Honours Scholarship

To be eligible, candidates will have completed a Bachelors’ Degree in the biological or health and medical sciences and have taken subjects appropriate to their project.

Completing the online application form

As the form cannot be saved and edited in another session, we recommend that you complete a draft of your response in Word and then cut and paste the final version into the application form prior to submitting.

Check your application for accuracy and ensure all application documents are uploaded before you submit your application.

Please adhere to the specified word or page limits. Content in excess of these limits will not be included for assessment. Where applicable, these limits are indicated under each question on the online form.

Prior to submitting the form, you may select an option to have your responses sent to you.

Upon completion of the form, you will receive an automatic reply that your application has been received. If you do not receive this, or have other questions about this grant, please contact the CALHN Grants Team.

You must also submit a list of attachments via email to the CALHN Research Services Grants Team - see the list at the bottom of this section.

Contents of the online application form

Information you will be asked to provide:

• Applicant details
  • First name
  • Last name
  • Position; Current Employer, University; Department and Site
  • Contact phone number
  • Email address
  • Are you an Australian Citizen or do you have Permanent Residency?

• Proposed Supervisor
  • Primary supervisor details
    • Name
    • Department
    • Position
    • Institution
    • Phone
    • Email
  • Supervisor's publications over the last 3 years.
  • Supervisor's external peer-reviewed funding both past and present.

• Ethics and governance approvals
  • Is genetic manipulation required for your project?
  • Is ethics approval required
    • Yes - type required (human, animal, other)
    • No - justification
  • Ethics approval status
    • Not submitted - provide intended date of submission
    • Submitted - provide date and reference number
    • Using existing ethics - justify why this is appropriate 
  • Please provide ethics and governance reference numbers where applicable, below:
    • Q or R Number
    • HREC Reference
    • SSA Reference
    • MYIP Number

Attachments required to be emailed separately

After submitting the application form, please ensure you email the following attachments to the CALHN Research Services Grants Team.

It is preferable that all attachments are within a single PDF file, but multiple PDFs will be accepted: please ensure the applicant's last name is included at the start of each file name, such as 'NAME_Honours scholarship application attachments.pdf'

Attachments required (in a searchable PDF format):

1. (If relevant) Permanent Residency Letter of Confirmation (required for permanent residents).
2. Applicant's academic record
3. Proposed supervisor letter of support - Letter of support endorsed by the nominated supervisor, providing their assessment and approval of the candidate and their willingness to provide supervision during the honours period.
   
4. Lay Summary of your project (1 A4 page maximum) - This document should contain a description of the project, including:
   1. aims
   2. hypotheses
   3. background
   4. experimental plan
   5. No more than 5 references should be cited in the summary.
5. Ethics and Governance documents - If using existing/current ethics approvals, please provide confirmation from the relevant ethics committee that this new project proposal is covered under the current HREC or AEC approval, along with the relevant approval letters.
6. Head of Department/Division approval - A signed Letter of Certification from the Head of Department/Division certifying that appropriate general facilities will be available to the investigator if successful, and that the project will be carried out strictly in accordance with NHMRC Ethical and Scientific Practice Guidelines.