Richard Lovell Travelling Scholarship

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• be an outstanding enrolled graduate researcher of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
• be undertaking research in a field relevant to cancer epidemiology

Selection criteria

Eligible applicants will be assessed on academic merit, faculty scholarship score, demonstrated skill in the relevant research area, career aspiration and the terms and conditions of the trust.

The selection committee will base its assessment on the application form, academic transcripts, faculty scholarship score, details of the journey planned by the applicant, CV and referee reports.

See the full MDHS Graduate Research Trust Scholarships Terms and Conditions.

This scholarship is administered by the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Please request an application form from mdhs-scholarships@unimelb.edu.au.

Successful candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application according to the Faculty's published timelines.

Professor Richard Lovell

Emeritus Professor Richard Lovell OA, MD, MSc, FRCP, FRACP, FACP (Hon.) was born in 1918 and was appointed the first professor of Medicine at the University in 1955. He was a pioneer in many areas of academic medicine in Australia, particularly in clinical epidemiology, and retired from the University in 1983. The professor made a substantial contribution to the work of both the AntiCancer Council of Victoria and its successor from the 1980s to 1997. He had a pivotal role in the development of human research ethics in Australia and was the inaugural chair of the Medical Research Ethics Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council. He died in 2000.