Charlie Selman Sustainability Award 2025

The Charlie Selman Sustainability Award has been established to honour Charlie’s memory by supporting a final year undergraduate student who demonstrates a commitment to sustainability, including social and environmental sustainability.  

This award has been established as an incentive for students to be more like Charlie Selman: explorative, inventive, unabashedly creative, and dedicated.

The award is valued at $2,200 as a one-off payment.

Single or double degree undergraduate course offered by Swinburne University of Technology.

To be eligible for the Charlie Selman Sustainability Award, applicants must:

1. Be completing a final year/capstone project with a focus on environment and sustainability addressing one or more of the following areas:
   • Water quality/Conservation
   • Greenhouse gas emissions
   • Waste management practices
   • Biodiversity management
   • Environmental education awareness
2. Meet the following enrolment criteria:
   • be a final year Swinburne student in 2025
   • be completing their final year/capstone project in 2025
   • enrolled full-time in an eligible course (see courses eligible in section above) at the time of completing their final year/capstone project
   • studying on-campus
3. Submit a 2 minute video* about your passion and commitment to sustainability and discuss your specific capstone project.
   
   *Please upload your video to cloud based storage (google drive/one drive/drop box) and provide the link in a MS Word or PDF document. Ensure the video is downloadable by anyone and not access restricted.
    
4. Submit one written reference outlining your suitability for the award:
   • Academic reference - from a Swinburne staff member qualified to comment on academic studies such as a Unit Convenor, Project Supervisor, Chair of Department or Dean.

The award is valued at $2,200 as a one-off payment.

Applications are currently closed.

Fees and Scholarships Team, Student Administration.
scholarship@swin.edu.au