Richard Ernest Glazebrook Environment Scholarship 2023/24

Background:

Honouring the late Mr Glazebrook’s wishes, the University is to apply this bequest to provide a scholarship to students undertaking honours study on the environmental impacts of proposed developments in Tasmania. Research projects should address environmental justice in decision-making related to planned developments such as respecting local community values, using Aboriginal cultural values as reference points and prioritising natural values when assessing impacts from proposed developments. Successful project(s) should focus on sourcing science-based evidence of the environmental impacts of developments and how decisions are recorded, made and implemented as a result of consultation with Aboriginal representatives on issues related to their land.

Eligibility:

• Students should be experiencing financial/educational disadvantage who is commencing an honours or masters research project in 2023.
• Applications will be assessed on the capacity to deliver proposed project outcomes, how the project addresses environmental justice and financial need.

Retaining the scholarship:

To retain this scholarship, students are required to achieve a minimum Pass result in all units studied each semester.