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.
Curtin Research Scholarship Self-Assessment:
Research Scholarships, Graduate Research School strongly encourages candidates
to undertake a self-assessment of their potential scholarship competitiveness,
before commencing any application process. The Curtin Research
Scholarship Self-Assessment webpage is available at : http://graduateresearch.curtin.edu.au/assessment/
Based on your given answers, you will be provided with a
summary and an approximation of how likely you are to be awarded a research
scholarship during any competitive scholarship round. The recommendation
provided is for information purposes only. Your scholarship application
may be further improved based on supporting evidence of your research output,
research experience and research potential.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Conditions
of Award
Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the scholarship's Conditions of Award (COA), which detail relevant terms, conditions and allowances. The COA is found under the Research Scholarships section at: https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/current/ug_term_cond.cfm#researchscholar
Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the scholarship's Conditions of Award (COA), which detail relevant terms, conditions and allowances. The COA is found under the Research Scholarships section at: https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/current/ug_term_cond.cfm#researchscholar
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an Australian Government RTP Stipend
Scholarship, an applicant must:
- Be a
student, Domestic or International, awarded an Australian
Government RTP Stipend Scholarship (“Scholarship”) as result
of a competitive selection process;
- Satisfy
all academic entry requirements for a Masters by Research or a Research
Doctorate, including the English proficiency levels set by Curtin
University;
- Be
undertaking a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) at Curtin University; and
- 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:
- Basis
of admission;
- Academic
qualifications;
- Achievement
of candidacy;
- Work-related
research experience;
- Academic
accomplishments;
- Research
and creative outputs of demonstrable quality; and
- 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 EvidenceResearch 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
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
Applications open: 28/06/2017
Applications close: 21/09/2017
Applications close: 21/09/2017
