Awards
Medical research
Ramaciotti Awards
The Clive & Vera Ramaciotti Foundations are collectively one of the largest private contributors to biomedical research in Australia having granted more than $48.5 million to research projects since 1970.
The Ramaciotti Foundations make significant annual distributions via the Ramaciotti Awards, including the $1 million Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award (awarded every 2 years), the $50,000 Ramaciotti Medal and Establishment and Equipment grants.
Visit the Ramaciotti Foundations website for more information.
Arts
Helen Lempriere Scholarships
The Helen Lempriere Scholarships are the realisation of a bequest by the late Keith Wood, honouring his wife, Helen Lempriere. Lempriere was one of Australia’s leading female artists in the mid-20th Century, attracting national and international acclaim for her painting, printmaking and sculpture. Keith Wood's generosity supports two scholarship programs for sculptors.
Managed in partnership with Sculpture by the Sea, the Helen Lempriere Scholarships are designed to advance individual artists’ careers by enabling them to travel, study and undertake opportunities to further their artistic development.
The Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship is offered by the NSW Government through Arts NSW with the support of the Helen Lempriere Bequest. The Scholarship enables a NSW visual artist at the beginning of their career to undertake a program of professional development for one to two years.
Visit the Helen Lempriere Scholarships website for more information.
The A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prizes
The A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prizes are amongst some of Australia's premier awards for traditional realism and figurative art, and include a $50,000 travelling scholarship award and two cash art prizes for the separate categories of painting and drawing. For more information contact Glen Eira City Council who administers the awards.
Johnny Dennis Music Awards
The Johnny Dennis Music Awards consists of three prizes, each worth $5,000. Prizes include Best Song, Best Instrumental and Travel Grant/Professional Development Award. More information is available from Australian Guild of Screen Composers, who administer the awards.
Paul Lowin Awards
The prizes awarded are an Orchestral Prize currently valued at $25,000 and a Song Cycle Prize currently valued at $15,000. In addition both categories have prizes for highly commended works in the amount of $500 and $300 each.
The Award is organised in conjunction with The Australian Music Centre. More information and application forms are available on their website.
Literature
Kibble Awards for Women Writers
The Kibble Awards for Women Writers recognise female writers who have published fiction or nonfiction classified as 'life writing'. This includes novels, autobiographies, biographies, literature and any writing with a strong personal element.
Established under the will of Nita May Dobbie, the Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers are an excellent example of how an individual can promote cultural endeavour through a charitable trust.
Since the inception of the Kibble Awards for Literature in 1994, many of Australia’s leading women writers have received prizes under the Awards, each benefiting from Nita May Dobbie’s foresight and vision.
Visit the Kibble Awards website for more information.
Patrick White Literary Awards
The Patrick White Award Literary Award was established in 1975 to advance ‘Australian literature by encouraging the writing of novels, short stories, poetry and/or plays for publication or performance’. The Trust was founded with the prize money awarded to Patrick White when he became the first Australian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973.
The Award is presented each November following the consideration of nominations by a judging panel. Contact Perpetual Philanthropic Services on 1800 501 227 or philanthropy@perpetual.com.au for further details.
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