Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarships for domestic higher degree research candidates for enrolment in semester 1 2013

The Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) is a Government funded scholarship offered to domestic higher degree research candidates of exceptional promise. Macquarie University has a number of APA scholarships available to offer newly commencing or currently enrolled suitably qualified higher degree research candidates for semester 1 2013.

The number of APA places funded varies from year to year. Unsuccessful shortlisted APA applicants may also be considered for additional Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) opportunities.

APA scholarship holders are awarded a scholarship for three years for a PhD candidate, with a possible six month extension, and for two years for a Masters by research candidate. All successful APA or MQRES applicants will receive a fortnightly stipend at the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) stipend rate, currently $23,728 pa, tax exempt, in 2012 (the 2013 rate has recently been announced as being valued at $24,653 pa). APA and MQRES holders in either a PhD or MPhil additionally receive Research Training Scheme (RTS) support to cover research degree tuition fee costs.

Applicants must be citizens of Australian or New Zealand or have been granted Australian Permanent Residency by the closing date.

All applications are competitively rated and ranked. Further information about the rating of higher degree research scholarships at Macquarie University can be found at the Scholarship Requirements webpage.

While currently enrolled higher degree research candidates are eligible to apply, any consumed enrolment will be counted as advanced standing and reduce the scholarship duration.

APA and MQRES scholarships require applicants to have either a four year Australian Bachelor degree with First Class Honours and a high level of academic achievement, or provide strong evidence of equivalent research achievement. Successful applicants will usually have an outstanding academic record, a history of scholarships and prizes at the undergraduate level, and may have evidence of peer-reviewed research activity, such as publications, conference presentations, or other relevant and substantial work-related research experience.

Additional information for applicants (PDF)

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.

Closing Date: 31 October 2012.

We strongly recommend that all applicants submit their application and all required documents well before the closing date. Incomplete applications can not be considered.

Indigenous Research

In 2013 Macquarie University is offering up to five PhD or Masters by Research Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) to Indigenous Australian students of strong research potential to undertake full-time postgraduate study in an area of interest to the University. Applicants must be Indigenous Australians who have (or expect to complete in the current year) a four-year undergraduate degree with at least upper second 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 a panel comprising academics and Indigenous community members and will be encouraged to participate fully in the work of the host Faculty and the University with opportunities to contribute to teaching, marking and other appropriate duties to supplement his or her income.

The scholarship is available for a maximum 2 years for Masters and 3.5 years for PhD. Advanced standing will be deducted if the awardee has been previously enrolled in study towards the degree which the award will support. 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 $24,653 p.a. tax exempt (2013).

Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss any aspect of their application with the Director of Warawara, Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University: Associate Professor Susan Page (02) 9850 8634 (susan.page@mq.edu.au).

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports, one of which must be from an Indigenous Australian, to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Additionally, please submit a copy of the Supplementary Indigenous Identity Form (pdf below) with your application. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

• Supplementary Indigenous Identity Form (PDF) must be completed by all applicants

Please quote 'Indigenous MQRES Scholarship' on your application.

This award is won by the University and an industry partner for a project in an area of common research interest. The APAI award funds a Masters or PhD scholarship in that area at the priority stipend rate. Other conditions are similar to an APA. Tenure is 2 years for a Master and 3 years for a PhD.

The 2012 stipend rate for commencing projects is $28,715 per annum currently tax exempt for full time and $15,684 per annum taxable for part time. Stipends are indexed to increase each year.

These awards are normally advertised October to December each year. Students are encouraged to contact academic staff in their area of research interest to enquire about the availability of these awards in their research area.

Applications now open for the 2013 Chinese Government Scholarship Program - assisting Australian students studying in China

The Chinese Government Scholarship (CGS), established by the Ministry of Education of China (MOE), provides full or partial scholarships to Australian students and scholars. The scheme supports students who go to study in China as undergraduates, postgraduates and Chinese language students, general scholars and senior scholars in all areas of study, including science, technology, agriculture, medicine, economics, law, management, education, history, liberal arts and philosophy. The key features of the scholarship are:

• The scholarship covers: all fees and living costs (including accommodation and monthly allowances). The only major cost it does not cover is international airfare.
• The duration of the scholarship can be up to 7 years (eg 2 years language + 5 year undergraduate), depending on the duration of the course selected.
• Students can use the scholarship to undertake a whole degree, eg Bachelor, Master, Doctor or Chinese language training (as part of their home degree).
• There are no language requirements for the scholarship. However, students undertaking Bachelor degree programs are required to undertake preparatory Chinese language courses for 1-2 years (covered by the scholarship) as Chinese is the main instructional language for most undergraduate programs in China. For Master and PhD studies and general or senior scholars, the preparatory Chinese courses are optional as many prestigious Chinese universities offer some Master and PhD courses in English.

