Harry Perkins Memorial Scholarship at Curtin University in Australia 2025: (Deadline 18 November 2024)
Introduction
The Harry Perkins Memorial Scholarship at Curtin University in Australia is open to Australians. It is offered for bachelor’s degrees in the fields of Aboriginal Studies, Business and Law, Health Sciences, Humanities, Science, and Engineering. The deadline for sending an application is 18 Nov 2024. This scholarship is provided by Curtin University.
Curtin University has developed the Harry Perkins Memorial Scholarship to support students who are required to relocate from a regional or remote area to commence an undergraduate degree at Curtin University, who are from a low socio-economic background and are experiencing financial hardship.
The Scholarship recognizes Harry Perkins, the Chancellor of Curtin University from 1996-2002. During that period, he played a key role in forging international and local business and government partnerships, including negotiations with the Sarawak Government to set up Curtin’s first offshore campus in Miri, East Malaysia. Harry Perkins’ 45-year career commenced in his birthplace of Bruce Rock in Western Australia as a farmer and expanded to the boardroom of WA’s largest company, Wesfarmers, where he was chairman for 16 years. Harry also held many other key positions,, including board positions with the Country Medical Foundation, Sir Charles Gardner Hospital, and the WA Institute for Medical Research (now known as Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research). He was appointed an Officer of Order of Australia for his service to primary industry, tertiary education, and the community in 2001. Curtin’s Council agreed to confer upon him the degree of Honorary Doctor of Technology in October 2002.
Benefits
A cash stipend of AUD 2,000 will be given per semester.
Eligibility
- Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident, Australian permanent humanitarian, or New Zealand citizen.
- Selected Curtin University as a first or second preference through TISC to undertake an undergraduate-level course in 2025.
- Relocating from a regional and/or remote area to commence study.
- Demonstrate financial hardship and low socioeconomic status.
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