Scholarships

The Albert Coates Memorial Trust raises funds to sponsor a number of annual student scholarships at tertiary level and two prizes at Sir Albert's old primary school in Ballarat. An important criterion for the Awards is a demonstrated ability to achieve academically whilst over-coming challenging circumstances. The Trust particularly offers scholarships to assist the advancement of training for regionally based nurses, doctors and rural health workers.

Below is a list of student awards and information on how to apply.

 * Department of Health, Victoria: Rural Nursing Scholarships
Funded by the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women

*  Grampians Region Applications Round Closing Soon - September 21st.

2018/2019 Health Region is the Grampians Health Department region 

In 2009 the Albert Coates Trust introduced a new range of scholarships offered specifically for the post-graduate training of rural  emergency care nurses. The scholarships are provided with the very generous support of the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women.  The scholarships are designed to meet the costs involved in the selected training program.

Scholarships are offered in three key areas for Registered Nurses - Courses leading to Nurse Practitioner qualifications;  undertaking an approved RIPERN (Regional & Isolated Practice Endorsed Registered Nurse) Program; and courses in Critical Care Nursing.

Applications and Selection Process

Scholarships are invited from eligible registered nurses each year. Candidates must be employed in a regional health care service. Applications for the 2018/2019 program must be made on a form supplied by the Department of Health Nursing Training Coordinator for the Grampians Region, Pat Standen, on (03) 5333 6026; Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

GRAMPIANS REGION APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN.  

Please note that a different Health Department Region is selected each year. The current round is 2018/2019 and the region is Grampians.  Applications for the 2018/2019 scholarships will be closing on September 21, 2018.   Scholarships are presented each year at the discretion of the independant selection panel on the basis of applications received and an interview. Interviews for the Grampians Region will be conducted in October and awards advised in November or December.

For further information about the rural emergency care nursing scholarships please contact the Coates Trust's Coodinator of the Nursing Scholarships, Gwenda McManus at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Completed application forms must be sent to the Coates Trust at the address below before the closing date.  You can also contact the Albert Coates Memorial Trust via the website email or by letter to The Secretary, Albert Coates Memorial Trust, P. O. Box 2478, Bakery Hill, Victoria, 3354.  

Awardees for Rural Emergency Nursing, including Nurse Practitioner, RIPERN and Critical Care courses

2017 - Jessica Noordewier

2016 - Amy Aeschlimann
          Vanessa Jenkins

2015 - Alison Noble
         Kellie Woodhouse
         Michelle Holland
         Ken Holland
         Nicole Magnisalis
         Susan White
         Lynne Coates
         Emma-Jane Lush

2014 - Bissy Ajithkumar
         Katherine Pitcher
         Sharon Bartlett
         Rebecca Kay

2013 - Round One
       - Bissy Ajithkumar
2013 - Round Two
       - Judith Thomson
       - Trish Heinrich
       - Kate Pitcher
       - Ros Thomas
2012 - Ruth Clifton
2011 - Margaret 'Jade' Beechey
       - Susan Hollingworth
       - Rachel Taylor
2010 - Debra Daniels
       - Justine Rea
       - Martin Starick
2009 - Elizabeth Newton
       - Tricia Kinsey
2008 - Breanna Barber (Wimmera Health Care Group, Horsham)
       - Carmen Grenfell (Ballarat Health Services)
       - Deborah Clancy (Rural Northwest Health, Warracknabeal)

* University of Melbourne/ Royal Australasian College of Surgeons:

Graduate Diploma in Surgical Anatomy Awarded to the outstanding graduate in the course.
The Prize is valued at $5,000.

Selection Process:

This scholarship is open to enrolled students in the Graduate Dilpoma in Surgical Anatomy.  The awardee is selected by the course administrators on the basis of academic results  achieved during the course.  No formal application for this scholarship is required.  All candidates completing the course are eligible.