Please note:

1. This Scholarship cannot be taken in conjunction with a Macquarie University student exchange program.
2. Macquarie University has many partner universities in China. These partnerships are developed on the basis of the partners’ reputation, compatibility to Macquarie’s teaching and research strength and ongoing research and administrative relationships.Therefore, applicants should consider choosing to study at one of our existing partners where possible. The list of Chinese university partners taking part in the CGS is attached.

Applicants must submit online application first via the China Scholarship Council website (please use organisation No. 0361 when completing the form). When complete, download and print the application (PDF file), submit it with your supporting documentation (including the Physical Medical Examination Form) to the Global Programs Team (Room 240, level 2, BD Building, 4 Research Park Drive, Macquarie University, enquiries gpt@mq.edu.au) by Friday 29 March 2013.Global Programs will coordinate the review and recommendations of 3 applications to the Education Office of the Consulate General of P.R. China in Sydney by 15 April 2013.

Enquiries about our university partners can be directed to Ms Kristin Fan, kristin.fan@mq.edu.au. Enquiries about the details of the scholarship should be directed to:

Mr Feng HONG
Education Office, Consulate General of China in Sydney
19 Anzac Parade Kensington NSW 2033
Tel: 02-96973483
Email: hongfeng@moe.edu.cn

Macquarie University Chinese partners taking part in the Chinese Government Scholarship Programs

Beijing:

Peking University

Beihang University

Beijing Normal University

Beijing U. of Posts and Telecommunications

Beijing Language and Culture University

University of International Business and Economics

Tsinghua University

Communication University of China

Renmin University of China

Central University of Finance and Economics

Shanghai:

Fudan University

East China Normal University

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Shanghai Jiaotong University

Shanghai International Studies University

Tongji University

Guangzhou:

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Sun Yat-Sen University

Other cities:

Harbin Institute of Technology

Wuhan University

China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

Jilin University

Nanjing University

Dalian University of Technology

Sichuan University

Zhejiang University

Please refer to Application procedures and Notice to Applicants for Chinese Government Scholarship from NSW(2013) for further information.

Are you looking for possibilities to fund a study or research stay in Germany?

The DAAD is Germany's largest scholarship-awarding organisation and runs several programs to support academic exchange between Germany and all parts of the world. These programs range from short-term exchanges for research or teaching purposes to doctoral scholarships lasting several years. The scholarships offered by the DAAD are awarded to younger university graduates from all academic disciplines as well as from the fields of music and art. Support is also available for young academics and scientists, university teachers and groups completing study visits under the guidance of a university teacher. This support is largely financed from public funds made available by the German Federal Foreign Office.

The following scholarship programs were designed especially for Australian students and academics. You will find more detailed information on scholarships and funding via the links below, on the DAAD scholarship search engine and in our scholarship flyer.

For full details visit: http://ic.daad.de/sydney/scholarship.htm

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence PhD scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations to work with Associate Professor Robert Reynolds and Dr Shirleene Robinson. This scholarship is part of a funded ARC Linkage project LP120200315, which uses oral history to explore the past and present lived experiences of lesbian and gay Australians.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013096 on your application form.

Project Name: The Past in the Present: Australian Lesbian and Gay Life Stories

There is scope for the successful PhD candidate to study any aspect of gay and lesbian history in Australia’s past or a topic that investigates oral history as a methodology. Associated topics might include memory and subjectivity as expressed in oral history.

Applicants should have completed an Australian four-year undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (Modern History, Politics) with first class honours, or be able to demonstrate equivalent research qualifications. The tenure is 3.5 years full-time subject to satisfactory progress.

The scholarship will provide a full-time stipend for domestic students (tuition fees are covered under the Research Training Scheme). The scholarship for international students will provide tuition fees only.

Interested prospective applicants should contact, in the first instance, Associate Professor Robert Reynolds at email: robert.reynolds@mq.edu.au or phone: +61 2 9850 8877

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 2013096 on your application form..

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Departments of Economics and Applied Finance associated with the successful grant awarded to Professors Jeffrey Sheen and Stefan Trueck by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) for the following project.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2013102 on your application form.

Project Name: Early-warning systems and managing systemic risks using real-time financial and business conditions indicators

This scholarship is to support a domestic student working with Professors Jeffrey Sheen and Stefan Trueck on a PhD thesis related to the project. The project will derive accurate and timely estimates of the state of the economy and systemic risks. These estimates are of central importance for business, financial, regulatory and macroeconomic policy decision-makers, who have to act in real time. The project will apply the rigor of dynamic factor models to model potential systemic risks for the financial sector and the economy. The PhD thesis will focuses on some aspect(s) of this project.

Macquarie University has a long history and continued strength in the areas of economics and finance. There is also a large community of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers working on various projects in the area of economics and finance. There is also an active programme of related research seminars and workshops, providing an excellent intellectual environment for PhD students.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Professor Jeffrey Sheen, email: jeffrey.sheen@mq.edu.au or Professor Stefan Trueck, email: stefan.trueck@mq.edu.au

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 2013102 on your application form..

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified prospective PhD candidate in the Australian School of Advanced Medicine associated with successful NHMRC project grant APP1047302.

