Two Macquarie University PhD scholarships (MQRES) are available in the Department of Modern History and Politics to work with Dr Rebecca Jennings who has recently been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship on ‘Lesbian Cultures of Intimacy in Australia since 1945.’ She is seeking two outstanding doctoral candidates to carry out PhD research under the umbrella of this ARC Fellowship. One scholarship is available to a suitably qualified international candidate or both may be awarded to domestic candidates.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2011150 & 2011151 on your application form.

Project Name: Lesbian Cultures of Intimacy in Australia since 1945

The aims of the ARC project are to:

• Inform federal and state policies toward lesbian households by exploring the historical development of lesbian partnership models, parenting roles and familial networks since 1945
• Record the memories of older lesbians who were constructing their models of intimacy in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
• Promote the sense of self-worth and emotional well-being of the Australian lesbian community by contributing to a shared history and common identity and enhance our understanding of practices of intimacy across Australian society

The applicant will be expected to develop a research project that complements and/or extends the project aims, exploring an aspect of the history of sexuality and /or intimacy in 20th century Australia or Britain.

Applicants should have completed an undergraduate degree with first-class honours in a relevant discipline (eg. history, gender studies, the humanities, or social sciences, or some combination of these areas), or demonstrate equivalent research qualifications, such as publications or a Masters degree with a substantial research component.

Initial inquiries should be directed to the principal supervisor, Dr Rebecca Jennings, email: Rebecca.Jennings@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 (0)2 9850 7861

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years subject to satisfactory progress. Tuition fees will be funded for scholarship tenure with domestic candidates receiving RTS funding and international candidates receiving tuition fee sponsorship under their award. Only one scholarship is available for an international candidate.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation numbers 2011150 & 2011151 on your application.

A Macquarie University PhD scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Sociology affiliated with an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant DP120101157 entitled “Everyday Multiculturalism at Work”.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012090 on your application form.

Project Name: Everyday Diversity at Work

A PhD candidate is sought to work on a topic related to this project. The exact thesis topic can be negotiated. The candidate will work under the supervision of Drs Velayutham and Wise.

Interested candidates must be Australian (or New Zealand) citizens or have permanent Australian residency status to qualify for a full scholarship, including living allowance stipend. International Candidates may be considered for a tuition only (no stipend) scholarship.

Candidates should have either an honours or a master's degree in sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, human geography, or a closely related discipline. They should have a strong interest in theoretically informed qualitative research, ideally some past research experience, and an excellent academic record.

Candidates will be required to develop their own independent PhD project entailing fieldwork based research in either (both) Singapore or Australia in one or more of the following topics:

• Everyday Multiculturalism, conviviality and negotiating everyday difference in suburbia
• Everyday Diversity in global cities
• Everyday racism
• Ethnicity, identity, and everyday multiculturalism in the workplace
• Inter-ethnic solidarity and conflict in the workplace, and/or through unions
• Migrant (and transnational migrant) labour
• New immigrants and work in Singapore
• Working class cosmopolitanism
• ‘White’ attitudes towards and experiences of multiculturalism in Australia

Interested prospective applicants should contact, in the first instance, either Selvaraj Velayutham or Amanda with a short (3-5 pages) research proposal and an academic writing sample prior to submitting a formal application form.

Contact Selvaraj Velayutham one email: Selvaraj.velayutham@mq.edu.au or phone: 61 2 9850 4426, or Amanda Wise, email: Amanda.wise@mq.edu.au or phone: 61 2 9850 8835.

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2012090 on your application.

A Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Anthropology Department to conduct ethnographic research on new and emerging reproductive health technologies in the Arab world.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012094 on your application form.

This position is affiliated with Dr Lisa Wynn's ARC Discovery Project grant DP120103974, entitled “Religious clerics, medical authorities, and sexuality in Islamic interpretations of reproductive health technologies in Egypt.”

Candidates should have either an honours or a master's degree in anthropology or a closely related discipline. They should have a strong knowledge of anthropological theory, a familiarity with medical anthropology, past research experience, and an excellent academic record. They will be required to develop their own independent PhD research project entailing at least one year of ethnographic research in the Arab world. Candidates may choose to work in any Arab country, and preference will be given to candidates who speak Arabic and who are already familiar with the field site where they intend to conduct their PhD research.

Priority will be given to candidates who plan to work on one or more of the following topics:

• New and emerging reproductive and sexual health technologies in the Arab world, including but not limited to: emergency contraception, medication abortion, hymenoplasty, female or male genital surgeries, and erectile dysfunction drugs;
• The relationship between religious authorities (especially experts in Islamic jurisprudence) and medical authorities in determining the acceptability and availability of new biomedical technologies;
• Biomedical technologies and gender/sexuality in the Arab world, including masculinities.

Interested prospective applicants should contact, in the first instance, Lisa Wynn at email:lisa.wynn@mq.edu.au

Prospective applicants should also submit a short (3-5 page) research proposal and an academic writing sample to Lisa Wynn prior to submitting a formal application form.

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2012094 on your application.

A Macquarie University PhD scholarships (MQRES) are available in the Department of Economics associated with successful ARC Discovery Project DP120101387 under the supervision of Professor David Throsby, and in collaboration with Professor Howard Morphy at ANU.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012139 on your application form.

