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The Forrest Research Foundation was established in 2014
following the donation of $65 million, by Andrew and Nicola Forrest.
Their donation is to assist Western Australia in becoming a world-class centre
of research and innovation through attracting the next generation of
outstanding intellects to this State.
The Forrest Research Foundation scholarship is valued at
over $46,000 per year and is available for outstanding international and
Australian students who wish to study towards the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy (PhD) at one of the following Western Australian Universities:
- Curtin
University
- Edith
Cowan University
- Murdoch
University
- Notre
Dame University (Fremantle Campus)
- The
University of Western Australia
Student type
- Future
Students
Faculty
- Health
Sciences
- Centre
for Aboriginal Studies
- Humanities
- Curtin
Business School
- Science
& Engineering
Course type
- Postgraduate
Research
Gender
Non-gender specific
Nationality
- Australian
Citizen
- New
Zealand Citizen
- Australian
Permanent Resident
- International
students
- Permanent
Humanitarian Visa
Scholarship base
- Merit
Based
Value
Forrest Scholars receive a scholarship package worth over
AU$46,000 per annum (for up to four years) to undertake their PhD including:
•an Registered Training Program (RTP) fee offset or
equivalent university postgraduate research scholarship stipend valued at
$26,682 per annum in 2017 and indexed annually;
•an accommodation allowance valued at $20,011 in 2017 and indexed annually; and
•a relocation and research travel allowance of $13,000.
•an accommodation allowance valued at $20,011 in 2017 and indexed annually; and
•a relocation and research travel allowance of $13,000.
Eligibility criteria
Forrest Scholars are selected based on the following
selection criteria:
• outstanding academic achievements (with a bachelor’s degree of First Class Honours standard or equivalent);
• exceptional ability, resourcefulness and originality;
• the potential to make a positive difference in the world through research; and
• a demonstration of how the award of a Forrest Scholarship would help build world class innovation and research capacity in Western Australia.
• outstanding academic achievements (with a bachelor’s degree of First Class Honours standard or equivalent);
• exceptional ability, resourcefulness and originality;
• the potential to make a positive difference in the world through research; and
• a demonstration of how the award of a Forrest Scholarship would help build world class innovation and research capacity in Western Australia.
Applications open: 24/04/2017
Applications close: 31/05/2017
Applications close: 31/05/2017
