La Trobe University

Dennis Mcdermott Research Scholarships

Level of study: Postgraduate

Closing date: 31/12/2024

The Dennis McDermott Research Scholarships will be awarded to Indigenous students of exceptional research promise to undertake a higher degree by research at La Trobe University. The scholarship was established to celebrate the life of Professor Dennis McDermott, La Trobes inaugural Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous). Professor McDermott was a Koori man from north-western New South Wales. He was a psychologist, academic and poet, during his career writing and teaching extensively in the fields of health and Indigenous education. Within his short tenure at La Trobe, Professor McDermott had a huge impact on the University. His call to decolonize the academy will resonate at La Trobe for years to come and the work that he began to foster Indigenous knowledge and values in the academy will continue.