Prize

R.D. Wright Prize

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Key scholarship details

Application status

Open for automatic consideration

Benefit amount

$1,000 - $2,000

Eligible study level

Undergraduate

Eligible student type

Domestic and international students

Eligible study stage

Current study

Benefit duration

One-off

Summary

The R.D. Wright Prize was established by the Heads of the Department of Physiology, the Department of Surgery in the Austin and Repatriation General Hospitals, The Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine and the Royal Children's Hospital. The prize is offered to students enrolled in a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Biomedical Science with the highest aggregate mark in second and third year physiology subjects.

About the donor

The prize memorialises Professor Roy Douglas Wright, a long standing member of staff who transformed the Faculty and significantly contributed to tertiary education. He also served as Chancellor of the University from 1980-1989.

Benefits

Total fund amount to award per year is approximately $15,000 (this also covers the RD Wright Studentship). Category 1 - $1,000, Category 2 - $1,000, Category 3 - $1,000, Category 4 - $1,000, and Category 5 - $2,000

Amount:

$1,000 - $2,000

Duration:

One-off

Quantity:

Approximately 5

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be considered for this prize, you must be enrolled in at least one Physiology subject (subjects listed in selection criteria).

Selection criteria

The prize is offered to the students ranked highest based on one of the following:

  1. Final year student for the degree of Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Biomedical Science with the highest aggregate mark in second and third year physiology subjects. Results in PHYS20008, PHYS20009, BIOM20002, PHYS30010, PHYS30009, PHYS30011, PHYS30012 and NEUR30002 reviewed to determine the highest performing student. Preference will be given to students who have completed at least 3 level 3 subjects.
  2. Top student in PHYS20008 (second-year BSc; prior year)
  3. Top student in BIOM20002 (second-year BBiomed; prior year)
  4. Top student in Physiology major (BSc or BBiomed), results in PHYS30010, PHYS30009, PHYS30011 and PHYS30012 plus major elective subjects reviewed to determine the student with the highest aggregate mark in the subjects that comprise the major. Preference will be granted to students that have completed at least 3 physiology discipline subjects.
  5. Top Honours student in Physiology (prior year), results in honours subjects reviewed to determine the student with the highest WAM.

Study level:

Undergraduate

Student type:

Domestic and international students

Study stage type:

Current study

Study area:

Health

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Application

How to apply

You are automatically considered, if you are or were enrolled in the award year.

For queries, please contact BiomedSci-AcademicServices@unimelb.edu.au

When will I know the outcome?

Prize recipients will be advised in writing in Semester One of the following academic year.

Status:

Open for automatic consideration

  • 2025 Recipients
    1. Ruby Suito Ong, Zoe Edwards
    2. Hoi Cheung
    3. Chloe Campbell, Ilija Simonovski, Luxi Ying, Warren Wang
    4. Oscar Dowling, Zoe Edwards
    5. Kristia Lam, Wanran Zhang, Melissa Marie Ritchie Acconci
    2024 Recipients
    1. Olivia Pratt, Tonghui Ye
    2. Daniel Bian, Ingrid Sefton, Sebastian Rio
    3. Shuhan Zeng, Roderick Dong, Leon Fei, Joseph Feldman, Jessica Wu
    4. Shuyi Jian, Oscar Nyholm
    5. Xia (Jess) Hong, Rishun Sakai, Caitlin Dorrian
    2023 Recipients
    1. Song Chen
    2. Tonghui Ye
    3. Ling Fung Yim
    4. Anonymous
    5. Samuel Combes
    2022 Recipients
    1. Ella Fraser;
    2. Ruthvi Devir;
    3. Ruoxiao Yu and Aubrey Sim;
    4. Yuling Cheryl Gail Chiang;
    5. Finnbar Jones, Makayla Armour, Nadia Saraya
    2021 Recipients
    1. Huai-Hsuan Li;
    2. Jake Fletcher;
    3. Annabella Lewis;
    4. Alexandra Louey;
    5. Owen Jones, Mikaela Patros, Benjamin Czapla
    2020 Recipients
    1. Isabelle Stewart
    2. Abby Burrows;
    3. Jillian Lu;
    4. Emily Adams;
    5. Anton Trask-Marino, Nathan Higgins, Stuart Plenderleith
    2019 Recipients
    1. Sophia Jester;
    2. Simon Ou and Zhong Xien Yeoh;
    3. Sannan Nadir;
    4. Elena Christopoulos;
    5. Camille Devereux, Amanuiel Taddese

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