Archive for the ‘Australia PhD & Fellowships’ Category

The Isobel Bennett Marine Biology Fellowship is named in recognition of the late Dr Isobel Bennett who was one of Australia’s eminent marine biologists. The Hermon Slade Raiatea Foundation has provided funding to the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation (LIRRF) to enable this fellowship.

Benefits
The maximum value of each 2011 fellowship is AU$11,000, payable in April 2011 and to be spent within one year. For successful applicants who are employed at Australian institutions and who can thus provide Australian tax invoices, the payments will be $11,000 plus $1,100 GST. Read the rest of this entry »

VICE-CHANCELLOR’S POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2011

UNSW invites applications for a limited number of Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in 2011, to be awarded to early career researchers of exceptional calibre wishing to conduct full-time research at UNSW in any of its areas of research strengths:

• Biomedical Sciences
• Water, Environment, Sustainability
• Next Generation Materials and Technologies
• Social Policy, Government and Health Policy
• ICT, Robotics and Devices
• Business, Law and Economics
• Fundamental and Enabling Sciences
• Contemporary Humanities and Creative Arts
• Defence and Security   Read the rest of this entry »

A full PhD scholarship valued at $27,000 per annum is available to work on a major externally funded project within the Environmental Futures Centre at Griffith University.
Project:     Wyaralong dam carbon offset and greenhouse gas investigation program
Funded by: Queensland Water Infrastructure

The successful PhD candidate will work on carbon dynamics in soils and sediments of Wyaralong dam areas under the joint supervision of Dr Chengrong Chen, Professor Zhihong Xu and Dr Tim Blumfield (all members of the Environmental Futures Centre).

Scholarship value and duration:

The full PhD scholarship is valued at $27,000 per annum. Read the rest of this entry »

Graduate Research School of Edith Cowan University Western Australia offers PhD and Master Research Scholarships for the 2010/11 session to International Students at University.
The EIPRS scheme is prestigious and highly competitive. In 2009 three EIPRS scholarships and four ECU-IPRS were offered for tenure at Edith Cowan University.

Scholarship WORTH
The scholarships provide the recipient with tuition fee and health care cover for the duration of their research program. In addition, each successful EIPRS recipient will be offered an ECU International Stipend (ECUIS) to meet living costs for the same period. The ECUIS is currently worth AUD$25,000 per year (tax free). Read the rest of this entry »

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, the University of Sydney, Australia

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2011

REFERENCE NO. 1921/0610
Up to ten prestigious and highly competitive Postdoctoral Fellowships are being offered to attract outstanding researchers within six years from the award of their PhD to conduct full-time research in any of the schools and departments at the University of Sydney.

These will be available from January 2011 for a maximum duration of three years, with a starting salary of A$79,950 and research support of A$25,000.

Applicants are required to follow a two stage process: Read the rest of this entry »

Endeavour Awards

http://www.endeavour.deewr.gov.au

The 2011 round is now open and will close on 31 July 2010.

Please go to Apply Now for further details on how to apply for a 2011 Endeavour Award.

For detailed information on eligibility requirements, Award values, list of participating countries and other important information please see the Applicant Guidelines.

You should download these Guidelines and ensure you read and understand them before starting your application.

The Endeavour Awards is the Australian Government’s internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship program providing opportunities for citizens of the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Europe and Americas to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia. Awards are also available for Australians to undertake study, research and professional development abroad. Read the rest of this entry »

The A E Ringwood Scholarships are designed to attract students of high calibre to pursue PhD research in earth sciences. This scholarship is only available at the following educational institutions: Australian National University (ANU).

Duration and Value

Duration: 3.0 years
Annual value: $A 8,000.00
Total value: $A 28,000.00

Application closing date: 31 August

General information
Eligibility Criteria: Bachelors degree with first-class honours, or a research Masters degree from a recognised university; International Students
Other Benefits: Awardees of this scholarship will have been successful in obtaining a full Tuition Fee Scholarship and an ANU (stipend) Scholarship; which include travel to Canberra; reimbursement of some removal expenses, thesis reimbursement allowance.

Applicants must: be undertaking a research PhD in the field of earth sciences; have achieved first-class honours or a master degree from a recognised university; be international students; and have been successful in obtaining a full tuition fee scholarship and an ANU stipend scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to the highest ranking eligible candidate. Read the rest of this entry »