Bill Wheeler Award

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: April 30, 2011

The annual Bill Wheeler Award (previously Bill Wheeler Scholarship) was established in 2009, in honour of local Wollongong resident Bill Wheeler, a very community-minded person who generously devoted his time to the Rotary Club of Kiama and to disadvantaged children.

He took a special interest in the further development of the cochlear implant for deafness and new research at the University of Wollongong on spinal cord repair. It was ironic that in his final illness he had a spinal cord collapse. He was a man who looked to the future and would have wanted young researchers with enthusiasm and a vision for science to help others have support; as exemplified by this scheme.

In 2011, IPRI will be presenting this Award to support research on any aspect of Bionics. The prize will be awarded to an ACES/UOW PhD student involved in Bionics research.

A stipend of $2,000 will be awarded to the successful candidate to be used for undertaking collaborative work and /or  a presentation at a relevant conference. The recipient will be also asked to present their findings at next years' Bill Wheeler Awards ceremony.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: April 30, 2011

TO APPLY: Please submit your curriculum vitae and a brief description of one highlight of your work over the past 12 months and detailing how the research will be used to bring ACES closer to making useful devices in practice.

SEND APPLICATIONS TO:
Prof. G.G. Wallace
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Ph: (02) 4221 3127
Fax: (02) 4221 3114
Email: gwallace@uow.edu.au