Project Name: The value of Aboriginal cultural heritage: cultural production and regional economies in Eastern Arnhem Land and the Western Desert

The ARC Discovery project in which this PhD scholarship is located involves a comparative study of the economic and cultural potential of Aboriginal knowledge and art production in Northern Australia. The overall research project is focussing on art and craft production and on Aboriginal cultural tourism as important components of regional economic futures. The project involves field work in Aboriginal communities in Eastern Arnhem Land and in the Western Desert.

The successful applicant will be expected to undertake theoretical and empirical work in the economics of Aboriginal art production and distribution, within a context of regional economic development. While the exact topic is to be determined, it is expected that the PhD project will develop new methodologies for modelling the integration of these processes into strategies for tourism, art market development and sustainable regional growth.

Applicants should have a solid background in economics. This scholarship will appeal particularly to applicants with interests in tourism economics, regional economics, heritage economics, and/or the economics of art and culture.

It is expected that the successful candidate will be an Australian (or New Zealand) citizen or have permanent Australian residency status to qualify for a full scholarship, including living allowance stipend. Qualified international Candidates, however, may be considered for a tuition only (no stipend) scholarship.

Initial inquiries should be directed to the principal supervisor, Professor David Throsby, email: david.throsby@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 8474 or +61 2 9850 8588

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years subject to satisfactory progress. Tuition fees will be funded for scholarship tenure with domestic candidates receiving RTS funding and international candidates receiving tuition fee sponsorship (only) under this award.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2012139 on your application.

PhD Research Scholarships in Finance/Capital Markets

Macquarie University and the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) are offering scholarships to conduct industry-sponsored research in capital markets. Topics include market design, market behaviour, investment management, surveillance, compliance and data mining.

Generous scholarships of up to $50,000 (tax exempt), and opportunities for international travel, are available for successful applicants with qualifications in one, or more of: Finance/Capital Markets, Econometrics/Actuarial Studies, Information Technology/Data mining/Text Mining.

The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) is a very successful research centre that has won prizes for its research and has already spun-off several businesses. The CMCRC's research is supported by government, industry partners, security exchanges, and regulators in Australia, the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Scandinavia, and North America. Students are based both in Australia and overseas and have some opportunity to travel.

The CMCRC provides an exciting, high calibre, and well resourced research environment for work in capital markets. The research objective is to create better capital markets locally, regionally, and globally. CMCRC research is about providing a better understanding of financial markets (their operation and their price behaviour) and research which facilitates the provision of advances in technology to capital markets. In the CMCRC there is a particular focus on the enhancement of market integrity and security. CMCRC research is also about realising commercial benefits from innovation, and the CMCRC provides direct participation in commercial results for PhD Students..

Additional information for international students: International students are eligible to apply for scholarships. It is particularly important for international students to demonstrate the quality of their qualification, their capacity for research and their ability in written and spoken English. Short-listed applicants will be interviewed. Note: the CMCRC does not pay university tuition fees for international students.

For further information about these scholarships, including, eligibility, tenure application process and link to CMCRC application form, got to the CMCRC PhD Scholarship webpage.

Applications must be sent by post to the CMCRC and received by 15 June 2012.

Prospective PhD candidates also need to submit a separate application for candidature/scholarship and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office, Macquarie University. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Please quote 'CMCRC 2012' on your application.

International applicants should note that CMCRC does not pay university tuition fees for international students.

Up to five scholarships will be offered in the Faculty of Human Sciences through the Children and Families Research Centre (CFRC), Institute of Early Childhood, for five full time enrolled PhD candidates successfully admitted for the degree of PhD in the Faculty of Human Sciences. Each scholarship may be offered as an individual award or top-up scholarship to each of five PhD candidates.

Please quote 'SALVATION ARMY CFRC ‘TOP-UP’ SCHOLARSHIP' on your application form.

It is expected that each scholarship holder will undertake research projects in the following areas:

• the impact of financial counselling on families
• income management and vulnerable families
• early intervention and homeless families
• teenage parents and welfare reform
• community-based programs, parenting and social inclusion

Details of the projects will be developed by the Scholarship recipients and their supervisors in consultation with the Salvation Army.

Applicants should hold or expect to obtain a First Class Bachelor Honours degree in an appropriate field, or equivalent, and be eligible for admission to the degree of PhD in the Faculty of Human Sciences. The award will be made to the best qualified applicant/s on the basis of academic merit.

Each scholarship will provide a total amount of $10,000 to each scholarship holder.

Interested applicants should contact the project/principal supervisor/s, Dr Peter Whiteman or Professor Jennifer Bowes, for further information, in the first instance; email peter.whiteman@mq.edu.au or jennifer.bowes@mq.edu.au Phone 02 9850 9883 (Whiteman) or 02 9850 9844 (Bowes)

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote 'SALVATION ARMY CFRC ‘TOP-UP’ SCHOLARSHIP' on your application.

JRE Grant - Engineering Cadetships

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr announced the JRE Grant – Engineering Cadetships on 9 December 2011.

The JRE Grant - Engineering Cadetships will enable Higher Education Providers (HEP) to support the research training costs associated with higher degree by research students undertaking a cadetship in relevant areas of engineering or science. Cadetships will involve a combination of formal research training with the HEP and concurrent employment with a business to carry out R&D activities.

