University of Tasmania

Don Gaffney Honours and Masters Scholarship

Level of study: Undergraduate / VET

Closing date: 30-Jan-26

Donald James Gaffney was a Bachelor of Science Honours graduate of the University of Tasmania in 1949, majoring in the fields of chemistry and geology. He was always supportive of women’s education, and often discussed the issue of declining number of women studying and researching in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths. Following his death in 2014 this scholarship was created in his memory by his family.