The Brian Robson Award

About this scholarship

Each year the Research School of Physics in the ANU College of Science and Medicine may offer one or more awards known as the Brian Robson Award.

Funding for this Award has been provided by an endowment made to The Australian National University in 2025 by Emeritus Honorary Professor Brian Robson. Brian Robson holds an MSc, PhD and DSc from the University of Melbourne. He is an Emeritus Honorary Professor in the Department of Fundamental and Theoretical Physics at the ANU Research School of Physics. Over many decades he has worked at ANU, publishing in various fields from nuclear physics to particle physics and cosmology.

The objective of the Award is to assist international or domestic Honours students, postgraduate research candidates and early career researchers (ECR) working in the area of Theoretical Physics in the Research School of Physics to attend a conference or workshop, make a collaborative visit to an overseas institution or in an Australian university, host a collaborator, or organise a scientific event (workshop, summer school). It is the intention of the Research School and the donor that the Award is used to enhance career opportunities and experience of ECRs and students in theoretical physics, preferably in the research area of nuclear and particle physics.

SUMMARY

SCHOLARSHIP TYPE

Grant/Bursary

VALUE

$ 5,000

per annum

2 on offer

Once-off payment for full value

APPLICATION PERIOD

01-Mar to 01-May

Student types
Domestic, International, Current
Student levels
Honours, Postgraduate research
Number of scholarships awarded
2 on offer
Selection bases
Academic merit
Ongoing eligibility
Continuation based on full-time study load

Field of study

Physics, preferably nuclear and particle physics

Eligibility

Honours students:

Domestic or International student enrolled in PHYS-HSPC

PhD candidates:

Domestic or International and Enrolled in a PhD or MPhil degree program at the Research School of Physics and all candidature milestones up to date

OR

Early Career Researchers:

less than 10 years since PhD award (not including recognised career disruption) and
employed at the Research School of Physics.

Additional information

The value of the Award is stated in the letter of offer. The Award will be paid as a one-off payment, unless otherwise stated in the letter of offer.

Nominations will be called for once a year. The annual submission date will be set by the Selection Committee at the beginning of each year. The Chair will then call for nominations with no less than two weeks’ notice. Nominations may be made by supervisors, Heads of Departments, ECRs, HDR candidates and Honours students. Nominees must agree to being nominated.

Nominations must be submitted on the prescribed application form and include the following information:

nominee’s CV including a summary of the academic record, professional recognition, publications or presentations;
proposed project/collaboration topic;
outline of the importance of the proposed project and how it will benefit the applicant and the Research School of Physics;
outline long-term links that may be established at a personal, industry or professional level;
dates of the proposed project; and
proposed budget, clearly stating the amount requested and the breakdown of expenses.