botany, ecology or conservation of natural resources.
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