Hugh Noel Puckle Scholarship

Scholarship

Hugh Noel Puckle Scholarship

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Key scholarship details

Application status

Open for applications

Applications open

15 Aug 2026

Applications close

20 Sep 2026

Benefit amount

Up to $11,300

Eligible study level

Graduate research

Eligible student type

Domestic and international students

Eligible study stage

Future study, Current study

Benefit duration

One or more years

Summary

The Hugh Noel Puckle Scholarship was established by the late Dr Hugh Noel Murray Puckle, MBBS 1914, and is offered to oustanding candidates who undertake research in the Department of Ophthalmology or the Department of Otolaryngology.

Benefits

An annual top-up scholarship, paid fortnightly, the value and duration of which is dependent on the income of the gift.

Amount:

Up to $11,300

Duration:

One or more years

Quantity:

1

Eligibility and selection criteria
Eligibility

To be considered for this scholarship, you must:

• be an outstanding graduate research applicant, or an enrolled graduate researcher, of the Department of Ophthalmology or the Department of Otolaryngology, Melbourne Medical School, within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
• be a medical graduate
• satisfy the Faculty's entry requirements for PhD

Selection criteria

Eligible applicants are selected on the basis of academic merit, the faculty scholarship score, demonstrated skill in the relevant research area, career aspiration and the terms and conditions of the trust.

The selection committee will base its assessment on the application form, academic transcripts, the faculty scholarship score and the student's project proposal, CV and referee reports.

Conditions

See the full MDHS Graduate Research Trust Scholarships Terms and Conditions .

Study level:

Graduate research

Student type:

Domestic and international students

Study stage type:

Future study, Current study

Study area:

Health

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When will I know the outcome?

Successful candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application 6 - 8 weeks after the closing of applications.

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Status:

Open for applications

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  Previous recipients
  

  
  

  Year	Recipient
  2017	Dr Simon Julian Maciburko, Department of Surgery - St Vincent’s Hospital
  2016	Dr Catherine Gah Yeng Ngan, Department of Surgery - St Vincent’s Hospital
  2015	Dr Syma Iqbal, Department of Surgery - St Vincent’s Hospital
  2014	Dr Matthew Read, The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology
  2012	Dr Matthew Read, Department of Surgery - St Vincent’s Hospital
  2010	Miss Jacqueline Giummarra, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
  2008	Dr Benjamin Namdarian, Department of Surgery - Royal Melbourne Hospital
  2007	Dr Sze Lee, Department of Medicine - Austin Health
  2006	Dr Bradley Newell, Department of Surgery - Austin Health

  
  

  
  

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