Dr Emily Hancock Siedeberg Scholarship
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- What does the scholarship get me?
- Length of award
- Number of awards offered
- Purpose of award
- Selection criteria
- What conditions are attached to acceptance of this award?
- How do students apply?
- How and when do students learn of the decision?
- Decision makers
- History or background of award
- Additional information
- For guidelines, application forms and more information about this award contact
- Disclaimer
What does the scholarship get me?
$1,250
Closing dates for applications
Next: 31 March 2023
Length of award
One Year
Number of awards offered
One
Purpose of award
Awarded to a female medical student eligible to enter the fourth year of the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Otago.
Selection criteria
Applicants must be:
1) female students eligible to enter the fourth year of the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of surgery enrolled full-time for a first undergraduate degree at the University of Otago
2) enrolled at the University of Otago at the time of application and for the duration of the scholarship
3) New Zealand citizens or New Zealand permanent resident
What conditions are attached to acceptance of this award?
The scholarship may not be held concurrently with any other award or grant.
How do students apply?
For more information on the application process please visit the Otago Medical School webpage http://www.otago.ac.nz/medical-school/undergraduate/medicine/scholarships/#siedeberg
Regulations
Scholarship Page
How and when do students learn of the decision?
Payment will be made directly to the recipient.
Decision makers
The scholarship is awarded by the University Council, on the recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, to a female student who has shown a high standard of academic achievement and who, in the opinion of the Dean, shows an aptitude for the practice of medicine. The scholarship should not necessarily go to the candidate with the highest academic achievement.
Where no suitable applicant is found, no award shall be made.
History or background of award
The Emily Siedeberg Scholarship was established in 2007 by the Trustees of the Estate of the late Bent S M Host and his wife Emily, who was a niece of Dr Emily Siedeberg. Dr Siedeberg was the first female medical graduate of the University of Otago in 1896.
Additional information
Applicants are required to submit:
-a copy of their academic record
-a short Curriculum Vitae
-an essay (of not more than 1,000 words) outlining t
-heir future medical career plans
-prof of Citizenship or Permanent Resident status
For guidelines, application forms and more information about this award contact
Melanie Adams
Scholarships Administrator
University of Otago
PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054
(03) 479 5291
http://www.otago.ac.nz/graduate-research/scholarships/
mel.adams@otago.ac.nz
Disclaimer
Every effort has been made to ensure the above information is current and correct. However, applicants should contact the appropriate administering body before making an application, as details do change frequently. The administrator of this record last updated this information in March 2022.