Francis Regan Student Scholarship

The Francis Regan Student Scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to a student who is enrolled in an Honours degree or Masters degree in Business, Criminology, Government or Law at Flinders University and who is undertaking a research project in any area of social justice.

The scholarship is intended to support a student who has demonstrated a commitment to social justice issues through either employment, study, volunteer work or in some other way.

The scholarship has been established in memory of Professor Francis Regan who was a Professor of Legal Studies at Flinders University until his death in 2009. His family, colleagues and friends have provided funds to establish the scholarship for a student working in the field of social justice, an area to which Professor Regan was deeply committed.

Benefits

Subject to the availability of funds, the scholarship will be offered annually and will be for the sum of $1,000.

Eligibility

Applicants for the scholarship must:

be enrolled in an Honours degree or Masters degree in Business, Criminology, Government or Law at Flinders University; and
be undertaking a research project of at least 13.5 units in any area of social justice; and
be able to demonstrate a commitment to social justice through employment, study, or volunteer work, or in some other way and
not have previously held the Francis Regan Student Scholarship

Selection Criteria

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of an application in which the applicant will:

demonstrate his/her commitment to social justice issues through employment, study, or volunteer work, or in some other way; and
explain how the scholarship will aid the research project and/or living expenses while the applicant is undertaking the research.

Applications will be assessed by a panel consisting of the Vice-President and Executive Dean, College of Business, Government and Law or nominee who will act as chair, and two nominees, who will be appointed by the VP&ED.

The scholarship is offered annually, and recipients may only receive it once. The scholarship is awarded at the discretion of the selection panel. There is no obligation to offer the scholarship in any given year, should there not be a suitable applicant.