Many faculties and schools award prizes based on academic merit to their students, without needing an application form to submit. Instead, eligible candidates are nominated by their school or faculty based on merit alone. You can view available prizes by faculty/school and filter by discipline if available.
Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize recognizes an original work of short fiction related to travel. This prize will be published in Overland magazine’s autumn 2024 edition, while two runners-up stories may also appear online. Annie Zhang won this year with her story “Who Rattles the Night?,” depicting how one couple learn to live with ghosts in their new home. Judges Patrick Lenton, Alice Bishop and Sara Saleh selected a shortlist from over 500 entries; first prize received $5,0000 while runners-up received $750 each prize – congratulations Annie Zhang as well as all our 2023 entrants!
This prize will be presented to an outstanding student from the Faculty of Science who has demonstrated exceptional academic achievement and research excellence. This prize will go to one of their coursework cohort’s top candidates regardless of school nominations; additionally, HDR students with significant leadership responsibilities within their school, faculty or University committees or professional organizations can also be recognized with this no monetary value prize.
Named in honor of Professor Alan John Williams, this scholarship seeks to recognize a first-year student who has successfully completed one or more units from Chem1011/1111 or Chem1991/1991 during their initial year of enrollment at Sydney University Greek Society. Funded annually, it will continue until another worthy recipient comes forward.
This prize is awarded for the best dissertation-based article in CCT and related theoretical areas, and will include $1500 as prize.
Each year, the Australian Chess Federation (ACF) honours its members’ achievements by awarding various prizes. Their aim is to promote chess for all and encourage competition at its highest levels within Australia and New Zealand.
The ACF offers an assortment of trophies and medals to celebrate players at all levels of competition – juniors to masters. Furthermore, it sponsors various other competitions and events designed to promote tennis in NSW.
The Australian Chess Federation is committed to the growth and future of chess in Australia through sponsorship and promotion of youth chess programs, award and scholarship grants to students of all levels, and award and scholarships at all levels of play. Their aim is to foster competitive chess culture across Australia and foster lifelong chess skills development; to this end they identify emerging talent through competitions, tournaments and scholarships for players at every level; their chess scholarships aim to provide financial assistance for top performing players.