Awardees:

2017 - Dr Roland Shannon
2016 - Dr Aaaron Stanes
2015 - Dr Brian Chee
2014 - Dr Anton Musiienko
2013 - Dr Margaret Pilling
2012 - Dr James Walcott
2011 - Dr Anthony Dinh Ta
2010 - Dr Chun Hin Angus Lee
2009 - Dr Justin O'Brian
2008 - Dr Michael Kok-Yee Hong
2007 - Dr. Alenka Paddle
2006 - Dr Glen Guerra
2005 - Dr Carley Vuillerman
2004 - Dr Raoul Mayer
2003 - Dr Christina Foley
2002 - Dr Raymond Kin Tong
2001 - Dr Francesco Gaillard

 * Federation University Australia : Albert Coates Scholarships

Application Process and Selection for Albert Coates Scholarships at Federation University Australia

Applications for each of the Federation University Awards are invited in the mddle of each academic year, normally closing in July. Please refer to the Federation University website for information on how to apply and a copy of the latest application guidelines and application form.  Each prize given at the University of Ballarat is valued at $2,500. See the Links section of this website.

- School of Nursing (Albert Coates Prize)

Awardees:
2018 - Christine Lewis
2017 - Liza Scicluna Currie
2016 - Stacey Moll
2015 - Sandra Cahir
2014 - Scott Wearin
2013 - Tracey Hallam
2012 - Krystal Morris
2011 - Larecia Glenwright
2010 - Adrienne Ryan
2009 - Leanne Douwe
2008 - Serena Halligan
2007 - Erin McQualter
2006 - Roslyn Armstrong
2004 - Joint Winners: Leanne Dunn - Natalie Magri
2003 - Susan Tournier

- School of Visual Arts (James H Pryor Prize)

Awardees:

2018 - Kirsty Tonkin
2017 - Lauren Matthews
2016 - Elisabeth May
2015 - Patricia Taylor
2014 - Minna Graham
2013 - Felizitas Wansbrough
2012 - Carleen Harmon
2011 - Kylie Lidgerwood
2010 - Joint Winners -  Alison Desmond and Frances Deutscher
2009 - Sarah Klas
2008 - Cody Joy
2007 - No Award presented
2006 - Esther Hill
2004 - Nicole McWhinney

- School of Biomedical Science (W&D Finance Prize)

Awardees:

2018 - Gemma Rodgers
2017 - Liam Hanrahan
2016 - Joseph Dawson
2015 - Michelle Steicke
2014 - Deandra Tanner
2013 - Rainbow Silvertree
2012 - Ingrid Wise
2011 - Rebecca Murphy

- School of Engineering - Civil (FMP Prize)

Inaugural Awardee:

AWARD CONCLUDED IN 2008
2008 - Prajeesh Puthiyareettil
2007 - No Award presented
2006 - No Award presented
2004 - Stephen Briody

 * Federation University Australia : Albert Coates Oration

 - The Coates Oration is held each year in Ballarat at Fedration University Australia.

2017 Speaker
The Hon. Tim Fischer, AC.  "One Hundred Years Ago Who Won World War One?  Arthur Currie and the CEF, John Monash and the all volunteer AIF, Munitions Minister Churchill and the new tanks, but not so much the late on parade Yanks."

2016 Speaker
Lt. General David Morrison.  Lt. General Morrison spoke on cultural change in the Australian Defence Forces - towards gender equality

2015 Speaker
Dr. Lachlan Grant - "Voices from the Past: recovering memories of POWs for The Changi Book, 70 years on"

2014 Speaker -
Lt. General Ken Gillespie - "Serving Australia: The ANZAC Legacy of Albert Coates."

2013 Speaker -
Dr Rosalind Hearder - "Coates and Co., Australian Doctors in Japanese Captivity During the Second World War."

