Ethel McLennan Award 2025

The Foundation (from untied funds), in memory of the late Dr Ethel Irene McLennan BSc (Melb) 1915, DSc (Melb)1921. Donations have been received on a regular basis since then from the Foundation’s annual giving program. Ethel  Fund McLennan was one of the first generation of Biological Sciences students to graduate under Baldwin Spencer. She joined the staff of the then school of Botany as a demonstrator and lecturer in 1915, following her graduation as BSc with first class honours and distinction in Botany and Zoology. She was awarded her DSc in 1927 and appointed Associate Professor in   1931, a position she held until 1955. She was acting head of the then school in Botany following the death of the Foundation Professor of Botany, Alfred Ewart in 1937, until the appointment of Professor Turner in 1938. Dr McLennan specialised in mycology and plant pathology, and was awarded the David Syme Research Prize in 1927. She retired in 1957, and died in 1983.

The Ethel McLennan Award:

• is open for award annually to a student enrolled in a postgraduate degree by research in any area in the discipline of botany within the school, on the basis of excellent academic achievement;

To be considered for this award, you must be enrolled in a graduate degree by research in any area in the discipline of botany within the University of Melbourne School of BioSciences

• Academic Achievement

All scholarship outcomes will be sent via SmartyGrants.

Please see outcome timing below:

• Round 1 (Jan-March applications): May-July
• Round 2 (June-August applications): September-October

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