Duff-Freeman Memorial Award [F7913]

The late Miss Marie Grace Duff-Freeman, who died on 2 September 1957, having bequeathed to The University of Western Australia a sum of money to found a biennial award for graduates in Medicine, the award is established and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The award is known as the Duff-Freeman Memorial Award.

2. Subject to the provisions of 6 and 7, the award is made biennially.

3. The period of tenure of the award is two years and it is of an amount equal to two years' income of the said sum and any accretions under 7.

4. The award is open to graduates in Medicine of The University of Western Australia or graduates in medicine of other universities who have held resident appointments on the staff of a hospital in Western Australia and who desire to undertake further study overseas in obstetrics and gynaecology as approved by the committee referred to in 5.

5. The award is made by the Academic Board on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the holders, for the time being, of the following offices:

(a) the Head of the School of Women's and Infants' Health in The University of Western Australia;

(b) the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Western Australia; and

(c) the Chair of the Western Australian Branch of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

6. The Vice-Chancellor has the power to prescribe the manner in which and the conditions on which payment of each award is to be made.

7. If in any year in which the biennial award would ordinarily be made no candidate is found to be worthy of the award, there will be no award in that year, but applications will be called for the award in the succeeding year (hereafter referred to as the alternate year).

8.(1) If in the alternate year no candidate is found to be worthy of the award, the unexpended money will be held in reserve so that if in any subsequent year two candidates are found to be worthy of an award, an award of an amount equal to two years' income of the said sum and accretions may be made to the second candidate; provided that no more than two years' income is to be held in reserve at any time.

(2) If at the end of any alternate year more than two years' income is so held in reserve the excess is to be added to the said sum of $10,000 and form part of the capital of the award.

9. Each scholarship must be advertised and applications submitted to reach the Registrar by the advertised date.