Macquarie Group Foundation Honours Scholarship * [F21371]

An asterisk (*) indicates that this scholarship is governed by conditions. This scholarship is governed by the General Conditions for Scholarships for Coursework Students except as set out in the conditions that follow.

The statutory entity, the Faculty of Business, is known as the UWA Business School.

Macquarie Group Foundation donates a sum of $10,000 annually to fund a scholarship to encourage a full-time student who has demonstrated academic achievement and leadership potential to undertake an Accounting or Finance Honours Specialisation in the course for the Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree in the UWA Business School. The scholarship is established and administered in accordance with the following conditions.

Title
1. The scholarship is called the Macquarie Group Foundation Honours Scholarship.

Purpose
2. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist and encourage full-time students who have demonstrated academic achievement and leadership potential to undertake an Accounting or Finance Honours Specialisation in the course for the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree in the UWA Business School.

Value
3. The value of the scholarship is $10,000.

Eligibility Requirements
4. To be eligible to apply for the scholarship an applicant must—

(a) be a citizen or permanent resident of Australia;

(b) have been accepted to undertake an Accounting or Finance Honours specialisation in the course for the Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree in the UWA Business School.

Body Responsible for Selection
5. The selection committee for the scholarship comprises—

(a) the Dean of the UWA Business School, or nominee;

(b) the Deputy Dean (Operations) of the UWA Business School, or nominee; and

(c) a Macquarie Group Foundation representative.

Selection Criteria
6. The scholarship is awarded to the applicant who, in the opinion of the selection committee, best demonstrates—

(a) academic achievement; and

(b) leadership potential.   

Awarding Body
7. The scholarship is awarded by the UWA Business School, on the recommendation of the selection committee.

Duration of Award 
8. The scholarship is tenable for two semesters which are normally consecutive.

Concurrent Award 
9. The scholarship may not be held concurrently with another external or University award.

Application Procedure
10.(1) The UWA Business School advertises the scholarship internally, and on the UWA Business School web site.

(2) Written applications addressing the selection criteria must be accompanied by—

(a) a cover letter outlining the applicant's reasons for applying for the scholarship;

(b) an outline of the proposed honours dissertation topic; and

(c) a curriculum vitae that includes details of—

(i) academic achievements; and

(ii) the following as appropriate:

• sporting activities and achievements;
• community service;
• participation in community, voluntary or other work; and
• leadership positions held at school, university, in the workplace or in the community.

(3) Applications must be submitted to the Faculty Administrative Officer of the UWA Business School by the advertised closing date.