Wednesday, September 6, 2017

2018 Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend Scholarship

Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend Scholarships are funded by the Australian Government and awarded to students of exceptional research potential undertaking a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) to assist with general living costs.


Applicants will submit a complete scholarship application, as well as provide supporting evidence against the competitive scholarship scoring selection criteria.  If the supporting evidence is not written in English, provide both the original and an English translation.  These requirements must be met, with no exception, no later than 11.59pm (AWST) on Thursday, 21 September 2017.

Student type
  • Current Students
  • Future Students
Faculty
  • Health Sciences
  • Curtin Business School
  • Science & Engineering
  • Humanities
  • Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Course type
  • Postgraduate Research
Gender
Non-gender specific
Nationality
  • New Zealand Citizen
  • International students
  • Australian Permanent Resident
  • Permanent Humanitarian Visa
  • Australian Citizen
Scholarship base
  • Merit Based
Value
Stipend
Curtin University will administer to each Recipient an annual stipend equivalent to the base full-time RTP Stipend rate published by the Department of Education and Training (DET) for the relevant year of award.  The 2018 annual stipend amount for a full-time student is currently set at $27,082.00 (tax free) and is indexed annually.

Tuition Fee Offset Scholarship
International applicants awarded an RTP Stipend Scholarship will be provided a Curtin-funded tuition fee offset scholarship to assist with tuition fee liability. 

Period of Support
Recipients are entitled to three years full-time equivalent study if undertaking an eligible Research Doctorate and a maximum of two years full-time equivalent study if undertaking a Masters by Research.   The duration of the Scholarship will be reduced by any period of study undertaken towards the degree prior to the commencement of the Scholarship.

Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an Australian Government RTP Stipend Scholarship, an applicant must:
  1. Be a student, Domestic or International, awarded an Australian Government RTP Stipend Scholarship (“Scholarship”) as result of a competitive selection process;
  2. Satisfy all academic entry requirements for a Masters by Research or a Research Doctorate, including the English proficiency levels set by Curtin University;
  3. Be undertaking a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) at Curtin University; and
  4. Not be receiving income from another source to support their general living costs while undertaking their course of study if that income is greater than 75 per cent of their RTP Stipend rate. Income unrelated to the Recipient’s course of study or income received for the Recipient’s course of study but not for the purposes of supporting general living costs is not to be taken into account.
Competitive Scholarship Scoring Selection Criteria
To be considered in the scoring process, applicants will meet without concession, all relevant course entry requirements, including English language competency requirements, for entry to their nominated HDR course.  Research degree English language requirements are detailed on: http://futurestudents.curtin.edu.au/postgraduate/entry/
Applicants will be assessed against the following metrics:
  1. Basis of admission;
  2. Academic qualifications;
  3. Achievement of candidacy;
  4. Work-related research experience;
  5. Academic accomplishments;
  6. Research and creative outputs of demonstrable quality; and
  7. Referee reports.
Unless there are exceptional circumstances, to take up this scholarship, applicants must be able to commence their scholarship in Research Term 1, 2018 (1 January 2018 – 30 June 2018) as a full-time internal student.
Supporting Evidence

Research and Creative Outputs
Please list and number consecutively papers published, papers in press or finally accepted for publication in refereed journals over the last five years.  The listing must indicate titles of papers, sequence of authors as shown in the paper, first and last page numbers, name, volume and date of journal and, for recent papers not yet published, a copy of the notification of acceptance by the journal’s editor is required.  Please do not include papers submitted for publication but not yet accepted, or conference proceedings, abstracts or papers in this section unless these were published in a refereed journal.

Referee Reports
Referee reports are confidential and cannot be viewed by the applicant. Please ensure you forward the Curtin Referee Report template to your nominated referees.  Referee reports must be from two academic supervisors, lecturers, course conveners or workplace managers who should be familiar with the applicant’s recent academic and/or work performance and abilities.  It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure their referees complete and submit the reports directly to Research Scholarships: HDRSCH-Applications@curtin.edu.au


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