Willem Snoek Conservation Award

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• be enrolled in a course of study or research in the field of heritage conservation at the University of Melbourne's Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation.

Selection criteria

Applications are assessed and ranked on the identified cultural materials conservation project including the scope of the project along with the plan and timeline, and the explanation and demonstration of the level of innovation within the project and how it will have an impact within relevant communities.

Eligible applicants must complete an online application including:

• a 500-word project proposal outlining a cultural materials conservation project including the scope of the project and explaining the level of innovation demonstrated by the project and how it will have an impact within relevant communities;
• a plan and timeline;
• a budget outline;
• at least one academic reference;
• a current academic transcript or statement of results; and,
• any other information to support the application that may assist the committee in making its decision.

Professor Robyn Sloggett AM and friends and family of Willem Snoek

The Willem Snoek Conservation Fund was established to honour the life and work of Willem Snoek. The purpose of the fund is to support student activities at the University of Melbourne’s Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation in the field of heritage conservation. Several donors have contributed to the fund, including lead gifts from Mr Robert Cripps AM and Professor Robyn Sloggett AM, Director of the Centre and widow of Willem.

Willem was an archaeologist, teacher, craftsman and heritage conservator. He was a graduate of the University of Melbourne (BA, Dip Ed) and La Trobe University (Hons Archaeology). He worked on sites and places across Victoria and southern South Australia. He is particularly remembered for his work with Indigenous communities and government organisations.