Scholarships and Prizes

The Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics offers over 170 different scholarships, prizes and grants for students.

There are also university-wide scholarships available to potential and currently enrolled students.

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Faculty scholarships and prizes

Undergraduate

Type	Name
Scholarship	Sia Furler Institute rules & application form
Prize	David Murray Prize in Arts
Prize	Bundey Prize for English Verse rules & application form
Prize	The Constantine Trypanis Prize
Prize	The Hartley Prize
Scholarship	Adelaide Dickens Fellowship Scholarship in English
Scholarship	Esther Burns/DECD Country Teaching Scholarships
Scholarship	EW Benham Honours Scholarship
Scholarship	JE Jenkins Scholarship
Scholarship	Kamala Khurana Music Scholarship
Scholarship	Mason Family Scholarship in the Communication of Science
Scholarship	Schulz Scholarship in German
Scholarship	Stott Despoja Scholarship
Scholarship	The Edward Rychter Scholarship in English

Postgraduate

Type	Name
Scholarship	The Fred Johns Scholarship for Biography and online expressions of interest form
Prize	Bundey Prize for English Verse
Scholarship	Esther Burns/DECD Country Teaching Scholarships
Scholarship	EW Benham Honours Scholarship
Scholarship	Mason Family Scholarship in the Communication of Science

Adelaide Business School

Adelaide MBA scholarships

Scholarship support for the Adelaide MBA program is funded by the Adelaide Business School across a range of categories to ensure our program is accessible to all candidates who have the capability and drive to undertake MBA studies.

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Student scholarships and prizes

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Elder Conservatorium of Music

Undergraduate scholarships

Type	Name
Foundation	Indigenous Music Scholarship
Scholarship	The John "Slick" Osborn Scholarship
Scholarship	The Varley Scholarship and Exhibition
Scholarship	The Ellen Sauer Scholarship
Scholarship	The Ethel Cooper Scholarship for Pianoforte
Scholarship	The Marjorie Garner Orchestral Scholarship for Trombone
Scholarship	Cowan Family Grant / Scholarships
Scholarship	The Rosemary St. John Harp Scholarship
Scholarship	The Alex Burnard Scholarship
Scholarship	The Michael Robert Poag Scholarship
Scholarship	The Maude Harriet Riley Scholarship for Piano
Scholarship	The William Silver Scholarship
Scholarship	The Jewel Stevens Scholarship
Scholarship	The Jiri Tancibudek Memorial Scholarship for Oboe
Scholarship	The Arved and Suzanne Kurtz Scholarship
Scholarship	The Daisy Burmeister Salotti Scholarships for Pianoforte
Scholarship	The Jack de Vos Scholarship
Scholarship	The Patrick Cecil Greenland Scholarship for Pianoforte
Scholarship	The Victor Edgeloe Scholarship for Woodwind
Scholarship	The Angela Lakin Scholarship
Scholarship	Mary Elizabeth Baker Bequest
Grant	The John Perry memorial Fund
Scholarship	Decie Denholm Scholarship
Scholarship	Josephine Christiansen Bursary
Scholarship	EMR Music Travel Scholarship
Scholarship	The Neville Arthur Scholarship

Undergraduate prizes

Type	Name
Prize	The Adelaide Choral Society Prize
Prize	The Maude Puddy Prize for Piano
Prize	The Florence Cooke Violin Prize
Prize	The John Robert Mitchell Violin Prize
Prize	The Elaine Evelyn Findlay Prize
Prize	The Selborne Moutray Russell Prizes (male singer)
Prize	The Selborne Moutray Russell Prizes (orchestral instrument)
Prize	The Anders and Reimers Prizes (The Franz and Catherine Anders Prize)
Prize	The Anders and Reimers Prizes (The Gustav Reimers Prize)
Prize	The H. Brewster Jones Prize
Prize	The Gladys Lloyd Thomas Prize for Violin
Prize	The Lienau Prize
Prize	The Tommy Norman Awards for Jazz Performance
Prize	The Dr Ruby Davy Prize for Composition
Prize	The Frederick Bevan Prize
Prize	The Thelma Dent Memorial Prize
Prize	The Paul Howard Martin Prize
Prize	The Frederick E Baxendale Prize
Prize	The Diana Harris Prize for Accompaniment
Prize	The Elizabeth Matthews Prize for Woodwind
Prize	The Clement Q. Williams Prize
Prize	The Robert Whinham Prize
Prize	Ethnomusicology Prize
Prize	The Brisbane Matthews Pianoforte Prize
Prize	The Rae Cocking Memorial Prize
Prize	The Alexander Clark Memorial Prize
Prize	The Norman Chinner Prize
Prize	The Mrs Arno Pontt (May Gepp) Prize
Prize	The Lucy Josephine Bagot Prize
Prize	The James Whitehead Prize
Prize	The E. Harold Davies Prize
Prize	The Eugene Alderman Prizes (violin, violoncello, pianoforte, organ or singing)
Prize	The Eugene Alderman Prizes (violin)
Prize	The Guli Magarey Prize