Project Name: Developing new treatments for brain AVMs

The neurosurgery laboratory at The Australian School of Advanced Medicine is researching possible new treatments for brain arteriovenous malformations. Specifically, we are investigating radiation-induced endothelial changes in AVM vessels with a view to targeting those changes with novel biological therapies. We use animal models and cell cultures to study molecular changes.

Techniques include proteomics, immunohistochemistry, in vivo imaging, angiography, and study of endothelial microparticles using flow cytometry.

The current project focuses on characterising the radiation-induced molecular changes.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, contact Professor Marcus Stoodley at marcus.stoodley@mq.edu.au or phone: (02) 9812 3822

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 2013085 on your application.

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Psychology and the Centre for Elite Performance, Expertise, and Training associated with successful ARC grant DE130100969.

Project Name: The impact of expertise on visual processing: Assessment of a new model

This scholarship is to support a student working with Dr Kim Curby on the cognitive processing mechanisms and neural substrates underlying skilled information processing with an emphasis on understanding expert visual information processing.

This work is supported by a new Australian Research Council grant and will provide opportunities for additional collaborations with international laboratories

Macquarie University has a long history and continued strength in the areas of psychology and cognitive science, with exceptional facilities available for basic cognition and cognitive neuroscience investigations into human information processing (e.g., fMRI, EEG, MEG, EMG, eye-tracking equipment). There is also a large community of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers working on various projects in the area of cognition and cognitive neuroscience. There is also an active programme of related research seminars and workshops, providing an excellent intellectual environment for PhD students.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, contact Dr Kim Curby at kim.curby@mq.edu.au or phone: (02) 9812 4153

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 2013086 on your application.

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Psychology associated with a successful ARC Discovery Project (DP130102129).

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013075 on your application form.

Project Name: Improving Performance in High Risk Environments using Guided Distraction and Iconic Cues

For operators in high-risk, automated industries such as rail and air traffic control, a mismatch often exists between the demand for sustained attention and their capacity to attend to tasks over extended periods. This can lead to reductions in safety. Guided distraction may be a solution to this problem since it enables the recovery of operators' attentional resources with minimal disruption.

We are seeking to attract a PhD student who has an interest in developing and testing solutions to improve the performance of operators in advanced technology process control environments. The successful candidate will have access to state-of-the-art facilities, including a flight simulator and process control simulator, EEG recording equipment, and eye trackers. It is also expected that the successful candidate will spend a period of time at our partner research centres in Christchurch (University of Canterbury) and Dunedin (University of Otago).

As a student member of the Centre for Elite Performance, Expertise, and Training (CEPET), the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work alongside researchers who have well-established links with industry, and who have a strong track-record of translating research outcomes into practice.

Please contact Associate Professor Mark Wiggins at mark.wiggins@mq.edu.au or phone: +61 2 9850 9705

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 2013075 on your application.

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Psychology associated with successful ARC Discovery Project DP130101084.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2013087 on your application form.

Project Name: Music and language: Psychological commonalities revealed

Each day, people all over the world listen to music while reading, writing or talking, yet there is little understanding of the functional and neuroscientific connection between music and language.

We would like to attract a PhD student who is interested in conducting research on the complex interactions and connections between music and language.

One direction could involve examination of the costs that arise when music is distracting, and benefits when music is reinforcing.

A second direction could involve examination of contexts in which musical features are confused with accompanying verbal material (source confusion).

A third direction could involve examination of the impact of music listening while trying to comprehend complex grammatical sentences (shared syntactic processing hypothesis).

Potential outcomes may include scientific advances in music research, an understanding of impairments in music and/or language, cooperative links with the music industry, and recommendations for optimal uses of music in education and industry.

Please contact Professor William Thompson at Bill.Thompson@mq.edu.au or phone: +61 2 9850 4083 for a list of the possible supervisors and research areas.

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 2013087 on your application.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2012192 on your application form.

Project Name: Towards better treatments for language disorders: Understanding the mechanisms underlying the success of word retrieval therapy in anomia

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Cognitive Science associated with Professor Lyndsey Nickels’ ARC Future Fellowship FT120100102.

We would like to attract a PhD student who is interested in language production and language disorders. The project focuses on the mechanisms (e.g. priming and/or learning) that may underpin the improvements seen following treatment in language disorders following brain damage (aphasia) and specifically treatments for impairments in word retrieval (anomia). The project may involve experiments with both people with aphasia and unimpaired speakers investigating factors associated with priming and learning under different conditions.

The potential PhD student would require a background in Speech Pathology, Neuropsychology or Psycholinguistics, with a strong grounding in cognitive models of language and cognitive neuropsychological methodology. Ideally candidates will have experience of working with people with aphasia. They should have an excellent academic record and evidence of research skills.

Please contact Professor Lyndsey Nickels at lyndsey.nickels@mq.edu.au or phone: +61 2 9850 8448 for further discussion before applying.

