Emily McIntyre, University of Melbourne
Hypogeous Fungi and the Endangered Long-Footed Potoroo; Distribution, Diversity and Mutualism
Bill Borthwick Student Scholarships
Bill Borthwick Student Scholarships 2024
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 five scholarships in 2024, the recipients were:
Kimberley Peters, Deakin University
Danger Noodles, Nope Ropes or Slinkys? The role of community attitudes and experiences in promoting tolerance and co-existence with snakes
Harrison Croft, Monash University
Becoming Birrarung: More than human histories of Victoria's River
Zoe Gallaway-Beer, University of Adelaide
Validating species distribution models for fire management and Mallee bird conservation-Wyperfeld National Park
Luke Florence, La Trobe University
Mycorrhizal diversity in Australian temperate forests in the context of nitrogen deposition