{"id":19,"date":"2007-11-04T21:20:56","date_gmt":"2007-11-04T10:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/about\/john-laffin-fund\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T06:06:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T20:06:33","slug":"john-laffin-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"John Laffin Memorial History Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Families and Friends of the First AIF [FFFAIF] is an association whose purpose is \u201c<em>to commemorate the service, sacrifice, courage, and suffering of the First Australian Imperial Force of the Great War 1914-1918 and of their families and friends\u201d<\/em>. \u00a0FFFAIF promotes<em> \u201ca better understanding of what the AIF did and what it stands for<\/em>\u201d and is active in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Helping to educate all Australians seeking knowledge and guidance in understanding the campaigns in which the Australians participated in the Great War. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Helping Australians to conduct research and publication concerning those who served in the Great War. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Encouraging and supporting the provision of courses in Australia\u2019s participation in the Great War in primary, secondary and tertiary education. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Providing scholarships, bursaries and prizes to study Australia\u2019s participation in the Great War.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Accordingly, FFFAIF offers the opportunity of awarding a John Laffin Memorial Prize of $500 plus 5 years e-concessional membership of FFFAIF to an outstanding student in each university which offers a course, unit or subject which has some focus on Australia\u2019s participation in the Great War and the effects that this had on families and society.<\/p>\n<p>This is:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To a meritorious undergraduate student studying a course\/unit\/subject while enrolled in the university.<\/li>\n<li>For a course, which in part at least, must specifically cover Australia\u2019s role in the Great War.<\/li>\n<li>For a course that is open to qualifying students from a broad area of Australia, reflecting the dispersed membership of FFFAIF.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>FFFAIF retains the right to review annually whether the course and awarding the John Laffin Memorial Prize continues to meet its objectives and, at its discretion, continues to fund the Prize.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Laffin Memorial History Prize Winners and payments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 John Laffin Memorial History Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MONASH UNIVERSITY &gt; Nathaniel Sgambellone<\/p>\n<p>MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY &gt; Jodi Adams<\/p>\n<p>DEAKIN UNIVERSITY &gt; Tina Horsfall<\/p>\n<p>La Trobe University &gt; Jessica Bourke<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2018 John Laffin Memorial History Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY &gt; Shari Collison<\/p>\n<p>DEAKIN UNIVERSITY&gt; Jessie Mikelson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2019 John Laffin Memorial History Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY &gt; Susan Fitzpatrick<\/p>\n<p>DEAKIN UNIVERSITY &gt; Emma Johnson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2020 John Laffin Memorial History Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY &gt; Ruby Astrid Poynter<\/p>\n<p>DEAKIN UNIVERSITY &gt; Christopher Wheeler<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2021 John Laffin Memorial History Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY &gt; Francesco Dibernardo<\/p>\n<p>DEAKIN UNIVERSITY &gt; Sophie Briggs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2022 John Laffin Memorial History Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY &gt; Jeremy Valsamis<\/p>\n<p>DEAKIN UNIVERSITY &gt; Mandy Grant<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2023 John Laffin Memorial History Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY &gt; Joel Fochesato<\/p>\n<p>DEAKIN UNIVERSITY &gt; Peta Segbedzi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The John Laffin Travel Scholarship Prize<\/strong> (ABN 49 207 476 906)\u00a0was set up and\u00a0registered as a charity and endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient, which <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">enables the John Laffin Memorial History Prizes to be awarded. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Gifts of two dollars ($A2) or more made to the\u00a0<b>John Laffin Travel Scholarship Prize<\/b> are tax-deductible.<\/strong> If you would like know more about the Scholarship Prize or to make a donation please contact the Trustees at :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Trustees<br \/>\n<b>John Laffin Travel Scholarship Prize<\/b><br \/>\nPO Box 4245<br \/>\nForster<br \/>\nNSW 2429<br \/>\nAustralia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The John Laffin Travel Scholarship Prize was awarded (2005-2008) (See separate page for details: &#8216;About &#8211; <a title=\"The John Laffin Travel Scholarship Prize winners\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?page_id=124\">John Laffin Travel Scholarship Prize winners<\/a>.&#8217;)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Families and Friends of the First AIF [FFFAIF] is an association whose purpose is \u201cto commemorate the service, sacrifice, courage, and suffering of the First Australian Imperial Force of the Great War 1914-1918 and of their families and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?page_id=19\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":8669,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14946,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/14946"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}