Anita Morawetz Scholarship

Key scholarship details

Application status

Not open yet

Applications open

30 Aug 2024

Applications close

30 Nov 2024

Benefit amount

Up to $7,500

Eligible study level

Graduate coursework

Eligible student type

Domestic and international students

Eligible study stage

Future study, Current study

Benefit duration

One-off

Summary

The Anita Morawetz Scholarship was established by the Anita Morawetz Scholarship Fund, and is offered to students who are pursuing or intending to pursue research that will contribute to the clinical practice of family therapy.

About the donor

Anita Morawetz was the daughter of Czech Jewish migrants to Melbourne, who became founding members of Musica Viva. Anita graduated from the University in 1962 worked as a social worker first in Europe, and then in Israel for some years, after which she went to America where she took a postgraduate degree. Her special interest was family therapy, which she continued to practice between her return to Australia in 1981 until her untimely death in 1989.

She was a charming, high-spirited, enterprising, resourceful, fun-loving woman, involved in all sorts of cultural and community activities. She had a warmth and compassion for people from all walks of life. Anita faced her untimely terminal illness with the same courage, spirit and grace with which she had lived her life.

Each year the Morawetz Family provides generous support to education programs in Victoria in memory and celebration of the life of Anita Morawetz.

Benefits

This scholarship provides a one-off payment of approximately $7500. This scholarship can be awarded in conjunction with other University of Melbourne scholarships.

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be considered for this scholarship, you must have applied for the Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work and meet all of the entry requirements for the course.

Selection criteria

Applications will be assessed against the following criteria:

Degree of demonstrated commitment to the clinical practice of family therapy (meaning demonstrated commitment to work with families, groups and/or communities).
Capacity of proposed practice-research to contribute to clinical practice in Australia in terms of originality, creativity, and/or scope.
Relevance of proposed practice-research to contribute to clinical practice with families, groups and communities most in need.

The selection committee will also keep in mind that during her career, Anita Morawetz demonstrated:

A commitment to responding to current social issues facing families.
Critical reflection
Academic rigour
Determination to carry forth the family therapy commitment of seeing people in context and not working with individuals in isolation of their wider relationships the value of international linkages and learning

Conditions

Reporting requirements and payment instalments
Recipients must provide a report on their research to the Anita Morawetz Scholarship Committee by 31st January in the year following completion of the subject SCWK90061.

On award of the scholarship, 80% will be disbursed up-front toward the tuition fee of the subject SCWK90061. Following approval of the final research report by the committee, 20% will be disbursed directly to the scholarship recipient in Australian Dollars (AUD).

Application

How to apply

You must complete the Application Form.

Those intending to undertake the Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work and apply for an Anita Morawetz Scholarship must complete BOTH a Course Application Form and a Scholarship Application Form and submit them along with any supporting information by the closing date for the scholarship applications. These applicants must meet all of the entry requirements for the course:

An undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline or equivalent; and
Evidence of two years of relevant work experience; and
Evidence of completion of prior narrative therapy studies at Dulwich Centre or equivalent; and
Statement of up to 500 words by the Applicant; and
A professional referee report

Please ensure that all supporting documentation is uploaded so that the Selection Committee has all the information it needs to fully evaluate the scholarship applications.

Enquiries

Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au or +61 3 8344 0149

When will I know the outcome?

Applicants are notified of the outcome of their scholarship application during December each year.

Submit an application

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