Key scholarship details
Application status
Not open yet
Applications open
6 Nov 2023
Applications close
9 Jan 2024
Benefit amount
Up to $13,600
Eligible student type
Domestic and international students
Eligible study stage
Current study, Alumni
Benefit duration
One-off
Summary
This prestigious prize is awarded to original published research that contributes to the history of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation in these countries.
About the donor
Emily Scott founded this prize to perpetuate the memory of her husband Emeritus Professor Sir Ernest Scott, KB.
Ernest Scott was Professor of History at the University for Melbourne for 23 years, from 1913-1936. The prize commemorates his interest in the development of Australian historical studies.
Born outside wedlock, raised by his grandparents and enjoying no higher education, he worked as a journalist for 20 years. As a young Fabian and Theosophist, he married the daughter of Annie Besant and migrated to Melbourne in 1892.
His books on Australian exploration history made Scott into a professional among amateurs and antiquarians. He inspired his students to do archival research and to ask critical questions of popular historical mythologies.
A generation of young Australians learned about the country's past from his notable Short History of Australia (1916).
Benefits
Up to $13,600.
Read about the 2023 award-winning publications by Dr Rachel Buchanan and Emeritus Professor Alan Atkinson here.
A full list of past winners can be found here.
Enquiries
Amount:
Up to $13,600
Duration:
One-off
Quantity:
1
Eligibility and selection criteria
Eligibility
To be considered for this prize, you must:
- have published original research on the history of Australia/New Zealand (edited or republished works are not eligible);
- have the work published during the two calendar years immediately prior to the first day of January of the year in which it is to be awarded; and,
- live in Australia or New Zealand or the respective external territories.
Selection criteria
Works must:
- be based upon original research, which is, in the opinion of the judges, the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation in these countries;
- be submitted by publishers. Authors are advised to request their publishers to submit their books on their behalf if they wish to apply.
Student type:
Domestic and international students
Study stage type:
Current study, Alumni
Study area:
Arts, humanities and social sciences
Need help understanding the process?
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How to apply
Publishers should:
- submit an online application form;
- mail a copy of the book to each of the two judges. The postal addresses will be supplied via email after the online entry form has been successfully submitted; and,
- attach a cover page to each book stating the publisher, publisher contact name, position, email address, contact phone number, book details, author, date published and ISBN number.
Books submitted will not be returned.
When will I know the outcome?
Publishers will be contacted by the Faculty of Arts.
Submit an applicationStatus:
Not open yet
Applications open:
6 Nov 2023
Applications close:
9 Jan 2024
The information listed here is subject to change without notice. Where we have listed information about jointly run scholarships programs, please also see our partners' websites. Information describing the number and value of scholarships awarded is indicative.
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