Prize

Australasian College of Dermatologists Prize in Dermatology

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Key scholarship details

Application status

Opening soon

Applications open

28 Apr 2025

Applications close

10 Jul 2025

Benefit amount

Up to $500

Eligible study level

Graduate coursework

Eligible student type

Domestic and international students

Eligible study stage

Current study

Benefit duration

One-off

Summary

The Australasian College of Dermatologists Undergraduate Prize in Dermatology is established by The Victorian Faculty of the Australasian College of Dermatologists, available on a yearly basis to medical students from the University of Melbourne, Monash University, Deakin University and University of Notre Dame Australia. Students in their final and penultimate years are invited to sit the examination.

An examination for the prize will be conducted in two parts: a one-hour paper consisting of short answer questions, followed by a clinical examination for best-performing selected candidates.

Benefits

The value of the prize is up to $500.

Amount:

Up to $500

Duration:

One-off

Quantity:

1 per year

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

This prize exam is open final and penultimate year University of Melbourne Doctor of Medicine students. Exams also take place for Deakin, Monash and Victorian University of Notre Dame Medical students.

Selection criteria

The prize exam is conducted in two parts:

  1. Written Examination (Online)
  2. Oral Examination

    Shortlisted students will be advised at a later date.

The Victorian Faculty of the Australasian College of Dermatologists reserves the right to not award the prize if a suitable standard is not achieved in the oral examination.

Conditions

Awarded in conjunction with the Herman Lawrence Prize in Clinical Dermatology

Study level:

Graduate coursework

Student type:

Domestic and international students

Study stage type:

Current study

Study area:

Health

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Application

How to apply

Students must register to sit the written examination. Further details will be issued to applicants closer to exam dates.

Please contact the MMS Student Awards Officer at mms-studentawards@unimelb.edu.au for more information.

Status:

Opening soon

Applications open:

28 Apr 2025

Applications close:

10 Jul 2025

  • Previous recipients

    2024 -  Hei Lam Germaine Kong
    2024 -  Eden Mane
    2024 -  Christopher Sparks

    2023 - Will Swansson

    2022 - Nadine Abu-ghazaleh

    2021 - Zhengyang (Daniel) Liu

    If you have been a recipient of this prize and would like to consent to have your name featured on this page, please contact mms-studentawards@unimelb.edu.au

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