Scholarships & Prizes Available for Students in the Department
A range of prizes and scholarships are available to students of Physics, Optoelectronics and Astronomy.
The Division of ICS also maintains an Undergraduate Scholarships Listing.
Scholarships to support students financially while they study
Please contact us for further information.
Undergraduate Prizes
- The Arthur Pryor Prize
- Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor.
Awarded for proficiency in the unit PHYS242 The Tradition of Science. - The Australian Institute of Physics (NSW Branch) Prize
- Open to all students proceeding to the honours
degree of Bachelor.
Awarded for the best performance in the Physics honours program.
- The Dick Makinson Physics Prize
- Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor.
Awarded for proficiency in 200-level units in Physics having a total of not less than 9 credit points. - The Foundation for Astronomy Prize
- Awarded for proficiency in the unit PHYS270 Astronomy.
- The J.C. Ward, FRS, Physics Prize
- Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor.
Awarded for excellence in 300-level Physics units.
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- The Peter Mason Prize
- Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor.
Awarded for proficiency in the unit PHYS244 Science, Technology and Society. - The W. H. (Beattie) Steel Prize
- Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor.
Awarded for excellence in the unit PHYS306 Optical Physics.
Postgraduate Prize
- The GEC Marconi Prize
- Open to full-time students proceeding to the degree or honours degree of Master of Science or the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of polymer and materials science in the Division of Information and Communication Sciences.
- Awarded for proficiency in previous studies in this University or another university in Physics, Chemistry or Engineering.