The Graeme Clark Scholarship opens for applications
The Graeme Clark Scholarship 2008, a unique award open to Nucleus cochlear implant recipients around the world, is now open for applications.
The award, set up to support implant recipients financially when they continue further education at an accredited institution, is bigger and better for this year. Now with five winners instead of one, the following countries/regions have been grouped together, so that a winner can be selected from each.
Benelux, Nordic, UK & Ireland
Austria, Germany & Switzerland
France, Italy, Portugal & Spain
Central & Eastern Europe
All others (Africa, Middle East, Turkey)
Winners will be awarded 6,000 euros each, paid in two instalments.
Those eligible should either be:
- currently completing their final year of school and who have been accepted onto a university or other tertiary education course
- mature-aged students who have been accepted onto a university or other tertiary education course
- students currently undertaking a university degree or other tertiary education
The deadline for applications is 15th September 2008. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic achievement and a demonstrated commitment to the Cochlear ideals of compassion and benevolence.
Professor Graeme Clark is the Professor of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne. It is the pioneering work of his university department that led to the first multi-channel research implant “bionic ear” being “switched on” in 1978 and the first Nucleus implant in 1982. His lifelong commitment to finding a solution for the hearing impaired has resulted in a revolution not only for those with a profound hearing loss but also their family and friends.
For further information, contact Kate King, Advocacy Specialist on 01932 871 500 or visit the Cochlear website
