F. S. Shaw Memorial Postgraduate Scholarship * [F11730]

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

Mrs N. Shaw having agreed to donate $100,000 during the period 1988–1992 to establish a trust fund in memory of her late husband, Professor F. S. Shaw, a former Hackett Scholar, for the purpose of providing postgraduate scholarships to enable and encourage PhD students to engage upon research in the field of applied mechanics at The University of Western Australia, the F. S. Shaw Memorial Postgraduate Scholarship is established and is awarded in accordance with the following conditions.

1. Each scholarship is awarded only as a supplement to an Australian Postgraduate Award, a University Postgraduate Award or an equivalent postgraduate research award.

2.(1) Scholarships are provided from the income of the fund after capitalisation in accordance with Senate policy.

(2) If funds permit, more than one scholarship may be awarded in any year.

3.(1) Subject to (2), each scholarship has a value of 50 per cent of the scholar's Australian Postgraduate Award with Stipend or 50 per cent of the amount which the scholar would have been entitled to receive under the terms of that award.

(2) Notwithstanding (1), the value of a scholarship will not exceed the maximum amount of supplementation permitted under the terms of the postgraduate research award held by the scholar.

4. If no scholarship is awarded in any year or if the value of scholarships awarded does not exhaust the available income, the unexpended income is carried forward and becomes part of the income available for scholarships in subsequent years.

5. The scholarship is advertised by the Registrar and awarded by the University Scholarships Committee.

6.(1) To be eligible for a scholarship a candidate must have been enrolled for at least one year as a full-time candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in an area of research within the field of applied mechanics.

(2) Scholars must complete their PhD research programme within The University of Western Australia in the field of applied mechanics.

7. Scholars are selected on the merits of their research programme and its demonstrated success which are judged on the basis of a written and an oral presentation.

8.(1) A scholarship is tenable for a period of up to three years and must not be held concurrently with another of the faculty's named supplementary scholarship but may be held with an ad hoc supplementary scholarship.

(2) Continuation of a scholarship from year to year is subject to the rules normally applied by the University's Scholarships Committee.

9. On completion of the research programme a scholar must provide a written report for transmission to Mrs N. Shaw.

10. Any publications arising from the research programme must acknowledge the assistance of the F. S. Shaw Memorial Postgraduate Scholarship.

11. If the available income from the fund exceeds an amount which is necessary to provide a reasonable number of scholarships, the Senate may, after taking appropriate advice, extend the purposes for which the fund may be used to provide also for research fellowships and/or full postgraduate awards in applied mechanics under appropriate conditions.