Graduate Program
Scholarships
Local research student scholarships
- UNSW Research Excellence Awards $30,000 - $35,000
- Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA) + Faculty top-up scholarship $25,000 - $30,000
- Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA) $20,000
- University Postgraduate Awards (UPA) $20,000
- Faculty Postgraduate Awards $20,000 - $21,000
International research student scholarships
Information will be available in March 2011 for the next round of International Research Scholarships, starting semester 1, 2011.
Visit the UNSW Graduate Research School for more information on scholarships and details of eligibility and how to apply.
E&ERC postgraduate scholarships
E&ERC Postgraduate Writing and Skills Transfer Award.
Research funding opportunities
Contact Stephen Bonser for a list of further awards, grants and travel scholarships available to postgraduate students.
Faculty of Science Vacation Research Scholarship
The Vacation Research Scholarship provides an excellent research opportunity for science undergraduate students to experience working in a research environment.
Further information on admission, enrolment, scholarships and costs is provided by the UNSW Graduate Research School.
Postgraduate Writing and Skills Transfer Scholarship
In addition to these special courses run by E&ERC faculty, several courses run by senior postgraduate students and typically scheduled towards the end of the year have also been offered as a part of the “E&ERC Postgraduate Writing & Skills Transfer Scholarship”.
These awards support students who have recently submitted their PhD theses to continue the preparation of journal articles from their theses. Students receiving this award will also present a short course. The short course is usually based upon the skills they developed during their tenure as PhD students and is presented to students in the EERC graduate program. The aim of these awards is to maximise research output (and to increase competitiveness for post doctoral research fellowships and research positions), and to facilitate the transfer of professional and research skills between post graduate students. Information on the application requirements and submission dates for these awards is available on the EERC website.
Previous skills transfer courses have included:
Interdisciplinary Research: melding for maximum impact (Louise McKenzie; 2010)
A Successful Abstract, Making your Conference Talk Stand Out, and Speaking to the Public (Alex Jordan; 2010)
Introduction to the R Environment (Luke Hedge; 2011)
Understanding and incorporating genetic and microbial analyses into your research (Tiffanie Nelson & Anna Kopps; 2011)