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 2012192 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 full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified PhD candidate in the Department of Environment and Geography. It is associated with a successful Discovery grant from the Australian Research Council (DP130100582) awarded to Dr Kristian Ruming with Dr Kathy Mee and Prof Pauline McGuirk (University of Newcastle) for a project entitled: “Building a more sustainable city: official and everyday practices of regeneration”.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2013062 on your application form.

Project Name: Building a more sustainable city: official and everyday practices of regeneration

This project will explore urban regeneration at a city-wide scale, by investigating how the urban fabric is changed both by official large-scale regeneration projects and by the everyday practices of households. Focusing on the Lower Hunter Region, the research will address critical gaps in understandings of how cities can be regenerated and how to mobilise transitions to urban sustainability. To date there have been no city-wide studies of the ways official, area-based regeneration initiatives interact with the changing everyday practices of households to reshape the city. The project is the first to investigate city-wide regeneration as the product of complex assemblages of locations, processes policies and actors. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake research within the scope of this project and will be required to enrol as soon as possible in 2013.

Applications are sought from suitably qualified candidates with at least a First Class Honours degree or a Masters by Research degree in human geography, urban planning or policy, urban sociology or related disciplines. Additional skills that would benefit the research may include experience with interviews, questionnaires, policy analysis or GIS.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Dr Kristian Ruming, email: Kristian.ruming@mq.edu.au , Phone: +61 2 9850 8314

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 2013062 on your application form..

Project Name: Social and demographic change in City of Ryde

One Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified prospective PhD candidate as part of the Macquarie-Ryde Futures Partnership. The MRFP seeks to support City of Ryde Council in developing a much more detailed and robust understanding of its rate paying residential community and the extent to which they feel positively or negatively engaged with both their community and their Local Government Authority. The scholarship is available to scholars with disciplinary background in services and relationship marketing.

The City of Ryde has developed an indicator framework to measure performance against a number of community well-being policy areas. The indicator based data collection methodology uses objective data predominantly sourced from ABS census. To provide more comprehensive information the City of Ryde is currently developing subjective indicators, with data to be captured through resident surveys. The indicators serve two important purposes: they are used as a reporting mechanism that fulfils Council’s legislative obligations; and they provide an evidence base to assist in establishing priorities and allocating resources, but also the recruitment of partners to build a collective approach toward solving specific well-being issues in the community.

The purpose of the PhD will be to assist the City of Ryde to:

(a) produce a robust and data rich evidence base that provides ongoing support for collective impact initiatives aimed at improving community well-being; and
(b) provide analysis of how key characteristics and population trends will likely impact on basic Council planning activities.

It is anticipated that the PhD project may include the following activities:

1. Reviewing the significant characteristics and population trends for the City over the next 20 years, highlighting the key well-being issues impacting or likely to impact;
2. Reviewing the City of Ryde quality of life indicators and identifying gaps in the data that would lead to a more comprehensive picture of community well-being;
3. Investigating current data collection methodologies used by the local government and non-government service sector;
4. Developing recommendations aimed at strengthening data collection procedures, and overcoming impediments to data collection methodologies;
5. Developing a methodology and framework to gather and collate data collected by the local government and non-government service sector;
6. Implementing the methodology and use the framework to produce baseline data sets from the collected information; and
7. Using current, and any additional data sourced through the project, provide an analysis of how significant well-being issues are likely to impact on key areas of local government responsibility

Other Important information: The scholarship is available to scholars with disciplinary backgrounds in demography, sociology, social geography and related fields subject to suitable supervision being secured.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Professor Richard Howitt, email: richie.howitt@mq.edu.au , phone: +61 2 9850 6052

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 appropriate allocation number 2013066 on your application form..

Project Name: Residual toxicity and risk assessment of petroleum hydrocarbons in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic soils

Fuel contamination poses significant environmental risk in cold regions. Key to appropriate cleaning up and remediation practices of contaminated sites in cold regions is an understanding of how petroleum products degrade over time to their less toxic residual products. This study will evaluate the toxicity of fuels in soils as they degrade with a focus on areas currently undergoing bioremediation at Macquarie Island and Casey Station, Antarctica. The project will identify safe levels of contamination where no environmental risk remains and will provide rigorous, scientifically-based targets for the clean-up of contaminated sites in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions.

This project is a collaboration between Macquarie University, UNSW, the University of Saskatchewan and the Australian Antarctic Division. The project will require the candidate to spend time on Macquarie Island to establish long term field experiments and to undertake laboratory research at the AAD in Hobart, Macquarie University and UNSW.

Applicants should have experience in any of the following areas: invertebrate community ecology, soil contamination, ecotoxicology, molecular analysis.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Dr Grant Hose, email: Grant.Hose@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 6296

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 appropriate allocation number 2013129 on your application form..

Two PhD scholarships are available for suitably qualified candidates to work on a multidisciplinary project within the Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Environment and Geography to assess the health and condition of temperate highland swamps in the Sydney Basin.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2013095 & ‘Swamp Eco-system Health’ on your application form.

