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The AusIMM EEF Scholarships
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Scholarships
The AusIMM Education Endowment Fund (EEF) Scholarships were
established to support the future leaders of the minerals industry through their
higher education studies. The Scholarships are currently valued at $8,000 per
year for a standard EEF scholarship, and $14,000 per year for a Sir Frank
Espie/Rio Tinto scholarship.
As well as
receiving financial support over two years, students receive the invaluable
benefits of mentoring and networking opportunities with a major minerals
company. That is, companies who have made major donations to the Education
Endowment Fund are allocated scholarship holders, and are encouraged to engage
the student with the industry through vacation work and other
initiatives.
Scholarships are awarded to
students based on the following criteria:
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Knowledge of the minerals
industry
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Minerals industry work experience
(vacation or part-time work)
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Demonstrated commitment to the
minerals industry after graduation
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Participation in AusIMM activities
(Student Chapters, Branch activities and conferences)
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Participation in other
minerals-related societies
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Academic results
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Demonstrated team and leadership
skills (via sporting and community activities or other
activities)
Scholarships are currently valued at $8,000 per year over two
years and are supported by a variety of leading mining companies. Companies that
have made major donations to the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) are allocated a
Scholarship Naming Right.
Sir Frank Espie / Rio Tinto Premium
Scholarship
The most outstanding scholarship
winners currently receive a Sir Frank Espie / Rio Tinto Scholarship, which
will entitle them to $14,000 per year. This scholarship was generously endowed
by the Espie Family, in memory of Sir Frank Espie. Sir Frank demonstrated
outstanding leadership, dedication, and technical management to the mining
industries of Australia and Papua New Guinea, and was a distinguished leading
member of The AusIMM.
Applicants must be
Australian citizens or students with a permanent resident visa status. Students
must be entering their penultimate or final year of study in an
AusIMM-recognised undergraduate degree (including Honours) at an Australian
University.
The 2009/2010 Sir Frank
Espie/Rio Tinto Scholarship holders are James Tibbett and Kali Dempster
both studying Mining Engineering at the University of New South
Wales.
The 2008/2009 Sir Frank Espie/Rio Tinto Scholarship holders
are Robert Gelson (Mining Engineering – University of New South Wales), Desmond
Koh (Mining Systems Engineering- University of Western Australia) and Dominique
Tanner (Geology- Australian National University).
The 2007/2008 Sir Frank Espie/Rio Tinto Scholarship holders
are Amanda Geard (Geology – University of Tasmania) and Sarah Wheeler (Mining
Engineering – University of New South Wales).
Winners
View all current
scholarship holders PDF
Applications 2010
The AusIMM EEF
Scholarships Operating Guidelines 2010 PDF 1.7 MB
The AusIMM EEF Scholarships Brochure
and Application Form, 2010 PDF 26 KB
Applications are now
closed.
Should you have any further queries, please use the Comments/Enquiry/Feedback
link on this page.
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