Key scholarship details
Application status
Open for automatic consideration
Eligible study level
Undergraduate
Eligible student type
Domestic and international students
Eligible study stage
Current study
Benefit duration
One-off
Summary
The Ian Holmes Medal for Virology is sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
About the donor
Associate Professor and Reader, Ian Hamilton Holmes
Ian was a highly respected senior member of the academic staff of our Department from 1963 until his retirement in 2000. In 1973, Ian applied his expertise in electron microscopy to intestinal biopsies collected by colleagues at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne from children with non-bacterial gastroenteritis. In these samples he discovered a new human virus, rotavirus, which he quickly identified as orbivirus-like. Later he showed that rotavirus belongs to a new group within the family Reoviridae. Ian’s rotavirus research over 27 years greatly contributed to the development of rotavirus vaccines, which are starting to have a dramatic impact on infant morbidity and mortality in many countries.
He received the David Syme Research Prize from The University of Melbourne (1977) and the Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award (1998) for this work.
Ian was a friend to all and a wonderful mentor to his many students. He enthusiastically passed on his passion for science and the importance of nurturing the next generation of researchers.
Benefits
The prize provides a bronze medal
Duration:
One-off
Eligibility and selection criteria
Eligibility
Awarded to the top student in MIIM30014 Medical Microbiology: Virology.
Study level:
Undergraduate
Student type:
Domestic and international students
Study stage type:
Current study
Study area:
Health
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How to apply
No application.
Selection based on results as per the eligibility criteria.
Contact
BiomedSci-AcademicServices@unimelb.edu.au
When will I know the outcome?
Successful recipients will be notified via email in February or March of the following year.
Status:
Open for automatic consideration
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- 2024: Kayleigh Schroder and Gangotri Mitra
- 2023: Alison White
- 2022: Emily McLean
- 2021: Joshua Yong
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