Project Name: A framework and toolbox for assessing and monitoring upland swamp condition and ecosystem health

Temperate highland swamps in the Sydney Basin have been identified as an endangered ecological community under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and the New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act). These swamps are an important component of the Sydney Water supply area.

The protection, care and sustainable management of these ecosystems requires appropriate understanding of where swamps occur, what their geomorphological structure is, how they have formed and evolved, and what role they play in the ecology and hydrology of their environment. This information will be used to assess their sensitivity to environmental change induced by either human disturbance or climate change.

This project will develop a framework for the assessment of the condition of these systems, including an assessment of the current health of swamps from a physical (geomorphic), ecological (groundwater ecology and vegetation) and chemical perspective. The project will involve extensive fieldwork in the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands of NSW.

The two positions will nominally focus on biological and physical/geomorphic aspects of the project, but integration and/or division of the research will be dependent on the expertise of the candidates.

This project is a collaboration between Macquarie University and UNSW.

Applicants should have experience in any of the following areas: community ecology, vegetation ecology, geomorphology, hydrology, soil science, ecosystem health assessment.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact:

Dr Grant Hose    email: Grant.Hose@mq.edu.au     Phone: +61 2 9850 6296
Dr Kirstie Fryirs   email: Kirstie.Fryirs@mq.edu.au   Phone: +61 2 9850 8367

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 2013095 & ‘Swamp Eco-system Health’ on your application form..

Project Name: Beyond the Grammar Checker: Automated Copy-Editing Assistance

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified PhD candidate in the Department of Computing Science associated with successful Discovery Project DP130102439. This project involves the design and development of an automated grammar and style checking system for academic texts and related genres, using state-of-the-art techniques in natural language processing and computational linguistics. Planned focus areas include punctuation correction, consistency checking for both punctuation and other grammatical characteristics, and adherence to publishing house style guides, using both analytical and statistical methods. The orientation of the project is towards achieving practical results on the basis of robust theoretical underpinnings. The specific topic of research to be pursued by the PhD project will fall within the above scope, but can be modified and fine-tuned to the particular interests and backgrounds of the applicant.

The applicant should have a solid background in computer science, a strong interest in natural language processing, and good intuitions in regard to grammar and punctuation.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Associate Professor Mark Dras, email: Mark.Dras@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 9580

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 appropriate allocation number 2013090 on your application form..

Project Name: Galaxy Environments 10 Billion Years Ago

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified PhD candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

We know galaxies in dense regions of the Universe tend to be much older than those that are isolated. How and why this happens is difficult to understand because most of the action took place a long time ago.

Using new ZFOURGE galaxy catalogs for the first time we can access detailed environmental information about galaxies just a few billion years after the Big Bang. This is when the first signs of environment should become apparent in the galaxy population.

The goals of this project are to look for these signs using existing data and new data taken with large, 6-10 metre, class telescopes.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Dr. Lee Spitler, email: lee.spitler@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 4161

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 appropriate allocation number 2013097 on your application form..

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2013076 on your application form.

Project Name: Climate-related reproductive plasticity in male birds

In Australia, many species of birds have extended reproductive seasons, and breed across a wide range of social and environmental conditions. In such species males may have to maintain the production of viable sperm for prolonged periods (relative to well-studied species in the northern hemisphere). This project will examine individual strategies in sperm production against both climatic and social variation in two species of arid zone bird on which we have been conducting long-term behavioural and ecological research (the zebra finch and the chestnut-crowned babbler). This project will involve long periods of field-work at a remote field station along with microscopy and molecular work to be conducted in the laboratory of Simon Griffith (Biological Sciences) at Macquarie University (Sydney). The project would also involve collaboration with Kate Buchanan (Deakin University) and Andy Russell (Exeter University, UK). This project develops on our recent work into both these species that has illuminated complex social and environmental sources of variation into reproductive investment. The project addresses questions relating to sperm competition, cooperative breeding, sexual conflict and climate change.

The research is well-funded by current funding from the Australian Research Council.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact A/Prof Simon Griffith, email: simon.griffith@mq.edu, Phone:(02) 9850 1301

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 2013076 on your application form..

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2013077 on your application form.

Project Name: The genetics of domestication in two model finches

The Gouldian finch and zebra finch are important captive model systems for the study of a broad range of questions in biology and most of this research is focused on highly domesticated populations that are sourced from populations of birds sourced from amateur aviculturists. This project will use a range of molecular approaches to investigate the effect of domestication on population genetics and genomic variation in these two species.

The project is based in the laboratory of Simon Griffith (Biological Sciences) and would also involve collaboration with Lee Ann Rollins (Deakin University) and Terry Burke & Jon Slate (Sheffield University, UK).

In broad terms the project will use approaches from classical population genetics and emerging genomic techniques to investigate the genetic variation in domestic populations across the world and the selection that has resulted from many generations of artificial selection over the past century. This project develops on our recent work into both these species that has illuminated consistent differences between wild and domesticated populations in the nature of selection on a variety of life history and behavioural traits, and will be supported by current ARC funding.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact A/Prof Simon Griffith, email: simon.griffith@mq.edu, Phone:(02) 9850 1301

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 2013077 on your application form..

