Vice-Chancellor's Prizes and Awards

Student Prizes - Postgraduate

The Isi Leibler Prize

The Isi Leibler Prize is awarded to the student who has submitted a masters or PhD thesis approved over the previous year, in any Faculty of Deakin University, which best contributes to advancing knowledge of racial, religious or ethnic prejudice in any time or place, or to advancing knowledge of multiculturalism and community relations in Australia.

Applications will be invited by an announcement placed on the Web, on University noticeboards, in Network and published in the Handbooks and student newspapers.

A prize of $1000 is awarded. The prize is presented at one of the annual graduation ceremonies and an appropriate endorsement made on the successful student's academic record.

An application for the prize, using the relevant application form (121 KB), must be received within the applicant's particular Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor's office by close of applications, as specified below.

Close of applications:

• Already completed your Course

For students who completed their course in Trimesters 1 and 2, 2011, applications for all student prizes will close on Friday 16 December, 2011.

The Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor's office will forward the applications to the Secretary of the Student Prizes and Awards Subcommittee of the Vice-Chancellor's Prizes and Awards Committee, no later than Friday 23 January 2012. The applications will then be considered by the Student Prizes and Awards Subcommittee.

• Will complete your Course in Trimester 3, 2011

For students who will complete their course in Trimester 3, 2011; you will be invited to apply in the 2012 round of student prizes and awards.