The University of South Australia Scholarship is open for application. The Vice Chancellor and President’s Scholarships are awarded each year to the top two PhD scholarship recipients in each Division at the University of South Australia. The university awards eight scholarships per annum.

The award is valued at $10,000 and supports recipients whose research project exemplifies the objectives of the Transformed PhD and who can demonstrate how they would use the scholarship to further these objectives. These may include, but are not limited to:

• overseas and domestic trips for the purpose of collecting data with an end user or industry partner,
• Likewise, engaging with an end user from government, industry and/or community on the research project
• Further, activities that broaden the student’s focus on entrepreneurship and innovation,
• Similarly, transferable skills development
• Also, opportunities to present their research at a conference

The University of South Australia Scholarship will provide funding towards the research project activities identified in the candidate’s application and approved by the selection panel.

Value

The award provides $10,000 towards supporting PhD candidates with their transformed PhD as outlined in their application.

Eligibility

The scholarships are available to commencing international and domestic students who are undertaking a PhD at the University of South Australia.

To be eligible, students must be:

• Enrolled in a PhD at UniSA
• Within 12 months of the commencement at the time of application
• Further, In receipt of a Commonwealth or UniSA funded scholarships
• Also, Highly ranked amongst other scholarship applications

Note: The student’s supervisory panel must comprise at least 3 supervisors including an end-user advisor.

Selection

The University of South Australia Scholarship is very competitive and selection will be based on:

•  Meeting the eligibility criteria
• Academic and research standing as reflected in the student’s application for admission and scholarship awarded at UniSA
• the student’s ability to demonstrate how their research exemplifies alignment with the objectives of the ‘Transformed PhD’ and how they would use the scholarship to further these objectives,
• the student’s supervisory panel
• Principal supervisor’s supporting statement on behalf of the supervisory panel

Process of awarding the scholarship

The University will identify students who meet the eligibility criteria invite them to apply in June.

Applications will be assessed by a sub-committee of the University’s Research Degrees Committee (RDC). Further, the sub-committee includes the Dean: Graduate Studies, Associate Deans: Research Education (or equivalent) from each Division and the Manager: Scholarships and Candidature, Student and Academic Services (or delegate).

Students will be notified of the outcome of their application towards the end of August.

When the student meets all the conditions, s/he will receive the award of $10,000 via a cost center managed within the student’s school.

How to apply

Upon invitation, applicants will need to complete the application form provided. The application will require:

• A one-page proposal outlining their research project and how it exemplifies the objectives of the Transformed PhD. The proposal must also clearly describe how you will use the scholarship to achieve these objectives, and
• The Principal supervisor’s supporting statement on behalf of the supervisory panel

Applications will be due 31 July each year.