2012 Speaker -
Lynette Silver OAM - "Beyond the Call (Australians at War in the Far East)."

2011 Speaker -
Prof. Mark Hogarth - "Medical research and 21st century biotechnology.  A triumph over adversity?"

2010 Speaker -
Prof. Bruce Waxman - "Triumphs and disasters: journeys of a Surgeon's life"

2009 Speaker -
Dr Lynn Hemmings -  "Vietnam War Nurses Oral History Project."

2008 Speaker -
Major General Steve Gower AO, Director, Australian War Memorial "Remembrance and Commemoration."

2006 Speaker -
Professor Kwong Lee Dow AM  "Contrasting education in the Time of Albert Coates with Education Today."

2004/2005 Speaker -
Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC "Australia in Peril: Pearl Harbour to the Coral Sea."

2003 Speaker  -
John E H Edwards  MMus, BA  "Ethics, Morality and Other Things."

2002 Speaker -
Professor  Robin Sharwood AM - "Finding the Way"

Inaugural Speaker  2001 -
Professor  Bruce Barraclough  FRACS - "Sir Albert Coates - A Life"

Visit the University of Ballarat website for award application and Coates Oration details. (CLICK HERE http://www.ballarat.edu.au/current-students/scholarships/albert-coates-awards)

Coates Oration Presentation Ceremonies

 * Rural Health Awards, University of Melbourne Rural Health Academic Centre

Introduced in 2010, in association with the University of Melbourne's Rural Health Academic Centre, the award provides a $2,500 prize to the top student enrolled in the rural health course.  Contact the Trust for further information.

Awardees: 

2017 - Jacqueline Nguyen Khuong
2016 - Nayan Bhindi
2015 - Ellie Bowditch
       - Brendan McCarthy
2014 - Hajar Hasan Kheslat

2013 - Matthew Payne
2012 - Jack Kane
2011 - Lachlan Brennan, Matt Morey
2010 - Anna Steer, Jane Katherine Lovell

Australian Catholic University - Aquinas Campus, Ballarat

The Albert Coates/Australian Legion of Ex-Service Men and Women Scholarship was created in 2016 to acknowledge the achievements of second year students enrolled in the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Paramedicine Courses. The scholarship is valued at $2,500 and is intended to assist with payments required for the medical internship component of third year studies.

2018 - Kimberley Morris-Flynn
2017 - Amber Duncan
2016 - Mark Hocking

University of Notre Dame

The Albert Coates/Australian Legion of Ex-Service Men and Women Scholarship at the University of Notre Dame was introduced in 2017 to support seconf year medical students completing studies in Ballarat as part of the course. The award is valued at $2,500 and is intended to support placements being undertaken at the end of second year into the third year of the course. In the first year two equal awards were presented.

2018 - To be announced
2017 - Cassandra Brown
2017 - Lizanne Siqueira

 * Albert Coates Secondary College Prizes

For two students entering years 11/12:

2005 - Aura Hill,  Jessica Henneken, Mount Clear Secondary College
2006 - No Award
2007 - No Award
2008 - No Award
2009 - No Award
2010 - Bec Lister
2011 - No Award
2012 - Award Discontinued

* Rotary Club of Melbourne - Sir Albert Coates Young Achiever Award

The Young Achiever Award is made to ' a selected person within the age group of seventeen to twenty-five years who has made an outstanding achievement in pursuit of a profession and been involved directly, in a significant way, in community service activities.  It was determined in 2014 to discontinue with this award.

Awardees:

2014 - Award Discontinued
2013 - Tiffany Hunter
2012 - Andrew Asten
2011 - Nick Orchard
2010 - Nicholas MacKay
2009 - Hugo Batten
2008 - Tim Foster
2007 - Ali Ahmad Alamein
2006 - Elise Klein
2005 - Chris Lewin
2004 - Hugh  Evans
2003 - Zerina  Lokmi

* Mount Pleasant Primary School - Grade Six Student Prizes

A prize is offered to the boy and girl who submit the best Coates related projects as part of their year's work.

Students are encouraged to investigate the meaning of Albert Coates' life and present their findings in the form of posters, booklets or other media.

Awarded annually since 2003.

Records of winners held by the Coates Trust and the school.