Macquarie University has been successful in securing 5 grant awards valued at $5,000 per annum currently enrolled MQ HDR candidates to supplement the research training costs for each domestic student participating in the program. This funding enables the HEP to customise the student’s research training experience to enhance their career prospects as well as to increase overall collaboration between universities and industry to strengthen R&D outcomes.

Interested applications should submit an 'Expression of Interest' (EOI) addressed to the HDR Scholarships Manager, HDRO, Macquarie University, NSW 2209, or by email at: hdrschol@mq.edu.au

EOI's should contain information about the proposed cadetship and industry partner along with information about current enrolment and how this research training opportunity fits in their research and/or research career path, and how this might enhance future research collaboration with the industry or business partner.

A Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Environment & Geography associated with successful Project funding by the Australian National Low Emission Coal R&D (ANLECR&D).

Please quote the allocation reference number 2011005 on your application form.

Project Name: Quantification and Assessment of Environmental Risk in Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Project Description:

Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration and storage (CCS) has been proposed as a mechanism to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the industrial use of fossil fuels to produce electricity and other services.

Risks are evident across the capture, compression and transport and storage landscape, and will require explicit treatment in project planning, assessment, permitting, and approval steps.

Legislative, regulatory, policy, and funding issues will all have an impact on the viability of CCS projects.

In this project the environmental risk associated with carbon capture technologies will be assessed. Post combustion capture technologies using amine based solvents and new materials based on ionic liquids have been researched and developed but the interactions of these materials with the major constituents of flue gas from power stations, and with trace components such as SO2 and metals have not been fully explored. These interactions may result in the formation of degradation products which will affect performance but also with potential environmental impacts due to atmospheric releases or wastes produced. The project will be experimentally-based and will use and develop advanced techniques for studying the interactions and for chemically and physically characterising the products formed. It is expected that the results of the project will contribute to the development of improved risk assessment techniques for CCS.

For further information on the project, please contact Professor Peter Nelson, email: Peter.nelson@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 98506958, Mobile: +61 457 861 956

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. This scholarship opportunity is open to both domestic and international candidates.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2011005 on your application.

A full-time PhD scholarship associated with successful Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP110104958 is available for a suitably qualified and interested candidate to work in the Glycobiology group headed by Prof Nicolle Packer. The successful candidate will be involved in the challenging task of contributing to the newly established UniCarbKB initiative to develop a knowledgebase for glycobiology research.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2011123 on your application form.

Project Name: Mining the proteomics data – what are we throwing away?

Bioinformatics is a new area in glycosciences that is essential to the discovery of the functional role of these modification to proteins in biological systems, through the systematic integration of multiple data, knowledge sources and technologies. The candidate will join a growing interdisciplinary research team focused on developing a systems-level approach to glycobiology combining bioinformatic, glycomics and proteomics approaches.

The project will be run in collaboration between supervisors with backgrounds in experimental research and bioinformatics to develop tools/algorithms to mine the proteomic data sets to extract information on the glycoprotein changes occurring in the analysis of a range of biological systems including cancer and infectious disease. This knowledge, which is overlooked in the classic proteomic workflows, will be integrated with other data sources in the knowledgebase including glycoprotein interaction, reaction pathways and expression/coexpression profiles.

The PhD candidate will be given the opportunity to develop core skills in mathematical and computational modelling, bioinformatics, data analysis and scientific communication, and to gain an understanding of modern laboratory techniques and their application to the glycosciences.

We welcome applications from highly-motivated students who hold, or are on target to achieve, a 1st class honors degree in life sciences, bioinformatics, computer science - or equivalent - whose interests, expertise and proven research experience aligns with the project goals.

The candidate should demonstrate an understanding of biomolecular analysis, as well as evidence of proficiency in object-oriented programming in at least one general programming language (Java, Perl, Python and Ruby are preferred) and experience in developing R/Bioconductor packages for data analysis.

Applicants must demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills in English and the ability to work effectively with researchers from different fields (computer scientists to experimental biologists) ranging from postgraduate students to professorial level.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact the project supervisor, Professor Nicolle Packer, email: nicki.packer@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 8176

We are looking for a suitable candidate to take up this scholarship opportunity by the end of the year, so early applications are encouraged.

The 2011 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,860 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2011123 on your application.

A Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship for a suitably qualified domestic candidate is available in the Department of Biological Sciences associated with Dr Ian Wright’s ARC Future Fellowship FT100100910.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2011153 on your application form.

Project Area: New directions in trait-based plant ecology

The precise nature of the research project is relatively open, partly depending on the research strengths/interests of the candidate, but it must fall within the general area of plant “functional trait” research. For example, the focus may be on building and consolidating fundamental, empirical/theoretical knowledge of plant functional traits, trait-environment correlations, and plant ecological strategies, whether through detailed studies of field-grown plants, through compilation and analysis of global trait datasets, or through a combination of approaches.

Candidates must have an undergraduate degree with first class honours or equivalent. Your research background could be any of in plant ecology/ecophysiology/evolution/ anatomy/morphology, earth sciences or vegetation modelling. Fieldwork experience would be well regarded, together with a demonstrated ability to conduct independent research (research, data analysis & write-up). Experience in manipulation and statistical analysis of large datasets, and numerical proficiency, would be especially noted.

