Cancer Council Western Australia Student Vacation Scholarships

The Cancer Council Western Australia Edward and Patricia Usher Student Vacation Research Scholarships are offered to tertiary students who are near the end of their undergraduate training.  They are provided with a modest stipend to spend the summer weeks working on a cancer research project in their chosen discipline with the hope of motivating them to become the cancer researchers of the future.

Successful Recipients

2011 - 2012

• Ms Kaitlyn Holyman, School of Science, Curtin University of Technology
  This research project is fully supported in the name of : the Lon Anderson Sanderson Memorial
• Mr James Preuss, School of Surgery, The University of Western Australia
  This research project is fully supported in the name of: Momentum Forum
• Mr Kenneth Lim , School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia
  This research project is fully supported in the name of: Ernst & Young
• Mr John Lee,  School of Science, Curtin University of Technology

Successful Recipient of the 2012 James Crofts Hope Foundation Vacation Scholarship

Ms Caitlin Tynan,  WA Centre for Cancer & Palliative Care, Curtin University of Technology
(James Crofts Hope Foundation link)

2010 - 2011
Ms Rikki Brown, The University of Western Australia
Mr Yee Seng Chong, The University of Western Australia
Ms Chandelle Field, Murdoch University
Ms Rene Forsyth, Curtin University of Technology
Mr Timothy Hodson, The University of Western Australia
Ms Stacey Leong, The University of Western Australia
Mr Christopher Perkins, The University of Western Australia
Mr Esdy Rozali, The University of Western Australia
Ms Jasmine Thum, The University of Western Australia

2009 - 2010
Mr Timothy Colgan, University of Western Australia
Mr James Freeman, Edith Cowan University
Mr Calyn Moulton, University of Western Australia
Mr Her Cheh Ferrer Ong, University of Western Australia
Ms Xueling Shirlene Ong, University of Western Australia
Ms Elaine Tieu, University of Western Australia
Mr Zachary Wong, Curtin University
Mr Sing Yee Yeung, University of Western Australia
Ms Rachel Dennis, Curtin University
Mr Yung Howe Koh, University of Western Australia
Mr Rory Pettigrew, University of Western Australia
Ms Karyn West, Edith Cowan University

UWA (University of Western Australia)
ECU (Edith Cowan University)

Vacation Scholarship application process web page