Asthma Australia: 2014 PhD Scholarship Funding

Asthma Australia is offering PhD scholarships to current and future postgraduate students. Australian Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents, New Zealand Citizens, and International students are eligible to apply.

Student type

• Current Students
• Future Students

Faculty

• Health Sciences

Course type

• Postgraduate Research

Gender

Both

Nationality

• Australian Permanent Resident
• Australian Citizen
• International students
• New Zealand Citizen

Scholarship base

• Merit Based

Value

These Scholarships are awarded by Asthma Australia to enable postgraduates to undertake research relevant to asthma.

A panel of experts will recommend recipients to the Asthma Australia Board.

Applications that do not meet the stipulated guidelines will not be accepted.

Successful applicants will be notified by 7 March 2014.

Unsuccessful applicants will also be notified. No feedback will be provided.

Eligibility criteria

All Asthma Australia Scholarship applications will be assessed as follows:

Track record of applicant & suitability for research                50%
Track record of supervisor                                                     30%
Proposed research                                                                20%

Evidence must be provided of the following pre-requisite being met: Honours II or above or equivalent research experience.

If a student does not have evidence of a Bachelor Degree with Honours then Asthma Australia may determine that a student has demonstrated an equivalent level of academic attainment on the basis of previous study, relevant work experience, research publications, referee reports and other research experience.

Only Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens, Australian permanent residents and international students awarded an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) are eligible for these Awards.

Awards will not be available to those who:

• Have already completed a PhD or research professional doctorate or equivalent;
• Have already completed a research masters degree or equivalent unless intending to undertake a research or professional doctorate (ie a scholarship holder cannot hold an award for a second research masters);
• Have previously held an APA, APA (Industry) or an Australian government funded Postgraduate Research Award unless it was terminated within six months of commencement of the award.

Completed applications and attachments must be emailed to research@asthmaaustralia.org.au and received by midnight Friday 14 February 2014.

For more information and application please visit the Asthma Australia: 2014 PhD Scholarship Funding page.