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified PhD candidate in the Department of Computing Science associated with successful Discovery Project DP130100237.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2013089 on your application form.

Project Name: Number theoretic problems inspired by elliptic curve cryptography

The goal of this project is to study various number theoretic problems motivated by demands of elliptic curve cryptography. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following fundamental questions about elliptic curves, usually over finite fields:

Studying the distribution of the number of points and group structures in families of elliptic curves. This is related to such famous questions as the Sato-Tate and Lang-Trotter conjectures.

Studying the arithmetic structure (primality, square-freeness) of the number of points of elliptic curves. This is related to the Koblitz conjecture.

Studying the existence and distribution of points on elliptic curves and more general algebraic varieties in small boxes.

Constructing pseudorandom number generators and hash functions from elliptic curves.

The methods used include various tools from analytic number theory (bounds of exponential and character sums, sieve methods), algebraic number theory (Chebotarev’s density theory, Quantitative Subspace theorem), algebraic geometry (Hilbert’s Nullstellensatz) and additive combinatorics (sum-product theorem). The project may also include an experimental and/or computational component.

These directions of research can be modified and fine-tuned to the particular interests and backgrounds of the applicants. The balance between the theoretic and computational components can also be shifted in either direction.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Prof Igor Shparlinski, email: igor.shparlinski@mq.edu.au

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

The applicants must demonstrate a solid background in number theory, algebra and discrete mathematics and the ability to conduct research.

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 2013089 on your application form..

A full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Mathematics associated with successful ARC Discovery Project DP130101172.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2013080 on your application form.

Project Name: Enriched higher category theory

This project aims to develop firm foundations for the algebraic theory of higher dimensional categories with application to open problems in geometry, algebraic topology and mathematical physics.

Among the directions of studies are the following:

Gray tensor product of higher categories;

Homotopy theory of higher categories;

Centers of n-monoidal higher categories and their generalisations with applications to generalized Deligne’s conjecture;

Polynomial functors and their homotopical and higher categorical generalisations;

Higher operads and their applications to homotopy theory and algebraic topology.

These directions of research can be modified and fine-tuned to the particular interests and backgrounds of the applicants.

The applicants must demonstrate a solid background in category theory, homotopy theory, algebraic topology or algebraic geometry.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact: Dr Michael Batanin, email: michael.batanin@mq.edu.au Phone: +61 2 9850 8926

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 2013080 on your application form..

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified PhD candidate to study “Environmental behaviour of fruit fly lures” in the Department of Biological Sciences. This project is supported by Horticulture Australia Ltd R&D grant MT12004.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2013073 on your application form.

Project Name: Environmental behaviour of fruit fly lures

Chemical lures are important for monitoring of pest populations, for border protection, and for use in environmentally benign ‘lure and kill’ pest management practices. The skills learned would be immediately transferrable to studies of pheromones and other airborne chemicals.

The project is based in the laboratories of Phil Taylor (Biological Sciences) and Ian Jamie (Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences) and would also involve close collaboration with Matt Siderhurst of Eastern Mennonite University, USA. In broad terms, the project would focus on how efficacy of insect lures changes with environmental variables such as humidity, temperature and wind. Depending on applicant interests, the project might focus on dispersal and chemical activity of lures in the environment, net effects of conditions on capture rates of lures in the field, or behavioural responses of the target insects under diverse environmental conditions.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact A/Prof Phil Taylor, email: Phil.Taylor@mq.edu.au, Phone:(02) 9850 1311

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years (indexed annually). In addition to external grant support for the project, up to $20,000 is available to cover direct research expenses and domestic conference travel. Additional internal funding opportunities of up to $10,000 are available to support travel to overseas laboratories or to attend international conferences.

Prospective applicants should have a first class Honours degree or equivalent, and additional relevant research experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines (see Scholarship Requirements).

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 2013073 on your application form..

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified PhD candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy associated with successful Discovery Project DP130103799.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2013083 on your application form.

Project Name: Micro-structuring diamond using novel 2-photon ultraviolet etching

The extreme difficulty of shaping and structuring diamond is a major challenge inhibiting utilization in many fields such as diamond nano-optics, lasers and MEMS. Two recent reports, including one from our group in particular [1], have revealed that ultraviolet laser etching of diamond is highly promising as method for surface structuring and modification. The method is unique to diamond as far as we are aware and potentially offers a range of advantages compared to alternative laser ablation and plasma processing techniques. 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 morphology. The project may also investigate 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.

[1] Mildren et al, Opt. Mater. Express 1, 576-585 (2011)

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact A/Prof Rich Mildren, email: rich.mildren@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 8965

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 2013083 on your application form..

Climate Futures at Macquarie University is offering three PhD scholarships in the area of climate change adaptation research and biodiversity.

Please quote the appropriate allocation number on your application form.

