Felix Meyer Scholarship

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• have graduated from the University of Melbourne in the last five years;
• be undertaking advanced studies in literature; and,
• be undertaking creative literary work during the tenure of the award.

Recipients may use the scholarship for travel.  Current postgraduate students may apply if they have been awarded a University of Melbourne qualification.  Recipients may not hold the scholarship for more than 12 months without special permission.

Selection criteria

Applicants will be assessed on their demonstrated creative ability and the intention of the applicant to engage in creative work throughout the scholarship.

Applicants must apply online and submit the following documents:

• proposed travel itinerary, if relevant;
• a creative project proposal of up to 500 words;
• two academic or professional references;
• evidence of completion of a degree at the University of Melbourne (copy of student transcript or graduation certificate);
• a writing sample of up to five pages; and,
• a curriculum vitae.

Applicants will be advised of the outcome via email within 8 to 10 weeks after the closing date.

Mary Fisher Meyer

In 1975, Mary Fisher Meyer left a gift in her will to memorialise her husband, Felix Henry Meyer, for postgraduate scholarships in both literature and in obstetrics and gynaecology. Mrs Meyer, herself a talented artist who had studied under E Phillips Fox, established the Felix Meyer Scholarship to support literature graduates who wish to undertake creative work.

Felix Meyer dedicated his vocational talents to obstetrics and gynaecology from when he started studying medicine at the University of Melbourne in 1876 to the day he retired in 1935.  Among his many extraordinary achievements, Meyer founded the Victorian Nurses’ Association, assisted with the establishment of the Chair of Obstetrics at the University of Melbourne and had a long, distinguished career as a private practitioner and surgeon. Meyer was also very interested in creative pursuits; languages, books, learning, art and music.  A member of the Faculty of Music at the University of Melbourne, he wrote elegant verse and prose and was a brilliant speaker and conversationalist.