The Mac.Rob Foundation in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Charitable organisation

The Mac.Rob Foundation

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9864 7700

Address: 350-370 Kings Way 3004 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au

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25.01.2022 The End of Financial Year approaches. Catch up with our Board Chair to hear a little more.

24.01.2022 The 2020 Academic Excellence Scholarship and the Graduate / Post Graduate Scholarship awards are now open. Find out more, and get your application in before 15th April 2020 - http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/grants

23.01.2022 It's the season to be grateful. Our Christmas newsletter is out. Artwork by Jenny Lim - 'Dancers, Pink and Green after Degas' http://mailchi.mp//its-a-season-worth-celebrating-we-say-t

21.01.2022 We’d like to thank Margaret Akins OAM as she retires from the Board of The Mac.Rob Foundation. Many of you will remember Margaret (or Ms Akins!) as a Maths teacher and also Assistant Principal at Mac.Robertson Girls' High School from 1975 to 2018. She has been a hard working member of our Board and as our Board Secretary for the past 3 years. Thank you Margaret for all your time, your passion and energy for the school and the Foundation. We wish you many safe and exciting travels ahead! #thankyou #macrob #grateful #inspiration

21.01.2022 Applications for the Academic Excellence Grant close tomorrow night at 12 midnight (15th April). Don't forget to submit your application! http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/grants

20.01.2022 We wish to extend our congratulations to Professor Clare Wright - our speaker at the inaugural Christina Montgomery Oration 2016 - who was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours list for services to literature and to historical research. Professor Clare Wright OAM is an award-winning historian, author, broadcaster and public commentator who has worked in politics, academia and the media. Clare is currently a Principal Research Fellow and ARC Future Fellow at La Trobe University.

20.01.2022 Did you want to know what we're up to at The Mac.Rob Foundation? You can sign up to our mailing list at our website, or take a look at our recent newsletter: https://mailchi.mp//supporting-the-education-of-young-wome

19.01.2022 Applications are now open for the 2019 Academic Excellence Scholarship and the 2019 Graduate/Postgraduate Scholarship. Visit http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/grants for further information or to apply.

19.01.2022 ABC presenter and journalist Virginia Trioli will present the fourth annual Christina Montgomery Oration at the School on Wednesday 24 April from 6pm. Tickets are available via macrobfoundation.com.au/events

19.01.2022 International Women's Day remains as relevant ever. Come along to hear the wise words of Claire Spencer CEO Arts Centre Melbourne as she speaks about her experience as a leader in the arts. Not only will you learn about creativity in leadership, your attendance will guarantee that young women's education will continue to be supported and nurtured through our work. Friday 28th Feb... 7.30am www.trybooking.com/BHLEW See more

18.01.2022 This is Catriona Nguyen-Robertson - a Graduate/Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient in 2019 - conducting experiments with Dr Koshika Yadava. Since graduating from the Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School in 2011, Catriona has completed a Bachelor of Science and Diploma in Languages and is now undertaking a PhD at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunology. Catriona works in a very niche field of immunology that is only studied by a handful of research groups around ...the world. All the researchers come together once every two years for the CD1 MR1 conference, and she was privileged enough to join them in 2019 courtesy of the support of the Mac.Rob Foundation. Applications for 2020 are now open! Check the website for more information: http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/grants

16.01.2022 The fourth annual Christina Montgomery Oration will be presented by Virginia Trioli at the School on Wednesday 24 April. Visit http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/events for tickets

16.01.2022 Now that Christmas is out of the way, it's time to plan your International Women's Day! Together with The Palladians Association, we invite you to join us in helping support the education of young Victorian women.

