Physics and Astronomy
Honours Scholarships with Macquarie University and and Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO)
AAO Scholarship applications for 2012 are now open - applications close 30th October
Two scholarships are available, worth $5,000 each, to students undertaking a one year program for an honours degree in science and technology (particularly in astronomical instrumentation) at the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO). They will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and suitability in this area. They would particularly suit good students studying physics, opto-electronics, computing, astrophysics engineering and/or mathematics.
These scholarships are provided by the Australian Astronomical Observatory in conjunction with Macquarie University. The research projects will be supervised jointly by Macquarie University and the AAO. For a sample of the projects available, see the AAO projects page.
More information
- Review all the info at the Physics and Astronomy Honours pages
- Download background information and conditions of the awards
- Download the application form
- Contact Professor Quentin Parker at Macquarie University
News
Success for 2009 Honours student
2009 Honours Astronomy student Ms Madusha Gunawardhana has been awarded the 2009 Bock prize for the best Astronomy Honours project in Australia.
Madusha's thesis "Constraints on the Evolution of the Stellar Initial Mass Function", which also earned her the University Medal, concerned a new approach to understanding the distribution of star masses in galaxies.
Congratulations Madusha!