Catherine H. and Ronald M. Berndt Prizes * [F1764]

An asterisk (*) indicates that this prize is governed by conditions. See also general conditions.

The late Dr Catherine Berndt having bequeathed the sum of $10,000 to the University to provide two prizes to recognise outstanding contributions to social anthropological knowledge of Aboriginal Australia, a fund is established for the purpose and is administered in accordance with the following conditions.

1. There is a Catherine H. Berndt Prize and a Ronald M. Berndt Prize.

2. Each prize consists of half the annual income from the fund after capitalisation in accordance with Senate policy.

3. The Catherine H. Berndt Prize is awarded by the Board of the Graduate Research School to a female whose PhD thesis—

(a) has been successfully completed through the School of Social and Cultural Studies at The University of Western Australia and is based on anthropological field research; and

(b) of all the PhD theses submitted by women which have been passed in a designated 12-month period has, in the opinion of the Board of the Graduate Research School on the recommendation of the Head of the School of Social and Cultural Studies following consultation with the Chair of the Anthropology and Sociology discipline group, made the most outstanding contribution to social anthropological knowledge of Aboriginal Australia.

4. The Ronald M. Berndt Prize is awarded by the Board of the Graduate Research School to a male whose PhD thesis—

(a) has been successfully completed through the School of Social and Cultural Studies at The University of Western Australia and is based on anthropological field research; and

(b) of all the PhD theses submitted by men which have been passed in a designated 12-month period has, in the opinion of the Board of the Graduate Research School on the recommendation of the Head of the School of Social and Cultural Studies following consultation with the Chair of the Anthropology and Sociology discipline group, made the most outstanding contribution to social anthropological knowledge of Aboriginal Australia.

5. The prizes are awarded at a graduation ceremony at the University.