Students will work within the research group headed by ARC Future Fellow, Dr Ian Wright. Student projects may also develop collaboration with leading researchers, both in Australia and overseas.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact the project supervisor, Dr Ian Wright, email: ian.wright@mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 4228

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. Students on scholarships are not obliged to contribute to teaching, but may do so to supplement their income if desired (and total hours subject to the prescriptions of award). Up to AU$20,000 will be available to cover direct research expenses, and a scheme from the Research Office exists to support travel to visit overseas laboratories and to attend international conferences.

"Co-tutelle" arrangements (international joint supervision of projects) may be possible, enabling highly-motivated students to spend half of their candidature at Macquarie University, and half in a second research group, overseas.

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2011153 on your application.

A Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified and interested PhD candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the CORE area of Astronomy and Astrophysics working with Dr Michael Ireland.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2011181 on your application form.

Project Name: Searching for Planets with Single-Mode Spectrographs

Spectrographs for planet hunting have typically been large and expensive devices, optimised for use with large telescopes. In this project, under the supervision of Dr Michael Ireland, you will develop a small inexpensive single-mode spectrograph for astronomy. This spectrograph will be used at the Macquarie University Observatory (being automated during 2011) to search for planets, in particular planets around pulsating "red clump" giant stars where asteroseismology will be combined with a search for planets. You will also work with the Sydney astrophotonics community to incorporate photonic lantern technology into the spectrograph, which will enable a 10-fold improvement in sensitivity.

This PhD work will lead the way for an international network of small telescopes to search for planets in a wide range of contexts, including earth-like planets around low-mass stars.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact the project supervisor, Dr Michael Ireland, email: michael.ireland@mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 8901

The 2011 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,860 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2011181 on your application.

A full time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) associated with successful ARC Discovery Project DP120102060 is available for a suitably qualified and interested candidate to work in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences with Dr Sandra Piazolo.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012066 on your application form.

Project Area: Fundamental link between deformation, fluids and the rates of reactions in minerals: Nature and Experiments

This exciting project investigates the influence of differential stress rates of reactions during fluid present conditions. Within the project the student will investigate a “natural laboratory” of well exposed high strain zones in Fiordland, New Zealand. The student will analyse samples from the field in detail. In addition, the student will perform experiments using a unique see through pressure and deformation cell at the department.

During experiments the fluid composition, fluid pressure and temperature is controlled while deforming the samples at different strain rates. The student will not only observe and quantify the replacement mechanisms but also investigate the sites of change relative to stress concentrations. In addition, the student will record and quantify precisely the formation and evolution of porosity development during the replacement reaction.

Depending on the background and interest of the student, the project can also involve numerical simulations using the numerical modelling system ELLE (http://www.microstructure.info/) as well as work together with experts to improve large scale modeling systems such as Underworld (http://www.underworldproject.org/models.html).

The project outcomes will enhance our understanding of many fundamental geological processes, including metamorphic phase transformations and ore-body formation.

The project is part of two larger programmes that include 3 PhD students, several honours students, collaborators within the Department and national and international partners. The students will benefit from the ARC National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents (http://www.gemoc.mq.edu.au/) / ARC Centre of Excellence “Core to Crust Fluid Systems” (http://www.ccfs.mq.edu.au/) which bring together experts from across Australia and Europe and provides world-class analytical equipment and expertise.

Exact project content can be discussed with main supervisor Sandra Piazolo.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Sandra Piazolo, email: Sandra.piazolo@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 2834

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. This scholarship opportunity is open to both domestic and international candidates.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2012066 on your application.

A full time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) associated with successful ARC Discovery Project DP120103600 is available for a suitably qualified and interested candidate to work in the Department of Biological Sciences with Prof Colin Prentice.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012073 on your application form.

Project Area: Analysis of the coupling between C and N cycles for a next-generation vegetation model

A new generation of global terrestrial ecosystem model has started development at Macquarie, led by Colin Prentice and Ian Wright. A key aim of this model development is to represent the main physiological and biogeochemical processes in a simple, transparent way. Although several complex models have recently been extended to include ‘interactive’ C and N cycles, not much has been done to compare these models critically with observations and experimental results.

This project will take the opposite approach. The project will use the idea of economic optimization—a powerful concept that is still rather new, but verry promising, in ecology—to develop simple models that can be used to interpret observations and experiments. The work will involve the assembly of data sets from the literature and colleagues (especially, factorial experiments where CO2 and N have both been manipulated); model development; and simple statistical analysis using the models. Its ultimate aim will be to improve our understanding of how global changes will continue to influence ecosystems and their carbon balance—it’s well known that the N cycle comes into play here, but we need more robust ways to predict this interaction, and the project will work towards this.

Previous experience with modelling is not needed. But the student should have general quantitative skills, including the ability to write simple programs in R or another programming language, familiarity with standard statistical methods and concepts, and familiarity with elementary calculus. The project would be particularly suitable for a student with a background in physical science or engineering, and an interest in applying their skills to problems of global environmental change. Biologists, geographers or Earth scientists with good quantitative skills are also most welcome to apply.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Prof Colin Prentice, email: colin.prentice@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 4227, +61 2 8487 3254

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation numbers 2012073 on your application.

