The A F Pillow Applied Mathematics Top-up Scholarship

The AF Pillow Applied Mathematics Trust offers an annual `top-up’ scholarship to a student holding either an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or equivalent award for full-time research in Applied Mathematics leading to the award of a PhD. The aim of the A F Pillow Applied Mathematics Top-up Scholarship is to increase the quantity and quality of postgraduate students in the field of applied mathematics in Australia.

The scholarship top-up is awarded for up to 3 years and consists of up to a $10,000 annual stipend for a full time applicant, to supplement a basic postgraduate scholarship (eg an APA or equivalent award). As a full-time scholarship top-up award, it is non-taxable.

An allowance of up to $1500 per annum (maximum $4500) will be available and payable to the student on production of receipts for reasonable expenses associated incurred for economy airfares and registration fees to attend the ANZIAM national annual conference.

In each year, one top-up scholarship will be awarded.

All the relevant information including the guidelines and the application link can be found here. The AF Pillow Top-Up scholarship funding round opens on the 19 October, 2026 and submissions close on 4 December, 2026.

Past Awardees

2020s
2026Current Ashley Hanson  (University of Melbourne)
2025 Liam Blake  (University of Adelaide)
2024 Yong See Foo  (University of Melbourne)
2023 Noa Levi  (QUT)
2022 Eugene Tan  (The University of Western Australia)
2020 Matthew Berry  (University of Wollongong)
2010s
2019 Jesse Sharp  (QUT)
2018 No award
2017 Jody Fisher (McKerral)  (Flinders University)
2016 Alexander Tam  (The University of Adelaide)
2015 Pouya Baniasadi  (Flinders University)
2014 Audrey Markowskei  (Macquarie University)
2013 Lisa Mayo  (Queensland University of Technology)
2012 Hayden Tronnolone  (University of Adelaide)
2011 Michael Dallaston  (Queensland University of Technology)
2010 Alex Badran  (University of Wollongong)
2000s
2009 Christopher Lustri  (Queensland University of Technology)

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