Project Name: Climate Change Adaptation Biodiversity Research

Climate Futures bridges the divide between climate and adaptation research, policy and practice needs, by serving as a hub for interactions between leading climate researchers, governmental decision-makers, non-governmental organisations, businesses and other stakeholders, including vulnerable communities. It is a vibrant research hub with cross-faculty support and world-class supervision.

Climate Futures has recently been awarded the Biodiversity node of the NSW Adaptation Research Hub, though the NSW Office of Environment & Heritage (OEH). Successful students will be jointly supervised by Macquarie academics and OEH staff, and will have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of activities under the auspices of the node.

We welcome applications from prospective candidates on all topics connected with biodiversity and climate change adaptation although preference may be given to applications related to the following themes:

THEME 1. Refugia and Connectivity. Identification and protection of refugia, and improving landscape connectivity, are considered key strategies to increase the resilience of biodiversity in a rapidly changing climate. Research may be aimed at characterising refugia in NSW, identifying and describing current and future disturbance regimes in these landscapes, identifying appropriate locations for revegetation and restoration, and effective decision-making with regard to active management including translocation (#2013110).

THEME 2. Current variability and resilience to climate change. Understanding the ability of species, communities, ecosystems and landscapes to respond to climatic variability and extreme events will improve our capacity to prioritise management actions and ecosystem protection. Research could focus on describing and quantifying current adaptive capacity to disturbance by species and communities, especially those that have important impacts on current and future ecosystem function (#2013111).

THEME 3. Integrated decision-making. Understanding the social context of environmental decision-making within government, communities and other sectors is critical to improve conservation outcomes that have lasting value. Research might be addressed at quantifying trade-offs between biodiversity protection and other considerations, development of evaluation frameworks to set goals and monitor progress, and increasing community engagement (#2013112).

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Professor Lesley Hughes, email: lesley.hughes@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 8195

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 appropriate allocation number on your application form..

Project Name: A personalised social network based on location search and recommender system

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified PhD candidate in the Department of Computing Science associated with successful ARC Linkage Project LP120200231.

Immediate access to relevant and important information has long been a critical requirement for everybody in the modern society. With the advancement of search engines such as Google and the recent popularity of social networks such as Facebook, a pertinent question arose: how people's social relationships and behaviour captured in the social networks can be utilised to provide better search results in terms of relevancy? The project aims to develop new search and recommendation models based on social networks. These models will be built into an advanced mobile based computing platform for rich social media information analysis and recommendation by incorporating social relationship knowledge, domain knowledge, and community knowledge.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Prof Jian Yang, email: Jian.yang@mq.edu.au , phone: +61 2 9850 9584

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 appropriate allocation number 2013115 on your application form..

Project Name: Grass of the Oceans: quantifying biodiversity, environmental and climatic connectivity from a decade-long capture of Southern Ocean diatoms

A full time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified candidate to work on the project “Grass of the Oceans: quantifying biodiversity, environmental and climatic connectivity from a decade-long capture of Southern Ocean diatoms” within the Department of Biological Sciences. The overarching project is co-funded by Macquarie University and the Australian Antarctic Division grant to Dr Leanne Armand and will be co-supervised with the associated post-doc Dr Andrés Rigual-Hernández.
An Australian sediment trap program was launched between the Roaring 40's and Furious 50's in 1997. The three aligned sites were defined by varying nutrient, physical and carbon export properties. Diatoms, the grass of the oceans, signify the frontier between the environment and the food web. The decade-long data stream of these microscopic carbon-capture agents, ensnared by the traps, is central to our typifying their biodiversity, identifying weekly, monthly and seasonal cycles, detecting migrations and identifying the connectivity to climatic change integral to future modelling efforts.

The successful PhD student will collaborate with Dr Armand and the postdoctoral researcher Dr Rigual-Hernández in the study of the sediment trap time series. The PhD student will be trained in sample preparation for microscopy analysis, polar diatom identification and statistical analyses. Their work will be focused on one single site to assist with completing the full time-series at all locations.
The outcomes of the work will provide the first evidence of species succession and interannual variability from the Sub-Antarctic Zone in the Australian sector of the Southern Ocean.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact Dr Leanne Armand and/or Dr Rigual Hernández, email: leanne.armand@mq.edu.au / andres.rigualhernandez@mq.edu.au, phone: +61 2 9850 8351 / +61 2 9850 6296

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 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 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 appropriate allocation number 2013116 on your application form..

The Heart Foundation will invest $12.5 million into cardiovascular research in 2013.

The 2013 closing dates for Heart Foundation funding have now been finalised. Please note that these are the dates for when applications must reach the Heart Foundation from your institution’s Research Office. Your institution will require you to submit your application to them prior to the Heart Foundation closing date.

