Joy and Norman Wheatley Rural Scholarship

The Joy and Norman Wheatley Rural Scholarship is offered annually by the Research School of Social Sciences within the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University. The objective of the Award is to support undergraduate students from a rural, regional or remote background undertaking the Bachelor of Arts and/or the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) focusing their studies on Australian History, or Philosophy. Funding for this Award has been provided by ANU alumni Joy and Norman Wheatley. Joy and Norm Wheatley both hail from rural backgrounds and worked hard to meet the costs of living and support their education when they came to ANU to study. Through their endowed scholarship, Joy and Norm now seek to ensure that future generations of rural students have access to higher education opportunities, reflecting their belief in the transformative power of education and their commitment to giving back to their community. The scholarship provides $10,000 per annum for up to four years of study for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts, or up to one year of study for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours). The scholarship is available to continuing ANU students who are domestic students majoring or specialising in History, Philosophy or Australian Indigenous Studies, and who at the time of application resided in a remote or regional area as determined by the Australian Statistical Geography Standard.