A prize of $750 is awarded annually to a chemistry student who has completed third year of the BSc course in the Faculty of Science and who is enrolled in the BSc (Honours) course in the Department of Chemistry. Students who are permanent residents of Australia, or of whom at least one parent is a permanent resident of Australia, are eligible. The prize is awarded on the basis of relevant academic achievement and short-listed applicants will be required to make an oral presentation to the Dulux Technical Management at Dulux. Selection criterion is academic achievement but consideration may be given to such factors as character, leadership, personality and financial need.
ICI Australia Prize in Chemistry
A prize of $300 is donated by ICI Research to be awarded annually to the student in any branch of chemistry who has shown the greatest proficiency in the BSc (Honours) year or in the masters stage one course leading to the degree of Master of Science.
NSR Aquatic Chemistry Prize
A prize of $100 is awarded to the top student in the submajor in aquatic science.
Water Studies Centre Prize in Water Chemistry
A prize of $100 awarded to the top student in water chemistry.
Dow Scholarship
Dow Chemical (Australia) Ltd provides funds annually for a scholarship valued at $1000 pa to be awarded to a student completing the degree of Bachelor of Science in the subject of chemistry. The scholarship is tenable in the second, third or honours year in the Faculty of Science and is awarded on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the head of the Department of Chemistry, a member of the Department of Chemistry, nominated by the head, and a representative of Dow Chemical (Australia) Ltd, nominated by the company. In awarding the scholarship the committee takes into account academic merit as demonstrated in the preceding annual examination in chemistry, qualities of character and personality and the personal circumstances of the candidate. The scholarship is only awarded to a candidate judged by the committee to be of sufficient merit.