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Friends of UWA Albany Verna Rowbotham Scholarship


Scholarship Information

Award value: $5000 annually

Level of study: Undergraduate / VET

Nationality: Australian and New Zealand

Closing date: Early March

Verna Rowbotham has bequeathed funds to The University of Australia to provide a scholarship to assist and encourage a high-achieving student to continue their undergraduate studies with a major in Environmental Science, Conservation Biology, Marine Science or Geographical Sciences at the UWA Albany campus.Verna, a UWA alumna, maintained a lifelong association with UWA, firstly through the work of her father Professor Alexander Ross, the founding professor in physics and mathematics, and then through her own support and life membership of the Friends of the UWA Albany Centre.


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