Scholarship | Value | Eligibility | Open date | Close date |
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Alan Hyland Scholarship for Instrumental Studies | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
TBC |
|
TBC | TBC | |
Alison Burrell Bequest | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Anthony and Sharon Lee Foundation Jazz Scholarships | $6,000 (for up to 4 years) or $25,000 (for up to 1.5 years) |
|
TBC | TBC |
Anthony Strachan Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Belinda Frances Hughes Piano Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Belinda Frances Hughes Violin Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Board of Governors' Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Brian Abel Piano Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Bruce A Pontin Memorial Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Chapple/Bremner Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Clarence Addison Turrill Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Conservatorium of Music Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Corinna D'Hage Mayer String Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Costa Rosa Harsas Award | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Dilys and Milton Renham Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Doris Burnett Ford Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Eleanor Dunn Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Elizabethan Theatre Trust Ladies’ Committee Scholarship for Piano, Voice or Orchestral Instruments | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Eugene Goossens Conducting Fellowship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Flora Jean Ferriss Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Geoffrey Parsons Australian Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
George and Margaret Henderson Scholarship | $50,000 per annum |
|
TBC | TBC |
George Henderson Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
George Wallace Henderson Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Greenberg-Gurney-Jensen Fund | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Greenberg-Gurney-Jensen Fund 2 | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Greta Davis Equity Scholarship for Musically Talented Students | $10,000 p.a. |
|
TBC | TBC |
Helen Myers Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Helen Quach Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Henderson Postgraduate Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
In Memory of Richard Antony Oppen | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Iremonger Marceau Family Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Jean Giles and Thomas Louis Pidcock Violin Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
John and Dorothy Vimpani Pianoforte Fund | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
John Luscombe Scholarship for Vocal Studies | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Keith and Eileen Ong Prize for Piano | $10,000 |
|
N/A | N/A |
Margaret Henderson Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Martha Eglit Bequest | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Mary Greville and Bert Coughtrey Scholarship for Pianists | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Matteson & Nancy Roberts Violin Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Myron Kantor Bequest | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Orchestra - Witheford Don Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Patricia Bell Grant | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Patricia Lucas Music Achievement Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Peter Davidson Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Queen Victoria Club Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Quinquin Foundation Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Richard Merewether French Horn Fellowship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Rob Hatherley Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Rosemary Valentine Memorial Prize | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Sarah and Murial Jeavons Memorial Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Sydney Conservatorium Association Scholarships | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Mobility Scholarship | Up to $5,000 |
|
TBC | TBC |
Sydney Moss Scholarship | $20,000 |
|
TBC | TBC |
Sydney Symposium Choral Foundation Conducting Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Albert Scholarships | $25,000 |
|
N/A | N/A |
The Bessie Cook Piano Award | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Chandler Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Conry Brauer Scholarship for Piano Tuition | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Conry Brauer Scholarship for Violin Tuition | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The David and Nhilla Dumbrell Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Donald Lionel Edgerton Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
The Elaine McCaghern Musical Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Elise Herrman Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
The Geoffrey Rothwell Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
The Gerald Westheimer Quartet Program | TBC |
|
13 September 2023 | 13 November 2023 |
The Helpmann Family Fellowship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Howard-Smith Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Joan and James Armstrong Award | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The John Holt Todd and Florence Todd Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
The JJ Kelly Memorial Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Kathleen and Allison Short Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Kathleen E Armstrong Bequest | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
The Kevin and Margaret Duffy Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Kim Walker Scholarship Endowment Fund | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
The Kirkpix Trust Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Linda Kingsbury Jeffery Scholarship for Singing | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
The Molly Brown Memorial Scholarship | $25,000 p.a. (up to 4 years) |
|
N/A until 2024 | N/A until 2024 |
The Olive Margaret Stewart Bequest | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
The Patricia H Reid Endowment Scholarship | $20,000 pa (up to 4 years) |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Rahma Shohet Memorial Scholarship – Vocal | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Richard and Doreen Wilson Organ Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
The Richard and Doreen Wilson Organ Travelling Scholarship | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The Ted and Susan Meller Memorial Scholarship Fund | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
The Vasanta Scholarship | TBC |
|
N/A | N/A |
The William and Marie Souter Encouragement Awards | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
William McIlrath Memorial Scholarship in Music Performance and Research | TBC |
|
TBC | TBC |
The University of Sydney's annual literary prizes have a long history, with many dating back to bequests received at the beginning of the 20th century.
