The award scheme was founded in 2020, and is expected to provide up to 12 recipients with bursaries until 2023. The total endowment for the project is valued at $120,000.

Chief executive of Lockheed Martin Australia Joe North commented that the program recognises the company’s ongoing gratitude to the service of Australian Defence Force veterans.

“Through the Lockheed Martin Australia Bursary, which is now in its second year, we are proud to support Australia’s best and brightest to pursue their goals in STEM-based careers,” North said.

“Our hope is that these scholarships will provide assistance to each recipient as they embark on their respective academic journeys, further supporting descendants of our veterans.”

NSW’s Emily Armstrong, great granddaughter of a Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAF) member in the Second World War, described how her STEM course is giving her insight into a number of different STEM streams.

“I want to work in a STEM-focused career and have always enjoyed the sciences,” she said.

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“My current course is allowing me to learn about a variety of scientific fields before selecting a research specialisation to pursue for Honours.”

Likewise, Campbell Jennings, whose great grandfather was in the Second World War serving with the Army’s 35th Battalion, outlined how an engineering and computer science degree could enable a range of STEM careers.

“I chose a dual engineering and computer science degree as it encompasses the subject areas that I am passionate about," Jennings said.

“It is my hope that the combination of these will give me the foundation I need to explore a broad range of STEM-based careers after I graduate from university.”

[Related: Lockheed Martin Australia backs new Commando veterans’ scholarship]

Liam Garman

Editor – Defence and Security, Momentum Media

Liam began his career as a speech writer at New South Wales Parliament before working for world leading campaigns and research agencies in Sydney and Auckland. Throughout his career, Liam has managed and executed international media and communications campaigns spanning politics, business, industrial relations and infrastructure. He’s since shifted his attention to researching and writing extensively on geopolitics and defence. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Strategy and Security with Excellence from UNSW Canberra, with a thesis on post-truth, postmodernism and disinformation operations.

 

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