The closing dates for 2013 are as follows:

- Australian Indigenous Scholarship: 28 June 2013
- Health Professional Scholarship: 28 June 2013
- Postdoctoral Fellowship: 19 April 2013
- Future Leader Fellowship: 4 April 2013
- Collaboration & Exchange Award Rd 1: 15 April 2013
- Rd 2: 13 September 2013
- Vanguard Grant: 3 May 2013
- Partnership Engagement Grant Rd 1: 11 February 2013 (now open)
- Rd 2: 16 August 2013
- Heart Foundation Focus Grant: To be announced

Details of newly funded research awards will be available online in the Research section of the Heart Foundation website at http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/research

DAAD stands for "Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst" - "German Academic Exchange Service". The DAAD is the major organisation in Germany responsible for the management of the country's government-sponsored programs for the support of higher education and research cooperation as well as exchange with all other parts of the world. Its programs are open to all countries and disciplines, to foreigners as well as to Germans.

The purpose of the DAAD is to promote relations between German institutions and higher education instituti ons abroad, primarily through the exchange of students, academics and scientists. We have a range of scholarships available, mostly aimed at post-graduate students.

The scholarships offered by the DAAD are awarded to advanced excellent students, young higher education graduates and academics from all fields of science and humanities as well as from fields of music and art.

You will find more detailed information on scholarships and funding on the German DAAD website and on the DAAD Sydney website.

Detailed information on what application papers need to be submitted for each scholarship can be found on the DAAD Sydney website.

Please submit your application (if not directed differently) to the DAAD Information Centre in Sydney:

Dr Andreas Jaeger, Director of the DAAD Information Centre
c/o Goethe-Institut Sydney, 90 Ocean Street, Woollahra, NSW 2025, Australia
E-Mail: daad.australia@gmail.com
Website: http://ic.daad.de/sydney

The Regeneus Adult Stem Cell Scholarship Program offers full and top-up Postgraduate Scholarships to high quality students who are enrolled in a PhD at Macquarie University. Research projects must be directly related to Regeneus’s adult stem cell research program. A range of projects are currently available.

Top-up scholarships will be the norm. Valued at A$7000 per annum, they are available to PhD students who have gained (or expect to gain) an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or equivalent scholarship.

In some circumstances full scholarships will be available. These offer a stipend of the equivalent of an APA plus the top-up amount of A$7000 per annum for three years.

International students are eligible to apply but must be able to provide evidence of admission to Macquarie University.

Please contact info@regeneus.com.au for further information.

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 student 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.

Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Research Scholarships in Allied Health Sciences

The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation wishes to stimulate research in the allied health sciences and is offering one or two research scholarships in this field. The level of remuneration is $27,500 pa tax exempt.

The award will be tenable at an Australian tertiary institution with adequate facilities for post-graduate research in the applicant's discipline. The scholarship will be open to persons who will be working as full-time students in a research PhD program that is likely to be completed during the two year tenure of the scholarship. The applicant will generally have completed the first stage of the PhD project. The successful applicant will be expected to take up the scholarship during the calendar year 2013.

The purpose of the scholarship is to try to improve the health of Australians by supporting an outstanding applicant from one of the non-medical allied health disciplines whose research is likely to fall outside the conventional areas of medical research.

Application forms are available on written request from the Menzies Foundation at the address below or through the Foundation's website at: www.menziesfoundation.org.au

PLEASE NOTE: Applications require certification by your supervisor and certification by a responsible officer of the institution. If you intend to apply, please email hdrschol@mq.edu.au at least one week before the closing date to arrange for certification by a responsible officer.

For more information contact:

The Scholarships Officer,
The Menzies Foundation,
210 Clarendon Street,
East Melbourne Vic 3002
Ph: 03 9419 5699
Email: menzies@vicnet.net.au

Closing date for applications is: 30 June 2013

2014 Fulbright Scholarships for Australian citizens

The Fulbright Program is the largest and one of the most prestigious educational scholarship programs in the world. It operates between the United States and over 155 countries worldwide. Established in Australia in 1949 through a bi-national treaty between the Australian and US Governments, the program has supported almost 4,800 scholarships.

The mission of the Australian-American Fulbright Commission is to promote mutual understanding through educational and cultural exchange between Australia and the United States. It does this primarily through the administration of Fulbright scholarships.

Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarships are available to Australian citizens to engage in research relevant to an Australian PhD; or undertake an approved course of study in an American higher degree. These scholarships are aimed at current PhD students, honours students, or honours graduates who are considering postgraduate study in the US.

Applications for the 2014 Fulbright Australian Scholarships open on 1 June 2013 and close on 12 August 2013.

The Commission offers up to fifteen (15) Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarships annually.

Valued at up to $A40,000, Fulbright scholarships are open to Australian citizens to undertake research or study in the United States for 3 – 12 months in any field of study. Scholarships can be started between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015.

As the largest and one of the most prestigious educational scholarship programs in the world, Fulbright provides unique opportunities for Australians to build long term research collaboration and linkages with U.S. universities.

For information about Australian Fulbright Scholarships go to the following link on the Fulbright website: http://www.fulbright.com.au/index.php/scholarships/for-australians

For further information and application forms for the 2014 Fulbright Scholarships got to: http://www.fulbright.com.au and follow the links