Ian Cocks Memorial Wine Research Scholarship

This scholarship is named in memory of Ian Campbell Cocks (1938-1997) whose contribution to South Australian tourism, the wine industry and commerce was highly regarded.

This scholarship is to foster innovation in the Wine Industry through strategic and applied research, and to cultivate a research culture in undergraduates in the wine disciplines (viticulture, oenology and wine business) at the University of Adelaide.

The Scholarship will be available to a student enrolling in Honours in the degrees of Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science (Agricultural Science), Bachelor of Science (Viticulture), Bachelor of Oenology or Bachelor of Wine Marketing program at the University of Adelaide. Both midyear intake and February intake students will be eligible.

The recipient will be required to carry out a research project (minimum of 12 credit points) under the direction of an academic staff member in the Discipline of Wine and Horticulture or Discipline of Agri-Food and Wine Business within the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine. The research topic will be determined on an annual basis and it is expected that the research will be undertaken in consultation with an industry partner who may contribute in-kind support to the project.

The successful applicant will be selected on academic achievement, technical knowledge and communication skills.

The value of the scholarship is $5,000 of which the student will receive $4,000, and $1,000 will go to the Discipline of Wine and Horticulture or Discipline of Agri-Food and Wine Business as a contribution to the maintenance costs of the research project. An initial payment of $2,000 will be made to the recipient during March and a second payment will be made during July, subject to satisfactory progress.

The successful applicant will be required to pursue his or her course as a full time student and to make satisfactory academic progress.

Applications close Friday 6 March 2009.