Anna Lodewyckx Scandinavian Scholarship

Key scholarship details

Application status

Not open yet

Applications open

16 Mar 2026

Applications close

11 May 2026

Benefit amount

$3,000 - $10,000

Eligible study level

Undergraduate, Honours, Graduate coursework, Graduate research

Eligible student type

Domestic and international students

Eligible study stage

Current study

Benefit duration

One-off

Summary

The Anna Lodewyckx Scandinavian Scholarship is offered to students who are undertaking advanced study or research in Scandinavian countries.

About the donor

Professor Augustin Lodewyckx (1876-1964) was head of Germanic languages at the University of Melbourne. Appointed in 1915, he built up his department with diligence and zeal over his 31-year tenure. Using periods of leave to travel extensively, particularly to Iceland, of whose history, language and literature he had a profound knowledge. Professor Lodewyckx's interests were broad and deep and they focused on philology and the history of Germanic languages. Along with his long academic career, he published fourteen books and innumerable articles in five languages. He was decorated by the governments of Iceland in 1937 with the Knight of the Icelandic Falcon, The Netherlands in 1952 with the Knight Commander of the Order of Orange Nassau, and Germany in 1955 with Gold Medallist of the Goethe Institute.

Iceland's language and civilization being one of Professor Lodewyckx's deep interests, he visited the country many times. Introducing Old Icelandic as a university subject he continued to teach it at home after his retirement in 1947. In 1958, with his wife Anna Sophia, they founded the Anna Lodewyckx Scandinavian Scholarships, named to honour his wife who also taught Swedish at the University. The purpose of the gift was to provide a major and a minor scholarship to encourage study and research in Scandinavian countries. The Lodewyckxs also donated the initial funds in 1960 for the teaching of Swedish at the university.

Benefits

The scholarship provides a one-off payment of between $3,000 to $10,000 depending on the applicant pool.

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be considered for this scholarship, you must:

Be a third year, Honours, graduate coursework or research student at the University of Melbourne
Possess at least an elementary knowledge of a Scandinavian language
Be undertaking an approved course of study at a Scandinavian university.

For the purposes of this scholarship, a Scandinavian country is Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Greenland or the Faroe Islands.

Selection criteria

The scholarship is offered to the student(s) ranked highest by the selection panel based on their overall application.

Conditions

Recipients are required to:

Accept the award online within 21 days
Submit the relevant travel documents
Submit a report within two months of returning from travel.

Application

How to apply

You must complete an online application form and include:

Details of your proposed program of study overseas
A summary of your proposed program of study or research in a Scandinavian country
Evidence of initial contact or approval for a course at a Scandinavian university or institution
A 300-500 word statement outlining how the scholarship would positively impact your life and assist with your studies, and how pursuing study and research overseas is important to your academic work
An indicative budget
At least one academic reference
A current statement of results
Evidence you possess an elementary knowledge of a Scandinavian language
Any other information to support the application that may assist the committee in making its decision.

For further queries contact: Faculty of Arts - Scholarships and Prizes

When will I know the outcome?

Applicants are advised of the outcome via email within 8-10 weeks.

Submit an application

Recipient feedback

Learning about Old Norse and modern Scandinavian languages in Australia, it had been hard for me to speak and listen to these languages in a natural environment. Having the opportunity to do this in Iceland was a highlight of my trip.

Jack Bunce

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