Nancy Jones Travelling Scholarship
This scholarship is closed.
- Enrolment status
- Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic
- Study level
- Postgraduate research (HDR)
- Study area
- Arts, humanities and social sciences
- Scholarship focus
- Academic excellence, Creative excellence
- Funding type
- Travel
- Scholarship value
- Minimum of $3,000
- Scholarship duration
- The scholarship may be held for up to 1 year, for the period of travel
- Number awarded
- May vary
- Applications open
- 6 March 2025
- Applications close
- 31 March 2025
About this scholarship
This HDR travel scholarship was established in 1998 by a bequest from the estate of the late Raymond Benjamin Jones to commemorate the name of his late wife, Nancy Jones.
Eligibility
You are eligible if you are a confirmed Higher Degree by Research candidate undertaking a music performance research project for the piano, violin, viola or cello, and are a citizen or permanent resident of Australia.
How to apply
Please download and complete the below application form and submit to music@uq.edu.au by 12pm (midday), Monday 31 March 2025.
Selection criteria
Your application will be assessed on:
- The merit of your proposed use of the scholarship;
- The significant and relevance of your proposed use of the scholarship to your Higher Degree by Research candidature;
- The potential for the proposed use of the scholarship to further your development as a professional musician;
- Any other matters the selection committee sees fit.
Rules
This is a Philanthropic HDR travel scholarship and adheres to the terms and conditions outlined in the Schedule A Postgraduate Research Scholarships
All philanthropic scholarship recipients must adhere to the conditions of UQ research and travel scholarships, including reporting and progress requirements as well the current travel advice for HDR travel.
Holders of these philanthropic scholarships must acknowledge them in any paper that is published as a result of the research conducted while the recipient held the scholarship.
Donors may also invite the recipient to present or report on the work conducted as part of the scholarship, in which case they must comply or risk losing the scholarship.
The information you provide in your application is collected for the purposes of (1) assessing your eligibility for this scholarship, (2) selecting scholarship recipients, and (3) administration of the scholarship. The University of Queensland may disclose the information you provide to the Donor for the stated purposes. The University will not otherwise disclose the information to a third party without your consent, unless such disclosure is authorised or required by law. For further information, please refer to the University’s Privacy Management Policy.