Samuel and June Hordern Scholarship in Rural and Regional Economics

Key scholarship details

Application status

Not open yet

Applications open

13 Mar 2026

Applications close

19 Apr 2026

Benefit amount

Up to $15,000

Eligible study level

Honours, Graduate coursework, Graduate research

Eligible student type

Domestic and international students

Eligible study stage

Current study

Benefit duration

One or more years

Summary

The Samuel and June Hordern Scholarship in Rural and Regional Economics was established in honour of Samuel and June Hordern, prominent Australian pastoralists. The scholarship is open to students whose research is informed by rural and regional economics and who have been accepted into the either the Honours in Economics or the Master of Economics programs.

Benefits

This scholarship provides a living allowance of $15,000 paid in two equal instalments after the census dates in semester 1 and semester 2.

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be considered for this scholarship, you must:

be enrolled in the Honours in Economics program (either through the Bachelor of Commerce or the Bachelor of Arts), or
be enrolled in the second year of study (when the research project is conducted) in either the Master of Economics or the Master of Commerce (Economics) programs, and
be pursuing research informed by rural and regional economics

Selection criteria

A selection panel comprising the Dean (or nominee), the Head of Department of Economics (or nominee), and the donor (or nominee) will decide upon the recipient based on the quality of the proposed topic and its relationship to rural and regional economics, as well as the student’s academic record of study in the field of economics and all other subjects.

Application

How to apply

When the scholarship is open for applications, click on the “Submit an application” link, below. Your application will require:

A cover letter (one page) which describes how your area of research will be related to Rural and Regional Economics.
Your resume
A copy of your current Statement of Results (available from the Student Portal)

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview.

When will I know the outcome?

Applicants will be notified of the outcome by email.

Submit an application

image of recipient Diego Machillanda Flechas

Recipient feedback

This scholarship inspired me to expand the scope of my research and fully dedicate myself to it. I initially planned to explore gender differences in job-to-job movements for Australian workers, but the scholarship motivated me to also consider geographical differences between regional and metropolitan communities. I am grateful, as this encouraged me to explore a potential source of inequality that is sometimes overlooked. The generosity of the scholarship also allowed me to dedicate more time to my thesis and to the quality of my research. I was able to take extra time off work to learn how to use an empirical technique that had not been used previously in studies of the topic. The technique allowed me to identify the effect of several personal characteristics on job-to-job movements for the average Australian, making a genuine contribution to the literature on Australian job mobility.

Diego Machillanda Flechas

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