Postgraduate scholarships and prizes

Type	Name
Prize	The Selborne Moutray Russell Prizes (male singer)
Prize	The Selborne Moutray Russell Prizes (orchestral instrument)
Prize	The Anders and Reimers Prizes (The Franz and Catherine Anders Prize)
Prize	The Anders and Reimers Prizes (The Gustav Reimers Prize)
Prize	The Gladys lloyd Thomas Prize for Violin
Prize	The Lienau Prize
Prize	The Athol Lykke Award for Postgraduate Studies in Music
Prize	The Frederick Bevan Prize
Prize	The Thelma Dent Memorial Prize
Prize	The Paul Howard Martin Prize
Prize	The Diana Harris Prize for Accompaniment
Prize	The Clement Q. Williams Prize
Prize	The Robert Whinham Prize
Prize	The Alexander Clark Memorial Prize
Prize	The Norman Chinner Prize
Prize	The Mrs Arno Pontt (May Gepp) Prize
Prize	The Lucy Josephine Bagot Prize
Prize	The E. Harold Davies Prize
Prize	The Eugene Alderman Prizes (violin, violoncello, pianoforte, organ or singing)
Prize	The Eugene Alderman Prizes (violin)
Prize	The Guli Magarey Prize
Grant	The John Perry Memorial Fund
Scholarship	The George Boland Scholarship
Scholarship	The David Galliver Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship	EMR Music Travel Scholarship

School of Education

Undergraduate

Type Name
Scholarship The Smolicz Languages Education Travel Award
Prize Peter Routley Awards
Postgraduate

Type Name
Prize The Schulz Postgraduate Award for the Study of education & application form
Prize Anthony Pattern Prize

Type	Name
Scholarship	The Smolicz Languages Education Travel Award
Prize	Peter Routley Awards

Type	Name
Prize	The Schulz Postgraduate Award for the Study of education & application form
Prize	Anthony Pattern Prize

Undergraduate scholarships and prizes

Type	Name	Department
Scholarship	John F Kennedy Memorial Scholarship [Politics]	Politics and International Studies
Scholarship	The Mountford Scholarships	Anthropology
Scholarship	The Pauline Price Scholarship	Geography
Scholarship	Tetra tech International Development Scholarship Rules & online application form	International Development
Scholarship	Tom Dianne Gray Honours Scholarship
Prize	Business and Professional Women Prize	Gender Studies
Prize	Allison Nitschke Memorial Prize	Geography
Prize	Archibald Grenfell Price Prize in Geography [level III]	Geography
Prize	Chilla Bulbeck Prize	Social Sciences
Prize	Fay Gale Prize in Geography	Geography
Prize	Soroptimist International Prize for Gender Studies	Gender Studies
Prize	Graham Lawton Prize for Geography	Geography
Prize	Zonta Club of Adelaide Prize for Gender Studies	Gender Studies
Prize	YWCA Australia Prize in Women’s Studies	Gender Studies
Prize	League of Nations Prize & online application form	Politics and International Studies
Prize	Charles Fenner Prize for Geography [level II]	Geography
Prize	John Lewis Prize for Geography	Geography
Prize	Confucius Institute Chinese Language Prize	Chinese
Prize	Sylvia Chan Prize for Chinese Studies	Chinese
Prize	Graeme Hugo Prize	Social Sciences
Prize	J apan Australia Friendship Association Prize for Excellence in Intermediate Japanese Studies	Japanese
Prize	Japan Australia Friendship Association Prize for Excellence in Advanced Japanese Studies	Japanese
Prize	Japan Australia Friendship Association Prize for Excellence in Japanese Cultural Studies	Japanese
Proze	The Philip Tighe Memorial Medal and Prize
Prize	The Criminology Prizes	Criminology
Prize	Gender Studies Student Level II Prize	Gender Studies
Prize	The Sociology Prizes (x4)	Sociology
Prize	Karen Halley Trust	Gender Studies
Prize	The Carol Johnson Honours Medal	Politics and International Relations

Postgraduate scholarships and prizes

Type	Name	Department
Scholarship	The Mountford Scholarships	Anthropology
Prize	The Karen Halley Trust	Gender Studies
Grant	The Charles and Frank Fenner Postgraduate research Grants Rules and online application form	Geography
Certificate	The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia John Lewis Silver Medal	Geography