Two Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES; 1 domestic, 1 international) are available in the Department of Mathematics for suitably qualified PhD candidates, associated with Dr Stephen Lack’s ARC Future Fellowship FT110100385.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012076 & 2012077 on your application form.

Project Area: Algebraic categories and categorical algebra

Algebra is the study of operations, such as addition and multiplication, and the relationships between these operations. This project will study two exciting new brances of algebra, which we call quantum algebra and postmodern algebra, and which will lead to important advances in physics, geometry, and computing.

The main tool is category theory. A category is a particular example of an algebraic structure, such as a group or a vector space. On the other hand, algebraic (and other) structures themselves give rise to categories, as there is a category of all groups, a category of all vector spaces, s category of all topological spaces,and so on.

The project is suitable for a well-motivated student with a strong background in one or more of the fields of algebra, algebraic topology, or category theory.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Dr Stephen Lack, email: steve.lack@mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 8928

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation numbers 2012076 & 2012077 on your application.

A full time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) associated with successful ARC Future Fellowship funding FT110100070 is available for a suitably qualified and interested candidate to work in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences with Dr Sandra Piazolo.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012082 on your application form.

Project Area: Flow characteristics of lower crustal rocks: Field studies and numerical modelling

This varied project aims to improve our knowledge of the flow behaviour, or "rheology", of rocks consisting of different mineral phases. This behaviour controls large scale processes, such as plate tectonics and mountain building. In this project, the student will perform detailed field studies in a selected “natural laboratory” in Fiordland New Zealand, analyse in detail the rocks and geometric relationships and implement results into the numerical modelling system ELLE (http://www.microstructure.info/) as well as work together with experts to improve large scale modeling systems such as Underworld (http://www.underworldproject.org/models.html).

In the course of the project the student will gain expertise in field work in high grade rocks, chemical and crystallographic analysis and numerical modeling techniques. Depending on the background and interest of the student, the project may also involve some physical experiments.

The outcomes have a profound significance, as the accuracy of the latest large-scale geodynamic models is dependent on the correct rheological constants.

The project is part of two larger programmes that include 3 PhD students, several honours students, collaborators within the Department and national and international partners. The students will benefit from the ARC National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents (http://www.gemoc.mq.edu.au/) / ARC Centre of Excellence “Core to Crust Fluid Systems” (http://www.ccfs.mq.edu.au/) which bring together experts from across Australia and Europe and provides world-class analytical equipment and expertise.

Exact project content can be discussed with main supervisor Sandra Piazolo.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Sandra Piazolo, email: Sandra.piazolo@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 2834

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. This scholarship opportunity is open to both domestic and international candidates.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2012082 on your application.

A full time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) associated with successful ARC Future Fellowship funding FT110100070 is available for a suitably qualified and interested candidate to work in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences with Dr Sandra Piazolo.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012083 on your application form.

Project Area: Flow characteristics of lower crustal rocks: In-depth analysis of Xenoliths and experimental studies

This varied project aims to improve our knowledge of the flow behaviour, or "rheology", of rocks consisting of different mineral phases. This behaviour controls large scale processes, such as plate tectonics and mountain building. In this project, the student will perform detailed analysis of two suites of lower crustal xenoliths and perform experiments on polymineralic materials.

Experiments will be focused on uniaxial deformation experiments using both samples from the field as well as analogue materials such as ice. The student will work together with experts to implement results into large scale modeling systems such as Underworld (http://www.underworldproject.org/models.html).

In the course of the project the students will gain expertise in chemical and crystallographic analysis, numerical techniques and different experimental techniques.

The outcomes have a profound significance, as the accuracy of the latest large-scale geodynamic models is dependent on the correct rheological constants.

The project is part of two larger programmes that include 3 PhD students, several honours students, collaborators within the Department and national and international partners. The students will benefit from the ARC National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents (http://www.gemoc.mq.edu.au/) / ARC Centre of Excellence “Core to Crust Fluid Systems” (http://www.ccfs.mq.edu.au/) which bring together experts from across Australia and Europe and provides world-class analytical equipment and expertise.

Exact project content can be discussed with main supervisor Sandra Piazolo.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Sandra Piazolo, email: Sandra.piazolo@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 2834

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. This scholarship opportunity is open to both domestic and international candidates.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2012083 on your application.

A 3 year PhD scholarship associated with ARC Linkage Project LP110100180 ‘Enhancing cultural heritage management for mining operations: a multi-disciplinary approach', is available in the Department of Environment and Geography at Macquarie University. A matching Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship is also available to a suitably qualified international candidate to cover tuition fees.

Please quote the allocation reference number 'LP110100180 & MQRES 2012115' on your application form.

Project Name: Enhancing Cultural Heritage Management for mining operations: a multi-disciplinary approach.

Project Description:

Applications are sought from suitably qualified students (good Honours 1 or Research Masters) with a background in geomorphology or other terrestrial geoscience to join our multi-disciplinary international team of researchers working on improving Cultural Heritage Management outcomes from mining operations. The project is based at Weipa in Far North Queensland, Australia, where our industry partner, RioTintoAlcan Pty Ltd, extracts bauxite. The successful applicant will work with the Project Leader, A/Prof Trish Fanning from Macquarie University, and Chief Investigator, Dr Craig Sloss from Queensland University of Technology, to investigate landscape change along the coastal estuarine margins of the Mission, Pine, Hey and Embley Rivers. Developing a chronology of landscape change, using Optically Stimulated Luminescence, Amino Acid Racemisation and other dating techniques, is a key component of the research. These outputs will be integrated with archaeological and palaeoenvironmental data to understand past human-environment interactions, and contribute to Cultural Heritage Management.

