VU Brisbane Global Excellence Scholarships in Australia

How to Apply

Apply for this scholarship alongside your application for admission to a QUT PhD program.

The first step is to email Professor Helen Wallace with your CV, detailing your academic and research background, your motivation for the project, and interest in the scholarship.

If supported, you will submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) and nominate Professor Wallace as your proposed supervisor.

Apply for this scholarship at the same time you apply for admission to a QUT Doctor of Philosophy.

The ARC ITTC Composites for Sustainable Mining (the Centre) will commence its operations in May 2023 and operate over the next five years. The key objective of the Centre is the effective and rigorous training of young professionals through higher degree research that is both custom made and value added, to find appropriate solutions to the current challenges and problems faced by the Mining Equipment, Technology and Service (METS) sectors.

The Centre will not only produce a workforce that meets future skills demands but will also develop sustainable and cost-effective mining equipment and high efficiency mining technologies to benefit the nation’s manufacturing and mining sectors.

Apply to study an undergraduate or postgraduate coursework program at Griffith University, commencing Trimester 1, 2025.

If eligible, receive confirmation and award acceptance date in your Letter of Offer.

Accept your offer and pay your total deposit fee by the award acceptance deadline.

Eligibility

Be a citizen of a country other than Australia or New Zealand.

Be a full-time student starting in Trimester 1, 2025.

Accept your offer to study at Griffith and make payment within 14 days of receiving your Letter of Offer.  The acceptance date for this award will be outlined in your Letter of Offer.

Be studying an undergraduate or postgraduate coursework program. See the Terms and Conditions below for excluded programs and cohorts.

Eligibility and selection criteria:

Be enrolled in their final clinical placement (ELA5 – NURS 3043) of the undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing.

Be able to demonstrate financial hardship and/or anticipated financial disadvantage because of undertaking the placement.

Have a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.5 or above.

Not be in current receipt of a student scholarship or grant

Tenure Conditions

Recipients must meet all UNSW HDR enrolment and candidature conditions, and the conditions outlined in the UNSW HDR Scholarships Policy and Procedure.

Recipients must provide accurate and up to date information to UNSW at all times. 4.1.3. Recipients are expected to spend 35-40 hours per week on their research for a total of 48 weeks per year. Approved part-time recipients are expected to spend 15-20 hours per week on their research for a total of 48 weeks per year.

Recipients must be enrolled on campus and meet the minimum residency requirement of twelve months (full-time equivalent) at UNSW or at a UNSW affiliated institution during their candidature. This is to ensure that recipients have access to the support, infrastructure and experience to successfully complete their HDR program.

Recipients must not be receiving income (such as another scholarship) to support their enrolment if that income is greater than 75% of the primary scholarship rate (see Section 9)

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