16.01.2022 Women in leadership positions providing advice and guidance to the emerging leaders of tomorrow. Claire Spencer AM, CEO of the Arts Centre Melbourne is this years International Women's Day Breakfast speaker. Since November 2014, Claire Spencer has led the organisation to an exciting position of planning for future decades. A former Chartered Accountant with an honours degree in theology, Claire's leadership approach combines rigorous business acumen with a collaborative and ...empathetic style that has transformed the way Arts Centre Melbourne operates. Tickets now available to hear Claire speak. https://www.trybooking.com/book/event

15.01.2022 Applications are open for the 2019 Academic Excellence Scholarship,a grant of $2,500 awarded to acknowledge academic excellence through financial support and/or recognition to enable students of excellence to engage in extra-curricular programs. This Scholarship is awarded for distinction to provide opportunity. Applications close on 23 April, and can be submitted at http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/grants

15.01.2022 We are pleased to announce the fourth annual Christina Montgomery Oration, presented by Virginia Trioli. The Oration will be held at the School on Wednesday 24 April from 6.00pm. Tickets are available via http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/events

14.01.2022 STEM Scholarship and Bursary - applications now open! In our continued support for advancing women in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), The Mac.Rob Foundation is delighted to announce that applications are now open for a STEM Scholarship ($1,500) and a STEM Bursary ($800) for 2021. This scholarship and bursary is available to support students allowing them to undertake an experience, program, camp or study beyond the scope of their regular school progra...m, to help them extend their current skills and knowledge within one or more of the STEM fields. Applications close 24 May 2021. Apply now! STEM Bursary: http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/stembursary STEM Scholarship: http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/stem-scholarship

14.01.2022 Don't forget our Academic Excellence Scholarship for 2021 will close this Sunday 2 May 2021. Get your applications in now! http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/academic

13.01.2022 Applications for the 2019 Graduate/Postgraduate Scholarship and Academic Excellence Scholarship close tonight. For more information, or to apply, visit: http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/grants

09.01.2022 Welcome to Spring! Our newsletter is out, and our grants are open. www.macrobfoundation.com.au/grants https://mailchi.mp//macrob-foundation-october-newsletter-w

07.01.2022 Seasons greetings from all of us at The Mac.Rob Foundation. We are so pleased to be able to continue to support astonishing young women in advancing their education, so this year we're highlighting just a few of them in our December newsletter. If you want to know more, and want to stay in touch, then sign up to our newsletter at our website. https://mailchi.mp/macrobfo/reasons-to-celebrate-the-season

04.01.2022 Aishah Brockhoff was our 2019 recipient of The Mac.Rob Foundation's Academic Excellence Scholarship. You can read more about her story on attending the United Nations Youth Aotearoa Leadership Tour where she was able to learn and compare Australia and New Zealand’s relations with their respective indigenous peoples. http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/grant-recipient-aishah-b Our Academic Excellence Scholarship for 2021 is NOW OPEN and applications will close on 2 May 2021. http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/academic

04.01.2022 We are delighted to announce that applications are now open for the Academic Excellence and the Graduate/Post Graduate Scholarship for 2021. - The Academic Excellence Scholarship ($2,500) is awarded to a current student, in recognition of their excellence, to engage in curriculum enhancement and/or extra-curricular programs. - The Graduate/Post Graduate Scholarship ($2,500) is awarded for young women to undertake professional activities associated with their undergraduate an...d/or postgraduate studies at leading globally recognised institutions. It is available to women aged 30 and younger. NOTE: Scholarship funds cannot be used to study overseas. Applications close 2nd May for Academic Excellence Scholarship and 30th May 2021 for Graduate/Post Graduate Scholarship. Click here to apply: http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/academic http://www.macrobfoundation.com.au/gradpostgrad

01.01.2022 Our May newsletter is out! Connections in an age of disruption. https://mailchi.mp/b0b7/connections-in-an-age-of-disruption

01.01.2022 This is Aisha Brockoff. She was a successful recipient of the Academic Excellence Scholarship in 2019 and had the privilege of attending the United Nations Youth Aotearoa Leadership Tour, where she was able to spend two weeks touring through Sydney, Wellington, Rotorua, Paihia and Auckland, to learn about and compare Australia and New Zealand’s relations with their respective indigenous peoples. The Academic Excellence Scholarship has opened for 2020. Do you have what it takes? Check out the Mac.Rob Foundation website for more information.