Collaborating institutions include the Australian National University, the Queensland University of Technology, the University of Auckland, the Waikato University Radiocarbon Laboratory, and the University of York, UK, and the successful applicant will have opportunities to work with leading researchers from those institutions.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, submit a CV, including current email address and phone number, to the principal supervisor: Associate Professor Trish Fanning, email: patricia.fanning@mq.edu.au, telephone: +61 (0)2 9850 7979, with a statement of interest and background relevant to the proposed project.

The 2012 APAI full-time stipend rate is $28,715 pa, tax free. The stipend is indexed to increase each year and is initially available for 3 years. Generous project support funding is also provided by Macquarie University.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 'LP110100180 & MQRES 2012115' on your application.

A full time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified and interested candidate to work in the Department of Electronic Engineering with CSIRO MQ Chair in Wireless Communications, Prof Stephen Hanly.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012126 on your application form.

Project Area: Compressive Sensing in Communications

There has been a flurry of recent interest in the signal processing community in the area of “compressive sensing” or “sparse signal recovery”. It has been known for years that sparsity in a signal reduces the number of samples required to represent it, but recent results on random projections have initiated a surge of interest in this area. Sparse signals arise in many communications problems. Strong interference in a HetNet scenario may have sparsity in the time-frequency domain. The channel impulse response in underwater acoustic communication is typically very sparse. Much of the recent work in sparse signal recovery focuses on very general signal processing algorithms that work well in a wide variety of applications.

This project will look at more particular problems in communications where special structure can be further exploited. You will focus on designing communication schemes either for Heterogeneous Cellular Networks (HetNets), or for underwater acoustic channels, depending on your interests.

The applicant must have strong mathematical skills and a background in signal processing and/or digital communications. It is desirable that the applicant be proficient with Matlab.

Applicants should submit a cover letter detailing relevant experience, a CV, academic transcripts, and provide contact details for two academic referees who will support the application.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Prof Stephen Hanly, email: stephen.hanly@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 4243

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. This scholarship opportunity is open to both domestic and international candidates.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2012126 on your application.

A full time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified and interested candidate to work in the Department of Electronic Engineering with CSIRO MQ Chair in Wireless Communications, Prof Stephen Hanly.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012127 on your application form.

Project Area: Heterogeneous Cellular Networks

Femtocells are currently being deployed to help avoid a future wireless data crunch, by offloading data traffic from wireless networks ontoa user’s home broadband ISP connection. Users can install a femtocell base station in a plug and play manner, much as we do with WiFi access points. When we consider cellular networks with a mix of scales, from tiny femtocellsand picocells, to microcells, and then to large macrocells, we get the exciting new area ofHeterogenoeusNetworks (HetNets). Relays can also be added to these networks to increase coverage.

There are major challenges in the design of these networks. Traditional cellular networks are carefully planned, but femtocells are typically not planned and are better modelled as spatially random. However, what precise models should we use? Interference avoidance is a key issue due to the wide range of link distances that arise in Heterogeneous Networks.

This project will investigate the modelling of HetNets and will consider the relative merits of both closed and open access models. HetNets should be optimized as much as possible yet be self-organizing. Different network architectures will be examined and investigated to see how amenable they are to distributed optimization.

The applicant must have strong mathematical skills and a background in stochastic modelling, optimization, signal processing or digital communications. It is desirable that the applicant be proficient with Matlab.

Applicants should submit a cover letter detailing relevant experience, a CV, academic transcripts, and provide contact details for two academic referees who will support the application.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Prof Stephen Hanly, email: stephen.hanly@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 4243

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. This scholarship opportunity is open to both domestic and international candidates.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2012127 on your application.

A full time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified and interested candidate to work in the Department of Electronic Engineering with CSIRO MQ Chair in Wireless Communications, Prof Stephen Hanly.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2012128 on your application form.

Project Area: Network MIMO

Multi-input Multi-output (MIMO) communication using antenna arrays promises very large increases in capacity (bits/sec/Hz) in cellular networks. However, the conventional cellular architecture still leaves cell edge users exposed to the problem of strong inter-cell interference. Typically, multiple antennas are co-located at the base. However, it is also possible to distribute antennas across a geographical area and one can even consider dispensing with the conventional cellular architecture altogether. A network with distributed antennas has vastly different path gains to those found in a conventional cellular network.

If the backhaul bandwidth is large enough, base stations can share user data as well as channel state information (CSI) and full network MIMO is possible. Although this idea goes back a long way, it is recently coming alive in practice, and there is a vast array of problems to explore. In conventional cellular networks, much of the focus is on the poor cell edge user who gets the weakest signal and the strongest interference. In network MIMO, how should we define cells, and who is the cell-edge user? There are many questions of an information-theoretic nature which are interesting but difficult to answer. There can be many antennas in relative proximity (microdiversity) as well as many distributed antennas (macrodiversity). With a huge number of antennas, can we open up the frequency spectrum and send at much higher frequencies than before? What are the energy savings from such an approach? How do we control such a complex system?

