This scholarship allows the winner to spend a week of work experience with Atlas Copco in Australia, followed by two weeks with Atlas Copco in Sweden. It is open to all student members of the AusIMM who are in their penultimate or final year of a recognised minerals-related course. For the one week with Atlas Copco in Australia the winner of the scholarship will get a feel for Atlas Copco's mining equipment and will also experience firsthand Atlas Copco's alliances with the Australian mining industry.

The first week in Sweden is spent at the production facilities in Orebro, with Atlas Copco's R&D marketing teams. After this total product overview, the winner will spend the second week visiting Swedish mine sites.

The scholarship is open to AusIMM Student members studying at Australian, New Zealand and Papua New Guinean universities in the final two years of their Bachelor's Degree in technical courses of relevance to the minerals industry.

Winners

• The 2009 winner of the Atlas Copco Scholarship is Michael Webb-Martin.  He is currently studying a dual degree in Mining Engineering and Finance at Curtin University (WASM).
  
  
• The 2008 winner of the Atlas Copco Scholarship is Kiri Bunker, a Mining Engineering student from the University of New South Wales.
  Here is Kiri’s paper from the 2009 New Leader’s Conference. PDF.
  
  
• The 2007 winner of the Atlas Copco Scholarship is Megan Clasberg, a Mining Engineering student from the University of New South Wales.
  Here is Megan’s paper from the 2008 New Leaders’ Conference, PDF
  
  
• The 2006 winner of the Atlas Copco Scholarship was Jack MacDiarmid, a Mining Engineering Student from The University of Queensland.
  Here is Jack’s paper from the 2007 New Leaders’ Conference, PDF.
  

Application

• For details of Scholarship please click here

Applications for 2009 are NOW CLOSED .

Should you have any further queries, please contact: Education & Careers, The AusIMM, PO Box 660, Carlton South, Vic 3053 or send your feedback/queries via form on this page.