"This really was quite an extraordinary experience - eye opening, affirming, confronting." Simon Abrahams - scholarship winner on his Mt Eliza Executive Education experience.
View the latest list of winners (May 2010)
After eight funding rounds we have awarded 70 scholarships with a total value of more than $630,000 to arts managers from around Australia.
Applicants must nominate one course from either:
Sydney
Australian Graduate School of Management Executive Programs (AGSM)
or
Melbourne
Mt Eliza Executive Education is part of Melbourne Business School. Many of the School's executive development programs are held at its executive residential retreat at Mt Eliza (1hr from Melbourne). To access the 2010 calendar of programs or specific information on management, leadership and functional programs, click here. For information on Mt Eliza, click here.
Application forms
Please note: previous winners of AbaF Margaret Lawrence Bequest Scholarships may not reapply.
Tips for your application
- Link your issues or challenges to the course you have selected.
- Demonstrate why the particular course you have chosen will benefit you and your organisation.
- There is no word limit to your answers.
- If you can fully explain your answer to each question within a few paragraphs, or if you need a full page, this is something you need to decide.
- Clear, succinct, but detailed answers are what the selection committee is looking for.
- The text boxes do expand, so don't limit yourself to the space as shown on the template.
Want to know more?
Email Gabby Talmadge or phone (03) 9616 0315 for more information or application forms and guidelines.
See the list of previous winners.
Testimonials
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Fiona Maxwell
Fiona Maxwell, general manager, Next Wave Festival participated in The Emotionally Intelligent Leader at Melbourne Business School in May 2007. Click below to watch her video testimonial.
Adrian Basso
Just wanted to thank AbaF for the amazing opportunity of attending the Mt Eliza Leadership program. I found it a most rewarding experience and look forward to applying many of the ideas and approaches from the course. I was lucky to be with such a lovely bunch of people with such diverse backgrounds.
I have been thinking about the term most appropriate to the week-long adventure, as it was not always obvious where we were going. But by the end, I would describe it as somewhere between epiphany and eye-opening.
Adrian Basso, general manager of PBS-FM in Melbourne, was a Margarate Lawrence Scholarship winner in July 2009.
Rick Heath
“What a fantastic opportunity. Rarely if ever do we discuss and debate strategy at this level in the arts industry. The frameworks presented, whilst needing a little mental conversion to make them relevant in a not-for-profit sense, were all useful and something that I will certainly carry forward in future business, marketing and strategic planning."Rick Heath, general manager of Buzz Dance (WA) participated in Strategic Thinking and Action Program at Melbourne Business School, August 2007.
Lindy Allen
"Much of what I have learned I am able to directly apply within my role as CEO of a small-to-medium organisation. I believe this will make me better able to support my staff in a way that reflects their needs. I also feel much better equipped to respond to the leadership challenges that are inherent in managing a not-for-profit organisation.”Lindy Allen, Regional Arts Victoria participated in a three-day Foundations of Leadership program at Melbourne Business School in June 2007.