The applicant must have strong mathematical skills and a background in stochastic modelling, optimization, signal processing or digital communications. It is desirable that the applicant be proficient with Matlab.

Applicants should submit a cover letter detailing relevant experience, a CV, academic transcripts, and provide contact details for two academic referees who will support the application.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Prof Stephen Hanly, email: stephen.hanly@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 4243

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. This scholarship opportunity is open to both domestic and international candidates.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2012128 on your application.

A full-time PhD scholarship is available in Physics & Astronomy at Macquarie University to be taken up in 2012 for a suitably qualified domestic or international candidate.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2010147 on your application form.

Micro-structuring diamond using novel 2-photon ultraviolet etching

Project Description:
Diamond is a highly attractive material for use in many fields such as diamond nano-optics, lasers, electronics and MEMS; however, the extreme difficulty to shape and structure diamond is a major challenge inhibiting exploitation. Our group has developed a promising technique based on ultraviolet laser desorption that enables highly controllable surface structuring and modification. [Opt. Mater. Express 1, 576 (2011)], The characteristics of the process provides insights into the fundamental aspects of laser - diamond interactions, and potentially offers a new nanoprocessing tool with advantages compared to laser ablation and plasma processing alternatives.

Major challenges include understanding the mechanisms responsible for the surface absorption of ultraviolet and the resulting ejection of carbon species, and the factors that determine etch speed and surface roughness. The project will investigate these and practical methods for creating miniature optical devices out of diamond such as diamond waveguides, and ultimately the coupling into and out of these structures. The largely experimental project will be augmented by theoretical and model calculations.

The ideal candidate will have interest in surface physics, optical waveguides, and nonlinear optics. You will join a team of aspiring researchers in diamond nano-optics, laser physics, and nonlinear Raman interactions.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, submit a cover letter or email detailing relevant experience, a CV and an academic transcript to the principal supervisor: A/Prof Richard Mildren, email: rich.mildren@mq.edu.au telephone: +61 2 9850 8965

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2010147 on your application.

Two (2) Macquarie University Research Excellence scholarships (MQRES) for Australian residents for PhD level study are immediately available within the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences. Students will conduct their research under the joint supervision of Profs. Nicki Packer and Mark Molloy within the Biomolecular Frontier Research Centre and utilise the state-of-the-art equipment available at the Australian Proteome Analysis Facility.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2011001, 2011176 on your application form.

Project Name: Systems biology analysis of infectious disease and cancer

Diverse projects are available covering areas of microbial pathogen-host molecular interactions, phosphoproteomic signalling in cancer, protein and glycosylation biomarkers of disease and bioinformatics tool development for data analysis. Students will gain hands-on experience in mass spectrometry and data analysis, as well as fundamental biochemistry and cell biology techniques.

The candidate will join a growing interdisciplinary research team focused on developing a systems-level approach to biology. The projects will be run in collaboration between supervisors with backgrounds in experimental research in genomics, proteomics, glycomics and bioinformatics applied to the analysis of a range of biological systems including infectious disease and cancer.

We welcome applications from highly-motivated students who hold, or are on target to achieve a 1st class Honours degree in life sciences or bioinformatics or equivalent and from mature students with relevant track record in a research environment.

The candidate should demonstrate an understanding of biomolecular analysis.

Applicants must demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills in English and the ability to work effectively with researchers from different fields ranging from postgraduate students to professorial level.

For further information see www.bmfrc.mq.edu.au

Before submitting an application, prospective applicants should also contact Professor Nicolle Packer, email: nicki.packer@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 8176

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. One of these scholarships may be available to an international candidate.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation numbers 2011001, 2011176 on your application.

EQuS is a newly established research centre which will deliver the building blocks of future quantum technologies.

Three strategic programs will target Quantum Measurement & Control; Synthetic Quantum Systems & Simulation; and Quantum-Enabled Sensors and Metrology. Theoretical and experimental techniques are being applied.

In 2012 Macquarie University is offering up to six PhD by Research Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES): three domestic and 3 international.

These can be in topics related to:

• Theory of Topological or Many-Body Quantum Information [Brennen]
• Theory of Quantum Simulations [Gilchrist]
• Experimental Quantum Nanophotonics [Molina-Terriza]
• Theory of Hybrid Quantum Systems [Twamley]
• Experimental Diamond Quantum Information [Molina-Terriza]

More information regarding these topics are available on www.qscitech.info, www.equs.org and more generally described on http://www.qscitech.info/images/stories/posters/qscitechdl_finalemail_am130112.pdf.

Applicants requirean undergraduate degree with at least first class honours or must provide strong evidence of equivalent achievement. Applicants seeking to establish equivalence to honours are asked to provide full documentation of any achievements and qualifications in the following areas:

• research experience;
• publication of research (preferably in refereed journals);
• conference presentations;
• the completion of a Masters degree with a substantial research component;
• highly relevant work experience

The successful applicants will be selected by Centre members and will be encouraged to participate fully in the work of the host Faculty, University and the larger multinational EQUS project. In addition there are opportunities to contribute to teaching, marking and other appropriate duties to supplement his or her income.

