Ross Taylor PhD Supplementary Scholarship in Geochemistry

Each year the Research School of Earth Sciences may offer an award known as the Ross Taylor PhD Supplementary Scholarship in Geochemistry. Funding for this Award has been provided by generous donations from associates of Ross Taylor, and matching School funds. The scholarship honors Professor Ross Taylor, who has made an outstanding contribution in geochemistry and as a pioneer of lunar science. His work spans the moon, the Earth's continental crust, island arc rocks and beyond. Fifty years ago, Professor Taylor made one of the big discoveries about the nature of the moon and was chosen by NASA as the best person to analyse the first moon rocks brought back by Apollo 11. Apart from many academic awards, he was elected as a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in 1994 and he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2008. The scholarship provides supplementary financial support to PhD students in Earth Sciences focusing on geochemistry at the Australian National University.