All literary prizes require an application and the submission of written work, typically an essay or poem, on a selected topic. Written work should be submitted under a nom de plume.
Prize | Open date | Close date |
---|---|---|
Refer to the relevant literary prize below | 30 October 2023 | 27 November 2023 |
Wentworth Medal | 15 July 2022 | 15 August 2022 |
All prizes and medals are awarded subject to providing a signed and dated Copyright Release Form (pdf, 37KB). The University of Sydney reserves the right not to award a prize if submissions are not deemed to be of sufficient standard.
Value: $20,000 and medal
Eligibility: All students enrolled at the University of Sydney (except for previous winners of the Wentworth Medal)
Open Date: 15 July 2022
Close Date: 15 August 2022
2022 Topic: Discuss. 3000-word limit.
Globalisation and/post COVID
How to apply:
Applications for this literary prize must be made in two parts.
Please note that early, late or incomplete submissions will not be accepted under any circumstances. All submissions will be screened through TurnItIn for Academic Integrity.
Background:
Established in 1854 from a gift of £200 from WC Wentworth, this medal was initially presented as a reward for the best essay in English prose and now seeks to reward an outstanding essay addressing a nominated question.
The topic or topics for the essay will be set each year and the examiners of the essay will be appointed by the Wentworth Medal Committee (who have the power to co-opt). The committee consists of the:
The committee reserves the right to share the prize if two or more entries are judged to be of equal, highest, and sufficient merit.
The essay should be approximately 3000 words (not including referencing). It should demonstrate a breadth of research, be of a high scholarly standard and include appropriate referencing. In assessing the quality of the essay the panel will consider:
Value: $1,500
Eligibility: Applicants must:
This Prize is funded by a bequest from Emilie Ann Consett Stephen.
Terms and conditions (pdf, 725kb).
Value: $10,000
Eligibility: Applicants must be one of the following:
The Beauchamp Prize is awarded for the best essay on some matter of literary or historical interest. This Prize is funded by a gift from his Excellency the Right Honourable William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp, KCMG, Governor of New South Wales.
Applicants must submit an essay on some matter of literary or historical interest with a word limit between 5000 and 7500 words.
Terms and conditions (pdf, 137.7KB).
Value: $5,000
A maximum number of 3 prizes may be awarded each year between the Henry Lawson Prize for Poetry and the Henry Lawson Prize for Prose.
Eligibility: Applicants must:
This Prize is funded by a gift from subscribers to the memorial of Henry Lawson, Australian poet and prose-writer.
Terms and conditions (pdf, 651KB).
Value: $5,000
A maximum number of 3 prizes may be awarded each year between the Henry Lawson Prize for Prose and the Henry Lawson Prize for Poetry.
Eligibility: Applicants must:
This Prize is funded by a gift from subscribers to the memorial of Henry Lawson, Australian poet and prose-writer.
Terms and conditions (pdf, 653KB).
Value: $600
Eligibility: Undergraduate students who are catholic.
The HM Moran Prize was established in 1945 from a gift of £250 from Dr HM Moran and is awarded for the best essay. Applicants must submit an essay (maximum 5000 words) on the history of medicine and science.
Terms and conditions (pdf, 136.1KB).
Value: $5,000
Eligibility: Applicants must be one of the following:
Applicants must submit a composition on The Influence of the Bible on Later Culture and Literature.
This Prize is funded by a donation from Robert A Dallen.
Terms and conditions (pdf, 136KB).
Value: $3,500
Eligibility: Applicants must be one of the following:
The Venour V Nathan Prize is awarded for the best essay on a subject connected to Australian or Imperial history. This prize is funded by a donation from Venour V Nathan.
Applicants must submit an essay (5000-7500 word limit) on a subject connected to Australian or Imperial history.