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Postgraduate Research Scholarships

Flinders University Postgraduate Research Scholarships

Awarded to enable suitably qualified students to commence a full-time research higher degree in 2009. Applications are invited for the following scholarships. Applications close 31 October 2008.

• Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
• Flinders University Research Scholarship (FURS)
• Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Award (FSERA)
• AJ & IM Naylon PhD Scholarship
• Advanced Community Care Scholarship
• RA Simpson PhD Scholarship in Science
• South Australian Department of Health Research Award
• Ferry Scholarship
• Joyner Scholarships in Law, Medicine and Science
• The Cancer Council South Australia PhD Scholarship

Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded. 

Professor Lowitja O'Donoghue Indigenous Student Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Available to an Indigenous student to undertake a program of study at Flinders University leading to a Doctorate by research or a Masters degree by research. Details ...

Postgraduate Research Scholarships and Top-Ups for 2009

Applications are invited for the following research scholarships and top-ups tenable at Flinders University in 2009. Applications close 31 October 2008.

Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry): Strategic Dynamics that Shape Australia's Choices in Nuclear Policy
CanDo4Kids PhD Scholarship
FMC Foundation Pink Ribbon Ball Committee Breast Cancer Research Scholarship
Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology Top-Up Scholarship
Forgiveness and Perceptions of Justice
Investigation of the human intestinal nervous system
NHMRC Centre of Clinical Eye Research: PhD Scholarships
PhD Top-Up - Cancer Prevention and Control
Repatriation General Hospital, Flinders Centre for Clinical Change and Health Care Research: Health Economics Research Scholarship
School of Education PhD Top-Up Scholarship

Research Student Conference Travel Grant 

These grants are awarded to Flinders University research higher degree candidates to subsidise attendance at conferences in order to present a paper or poster.  Applications close 30 November 2008. Details... 

Undergraduate Scholarships

SA Water Honours Scholarship

For undergraduate student undertaking and honours research project supervised by a member of the Flinders Research Centre for Coastal and Catchment Environments within specific fields of research.  Applications close 7 November 2008

OS-HELP Loans and Overseas Study Assistance

For continuing undergraduate students.  To assist students, who are based in Australia, to undertake some of their study overseas. Applications close 15 November 2008.

OS-HELP Loans
Cheung Kong Student Mobility Subsidy
Endeavour Student Mobility Subsidy
Flinders University International Exchange Scholarship
RA Simpson International Scholarship
School of Nursing and Midwifery Study Abroad Scholarship
UMAP Student Mobility Subsidy

Scholarships newsletters

The scholarships newsletters provide a summary of Flinders University scholarships and scholarships offered by government and non government organisations which close within the next 2 months. 

• October Postgraduate Research Scholarship Newsletter
• October General Scholarship Newsletter

*Copyright Guide for Research Students*

An informative and helpful guide to copyright issues for research students  prepared by the Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project is available at the following publicly accessible web link:
http://www.oaklaw.qut.edu.au/publications 

General information 

Information on scholarships and other forms of financial assistance can be obtained from the Higher Degree Administration and Scholarships Office located in the Registry Annexe (opposite the Student Centre). The office maintains a database of scholarship schemes.

Information on scholarships offered for postgraduate study by a broad range of institutions and organisations can also be found at the JASON website or at the DEEWR website.

Information on other scholarship schemes available for undergraduate and postgraduate study within Australia (including NH&MRC, CSIRO, government agencies and private foundations) and overseas (mainly Commonwealth countries schemes such as the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and Rhodes Scholarships; and the more prestigious of the USA schemes such as Harkness Fellowships, Harvard University, Fulbright and Menzies Scholarships) is available from the Higher Degree Administration and Scholarships Office.

Information on scholarships for international students can be viewed at the international students scholarships page.

Students are also advised to keep an eye on the print media for scholarship schemes and grants - particularly the Wednesday edition of The Australian and the Saturday edition of The Weekend Australian and The Advertiser, Campus Review, Scholarship News, the Registry Noticeboard, and Faculty and Academic Organisational Unit noticeboards.