Earlier this year SSA launched a scheme helping statistics students in Australia with top-up scholarships. These annual scholarships, worth $5,000 each, are awarded to members who are also current higher degree students. We received 17 applications in total, of which 12 were eligible for the scheme. The reviewers were impressed with the high standard of the applications. Given that they were all excellent, the four winners were chosen at random.

We aim to continue this scheme in future years if this initial pilot goes well.”

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 top-up scholarships:

·         Elizabeth Korevaar

·         Parinaz Mehdipour

·         Owen Forbes

·         Jiaxin Zhang

Adrian Barnett
SSA Vice President