Scholarships

Department Prize for the Graduate Diploma in Computer Science (full-time) ($75)
Awarded to the best student in the full-time graduate diploma.

Electronic Engineering Prize for Best Masters Project ($100)
Awarded to the best project from students enrolled in a coursework masters program, based on implementation and presentation of the project, as well as its innovation and application to industry or research.

Honours Prize in Computer Science ($150)
Awarded to the most outstanding student in the honours year of computer science, computer systems engineering or the Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science (enrolled in a stream including a project/thesis).

Master of Information Technology Prize ($150)
This prize is awarded annually to the top final-year student in the Master of Information Technology or its variants, who achieves the highest average overall mark.

Masters Prize – Computer Science ($150)
This prize is awarded annually to the top final-year student in the Master of Computer Science or Master of Information Systems who achieves the highest average overall mark.

Australian Psychological Society Prize ($300)
This is an award of $300, plus subsidised travel and registration fee if the winner presents a paper at the annual APS conference based on the work for which the prize was awarded. Awarded to a fourth-year student who, being of sufficient merit, has in that year pursued with most distinction a fourth-year course in psychology. The prize may be awarded to a student in the Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours) course or a student in the Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology course.

Peter Rawlinson Award ($250)
Awarded to the honours or postgraduate diploma student showing outstanding potential for research in animal ecology. The award honours the memory of Peter Rawlinson, a staff member between 1967 and 1991.

Ian Thornton Prize ($200)
Awarded to the student who achieves the highest final mark for the honours/postgraduate diploma zoology thesis completed in a particular year. The prize will only be awarded where the thesis is of sufficient merit. This award honours the memory of Emeritus Professor Ian Thornton, Foundation Professor of Zoology at La Trobe University from 1966-1991.

For further information regarding prizes offered by the Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering, phone: (03) 9479 2220 or email: sci.tech@latrobe.edu.au