School of Humanities

Undergraduate scholarships

Type	Name
Scholarship	Vera May Swift Scholarship
Scholarship	John F Kennedy Memorial Scholarship (History)
Scholarship	The Tinline Scholarship (History)
Scholarship	Tom Dianne Gray Honours Scholarship

Undergraduate prizes and medals

Type	Name	Department
Prize	The Barr Smith Prize for Greek	Classics
Prize	Constantinos and Polymnia Moraïtis Prize	Classics
Prize	Australian Archaeology Prize	Classics
Prize	Emilia Karrangis Prize	Classics
Prize	David Hester Undergraduate Honours Prize in Classics	Classics
Prize	Byard Prize	English and Creative Writing
Prize	Tormore Prize	English and Creative Writing
Prize	Sir Archibald Strong Memorial Prize for Literature	English and Creative Writing
Prize	Brian Elliot Prize for Australian Literary Studies	English and Creative Writing
Prize	Edith Hubbe and Harriet Cook Prize	English and Creative Writing
Prize	Colin Horne Memorial Prize	English and Creative Writing
Prize	Vera may Swift prize for Honours English	English and Creative Writing
Prize	JM Coetzee Prize	English and Creative Writing
Prize	The John Harvey Finlayson Prize	English and Creative Writing
Prize	Christine Horton Prize	French
Medal	Jefferis Memorial Medal	Philosophy
Prize	A.J Schulz Prize [SACE Stage II]	German
Prize	A.J Schulz Prize [German III]	German
Prize	A.J Schulz Prize [Honours]	German
Prize	German Embassy Prize for Outstanding Achievement	German
Prize	Goethe-Institut Prizes for German Studies	German
Prize	The Barony of Ithaka Medal	Classics
Medal	Odysseus Medal for Advanced Ancient Greek Studies	Classics
Medal	Galatis Medal for First Year Ancient Greek	Classics
Medal	Demosthenes Medal for Consistent Excellence in Ancient Greek Studies	Classics
Prize	Professor Sir William Mitchell Essay Prize	Philosophy
Prize	Professor Sir William Mitchell Prize for Honours Philosophy	Philosophy
Prize	ESU International Student Prize for Media	Media
Prize	The Robin Lea Roberts Honours Prize for Roman/Latin Studies	Classics
Prize	Hazel Nankivell Prize	Classics
Prize	Andrew Scott Prize for Latin	Classics
Prize	Fredric S Zuckerman Prize [Russian History]	History
Prize	Fredric S Zuckerman Prize [Holocaust History]	History
Prize	The Lynda Tapp Prizes in History	History
Prize	George Cockburn Henderson Prize	History
Prize	The Natalia Davies Prize	History
Prize	Brian Coghlan Prize	German
Prize	Weimar-Ohlstrom Prize (German I)	German
Prize	Weimar-Ohlstrom Prizes (German II)	German
Prize	J G Cornell Prize for French	French
Prize	M Rees George Memorial Prize	French
Prize	Edith A Puddy Prize	French
Prize	Hope Crampton Prize for French	French
Prize	The James Gartrell Prize	Classics
Prize	The Violet De Mole Prize in French	French
Prize	Alan and Elizabeth Brissenden Prize in Early Modern Drama	English and Creative Writing
Prize	Charles Rischbieth JURY Poetry Prize rules & online application form	Humanities
Prize	Paul Ian Lobban Prize Honours English	English
Prize	Solstice Media Prize Rules	Media
Prize	Department of Spanish Studies Prize Rules	Spanish
Prize	Springer Nature Prize in Digital Humanities	Humanities
Prize	The Mares-Eaden prize for Shakespearean and Elizabethan Studies	Humanities

Postgraduate scholarships and prizes

Type	Name	Department
Scholarship	Decie Denholm Postgraduate Scholarship in History rules Decie Denholm Postgraduate Scholarship in History online application form
Scholarship	The PW Rice Scholarship rules The PW Rice Scholarship online application form	German
Scholarship	The PW Rice Research Travel Awards (Research Project)	Humanities
Scholarship	The PW Rice Research Travel Awards (Overseas Travel)	Humanities
Scholarship	The Constantinos Moraitis Travel Scholarship	Humanities
Scholarship	Title of John Howard Clark Scholar	English and Creative Writing
Prize	Charles Rischbieth Jury Poetry Prize rules Charles Rischbieth Jury Poetry Prize online application form	Humanities
Prize	The Heather Kerr Prize in Postgraduate English rules The Heather Kerr Prize in Postgraduate English online application form	English and Writing

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