The scholarship is available for a maximum 3.5 years for PhD and candidates must commence before 14 December 2012. Advanced standing will be deducted for prior enrolment in an equivalent degree. Leave and other conditions are generally equivalent to the Australian Postgraduate Award, and the recipient will be paid a living allowance at the published MQRES scholarship rate: currently $23,728 p.a. tax exempt. Travel funds are available from the Centre with the support of an academic member.

Candidates should communicate directly, by email, with gavin.brennen@mq.edu.au, gabriel.molina-terriza@mq.edu.au, alexei.gilchrist@mq.edu.au, jason.twamley@mq.edu.au prior to submitting an application to discuss the relevance of their previous studies and an appropriate research topic.

EQuS Administrative contact Lynne Cousins, email: Lynne.cousins@mq.edu.au, phone 61 2 9850 8939

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation numbers 2012120 - 2012125 on your application.

A Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences associated with successful ARC funded Future Fellow grant FT110100685.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012075 on your application form.

Project Name: The nature, extent and age of the lower crust and underlying subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) beneath the Siberian Craton (Russia)

Project Description:

The project will provide new insights on lithospheric evolution, assessing the ages and linkages of the upper crust, lower crust and subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) beneath the Siberian Craton (Russia). The project is based on integrated isotopic information (eg Lu-Hf, Re-Os, S and O) from rocks and minerals to identify tracers for crust-mantle interactions. The kimberlites of the Siberian Craton are particularly useful for this project because they carry both upper- and lower-crustal xenoliths and upper-mantle samples including eclogite-like rocks and a wide variety of peridotites. The project will involve field collection of samples as well as collaboration with experts within the multidisciplinary environment of the GEMOC National Key Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence “Core to Crust Fluid Systems” and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The outcome of the project will enhance our understanding on the temporal linkages and the mechanisms that have linked crustal and mantle events, or decoupled the crust from the upper mantle.

Potential Supervisors: Dr E. Belousova, Prof W.L.Griffin, Prof S.Y. O'Reilly, A/Prof N.J. Pearson at Macquarie University.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Dr Elena Belousova, email: elena.belousova@mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 6126

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship Requirements for further information about this.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the Applications page for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012075 on your application.

JRE Grant - Engineering Cadetships

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr announced the JRE Grant – Engineering Cadetships on 9 December 2011.

The JRE Grant - Engineering Cadetships will enable Higher Education Providers (HEP) to support the research training costs associated with higher degree by research students undertaking a cadetship in relevant areas of engineering or science. Cadetships will involve a combination of formal research training with the HEP and concurrent employment with a business to carry out R&D activities.

Macquarie University has been successful in securing 5 grant awards valued at $5,000 per annum currently enrolled MQ HDR candidates to supplement the research training costs for each domestic student participating in the program. This funding enables the HEP to customise the student’s research training experience to enhance their career prospects as well as to increase overall collaboration between universities and industry to strengthen R&D outcomes.

Interested applications should submit an 'Expression of Interest' (EOI) addressed to the HDR Scholarships Manager, HDRO, Macquarie University, NSW 2209, or by email at: hdrschol@mq.edu.au

EOI's should contain information about the proposed cadetship and industry partner along with information about current enrolment and how this research training opportunity fits in their research and/or research career path, and how this might enhance future research collaboration with the industry or business partner.

PhD Research Scholarships in Finance/Capital Markets

Macquarie University and the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) are offering scholarships to conduct industry-sponsored research in capital markets. Topics include market design, market behaviour, investment management, surveillance, compliance and data mining.

Generous scholarships of up to $50,000 (tax exempt), and opportunities for international travel, are available for successful applicants with qualifications in one, or more of: Finance/Capital Markets, Econometrics/Actuarial Studies, Information Technology/Data mining/Text Mining.

The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) is a very successful research centre that has won prizes for its research and has already spun-off several businesses. The CMCRC's research is supported by government, industry partners, security exchanges, and regulators in Australia, the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Scandinavia, and North America. Students are based both in Australia and overseas and have some opportunity to travel.

The CMCRC provides an exciting, high calibre, and well resourced research environment for work in capital markets. The research objective is to create better capital markets locally, regionally, and globally. CMCRC research is about providing a better understanding of financial markets (their operation and their price behaviour) and research which facilitates the provision of advances in technology to capital markets. In the CMCRC there is a particular focus on the enhancement of market integrity and security. CMCRC research is also about realising commercial benefits from innovation, and the CMCRC provides direct participation in commercial results for PhD Students..

Additional information for international students: International students are eligible to apply for scholarships. It is particularly important for international students to demonstrate the quality of their qualification, their capacity for research and their ability in written and spoken English. Short-listed applicants will be interviewed. Note: the CMCRC does not pay university tuition fees for international students.

For further information about these scholarships, including, eligibility, tenure application process and link to CMCRC application form, got to the CMCRC PhD Scholarship webpage.

Applications must be sent by post to the CMCRC and received by 15 June 2012.

Prospective PhD candidates also need to submit a separate application for candidature/scholarship and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office, Macquarie University. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Please quote 'CMCRC 2012' on your application.

International applicants should note that CMCRC does not pay university tuition fees for international students.