| Value | Eligibility | Open date | Close date |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2174 |
|
27 October 2022 |
10 November 2022 |
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The scholarship will be awarded by the Head of School and Dean, Sydney Medical School or their nominated delegate.
This scholarship is valued at $2,174 and is tenable for the Elective Term period only.
You must:
This scholarship has been generously donated and established in 2017 in the memory of Dr Ann Formaz-Preston.
Dr Ann Formaz-Preston (MBBS 2014) was a member of the inaugural intake of 12 medical students into the Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School. She was a highly regarded and much loved international student who tragically lost her life in a cycling accident in 2016. At graduation, she was the winner of both the Marie Bashir Prize for Academic Proficiency and the John Glenton Watson Memorial Prize for Leadership and Good Fellowship throughout the Medical Program.
a. This Scholarship was established in 2017 to provide assistance to students studying a Doctor of Medicine and undertaking an elective term overseas.
b. This Scholarship has been donated in the memory of Dr Ann Formaz-Preston.
a. Applicants must be currently enrolled full-time in a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Sydney
b. Applicants must be undertaking an Elective Term overseas.
c. Applicants must have had the proposed elective plan approved by the Head of School and Dean, The University of Sydney Medical School, or their nominated delegate.
a. The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of:
I. academic merit, and
II. a personal statement.
b. The personal statement must demonstrate:
I. an appreciation of the challenges of working and living in the country in which the Elective is to take place,
II. resourcefulness and/or ability to overcome hardship and adversity, and
III. an ability to interact well with others.
c. Preference will be given to applicants who intend to undertake their entire Elective Term overseas.
d. The Scholarship will be awarded by the Head of School and Dean, Sydney Medical School or their nominated delegate.
a. The scholarship is valued at $2,174 and is tenable for the Elective Term period only.
b. The scholarship value will be paid as a one-off payment, after submission of a report on the Elective Term and approval from the Head of Schook and Dean, Sydney Medical School or their nominated delegate.
c. The Head of School and Dean of the Sydney Medical School will have the discretion to award a shared scholarship should there be applicants of equal merit.
d. Deferral of the scholarship is not permitted.
e. The scholarship cannot be transferred to another University school, faculty or university.
f. The scholarship will be offered subject to the availability of funds.
g. Travel insurance will be provided by the University of Sydney in accordance with University policy.
f. No other amount is payable.
a. The scholarship will be terminated if the recipient:
I. withdraws from the eligible course or fails to enrol
II. changes their Elective Term placement prior to notifying the Sydney Medical School,
III. commences part-time study without prior approval of the Head of School and Dean, Sydney Medical School,
IV. does not maintain satisfactory academic performance
V. is determined by the University to be guilty of serious misconduct, including, but not limited to, having provided false or misleading information as part of their scholarship application
VI. is awarded an alternative scholarship for their Sydney Medical School Elective Term placement. In such circumstances this Scholarship will be terminated in favour of the alternative Scholarship where the alternative Scholarship is of higher value,
VII. does not resume study at the end of a period of approved leave.
b. Once the scholarship has been terminated, it will not be reinstated unless due to University error.
c. Where a student is found guilty of serious misconduct or withdraws from the relevant course, the University reserves the right to request that any scholarship funds paid to the scholarship recipient be reimbursed.
a. The recipient is required to provide a report on the Elective Term to the Head of School and Dean, Sydney Medical School or their nominated delegate within four weeks of the completion of the Elective Term
b. The recipient is required to agree that their report may be published within the Sydney Medical School and be made available to the family of Dr Ann Formaz-Preston.