Aaron Heap, University of Melbourne
Values of forests in an alternative state – A case study of Wilson Promontory
Bill Borthwick Student Scholarships
Bill Borthwick Student Scholarships 2023
VEAC has established the annual scholarships for Honours, Masters or PhD tertiary students to assist in the costs of research relating to public land in Victoria, including terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. Relevant fields of study include natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, economics, law and politics.
The scholarships were established in March 2011 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first meeting of the Land Conservation Council (LCC) and to honour the vision of the Hon Bill Borthwick, a central figure in establishing the LCC to advise government on the use of Victoria’s public land.
VEAC awarded ten scholarships in 2023, the recipients were:
Aindreeya Alcova, University of Melbourne
Biodiversity of Collectotrichum spp. associated with Australian native plants in Victoria
Allison Menzies, La Trobe University
Using novel eDNA approaches to assess invertebrate pollinator communities in an endangered grassland
Brady Hamilton, Deakin University
Pesticide monitoring of Australian streams using citizen science
Chloe Stringer, University of Melbourne
Towards a holistic understanding of past human-mollusc-environment relationships in northwest Victoria
Claudia Geraldo Escobar, University of Melbourne
Phenology and distribution of two stringybarks, vital for an endangered cockatoo
Felix Powrie
Facilitating 16s rDNA metabarcoding of southern Australian Algal Turf
Joelle Hervic, Monash University
Colonialism of People and Country: Opportunities for Self-Determination in Australia
Katherine Horsfall, University of Melbourne
Seed pre-treament to enhance the functional diversity of direct-seeded grassy ecosystems
Stacey Phillips, La Trobe University
The effects of urbanisation on the genetic diversity of White’s Skink (Liopholis whitii)