Fees & Scholarships

The Honours scholarships are awarded annually to high performing students at the Cairnmillar Institute. Each scholarship totals $20,000. The scholarships are designed to assist students with their tuition costs for the Honours program. Two of these scholarships are named after Ian Chisholm and Dr Julie Shaw, who were members of the Cairnmillar Council for many years.

Students who apply for both full- and part-time Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) will be assessed on merit for scholarships. These awards are competitive and candidates with a WAM above 80 will be considered, but this criteria may vary depending on demand.

The Dr Julie Shaw Honours Scholarship
Dr Julie Shaw PhD MBA MSc MA

Description: Dr Julie Shaw began her clinical psychology practice in a comprehensive suburban mental health facility when these services were government funded. Having the opportunity to engage in teaching and research she completed an MSc while also very engaged with the Australian Psychological Society, representing it for many years on the Psychologists Registration Board of the time.

She became an academic in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Melbourne while leading clinical psychology services at the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s campuses, and completed her PhD “Psychological Factors in Heart Disease in Women” in 1991. Improving systems across health services including dental staffing, newborn resuscitation, radiological research, general practice training, telehealth and Aboriginal health was the focus of her later career path, combining diverse clinical experience with research and evaluation skills.

She served on the Cairnmillar Council and Trust for many years and always valued the research and evaluation potential of the organisation as a Centre of Excellence.

The Ian Chisholm Scholarship
Mr Ian Chisholm FAICD FCMI

Description: Mr Ian Chisholm was a director and CEO of Selectus Salary Packaging and co-Founder and Director of Kinetic Super. In previous roles, he was the Managing Director and Senior VP of Westaff Inc. and General Manager of the Asia Pacific Region of McPherson’s Limited. He held senior marketing positions with Mars, Herbert Adams and Petersville.

Mr Chisholm has been a member of a number of industry councils and held positions with the Lauriston Girls School Foundation, The Career Transition Consortium and Brand Value Audits. He has also been involved with and a Governor of Amcham, the Australian Chamber of Manufacturers International Trade Council. He was a member of the Cairnmillar Council for over 25 years and advocated strongly for the low-cost services and the Alumni programs at Cairnmillar.

The Dr Coral Brown Scholarship is an internally funded scholarship named for our former Assistant Director and is available for the 3rd year and 4th year of the Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) e.g. DPsych program. This discount subsidy covers 50% of the tuition costs in your research and placement units at year 3 and year 4.

Conditions apply, such as maintaining an 80% WAM in taught units. See also: Course Information Handbook – Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) for more information.

For several years, Ida Summers has put aside money from her pension and forwarded it to Cairnmillar to be used to help “little folk” who have been abused and traumatised in the earliest years of their life.

This award recognises a person who has made a major contribution to the lives of children.

Please note that this award is not currently in active distribution.

Dr Margaret Garrett trained in medicine at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, and graduated from the University of Madras. When she and her family moved to Melbourne she took up a position in anaesthetics at Box Hill and St Vincent’s Hospitals. She then sought specialist qualifications in psychiatry and became a Fellow of the ANZ College of Psychiatry.

Along with her private practice in psychiatry, Dr Rose undertook training in Trauma Therapy at the Cairnmillar Institute and undertook specialist training in Child and Family Therapy at the Austin Hospital. Dr Rose was appointed Director of Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Maroochydore. Dr Rose practised with Cairnmillar and was a valued presence in several of its programs.

She has now provided a Scholarship for a student undertake research in family therapy.

Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty AC was for six years the Chief Patron of Cairnmillar.

To honor his distinguished contribution to the organisation, Cairnmillar established The Peter Doherty prize for the most outstanding student in The Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy program.