FightMND PhD Scholarship

Description

This scholarship and grant-in-aid is awarded to novel and innovative projects focusing on determining and improving best-practice care for people living with MND. Projects must demonstrate how outcomes will lead to advancements in MND care research, and to improve quality of life for people living with MND, their carers, and families.  

Benefits

Both scholarships and grant-in-aid support 3-year projects up to a value of $220,000, or $255,000 pending approval of 6-month extension. 

A total of $70,000 AUD per annum is available for a 3-year scholarship and project grant-in-aid. 

This funding comprises: 

• A student stipend of $40,000 per annum; and 

• $30,000 per annum in project and laboratory expenses (Grant-in-Aid). 

FightMND will provide additional funding for: 

• A budget of $10,000 over the duration of the PhD candidature for travel and conference attendance. 

• A further 6 months of funding to the value of $35,000 for PhD projects extending to a duration of 3.5-years, pending FightMND approval. This is broken down into $20,000 towards a student stipend and $15,000 for laboratory expenses. 

• Applicants with 5 or more years of relevant work experience may be eligible for a top-up scholarship of $5,000 per annum, subject to application. 

Candidates who are no more than 1 year into their candidature at the time of application are eligible to apply for this scholarship to support the remainder of the tenure. This applies only to candidates with a candidature start date no earlier than 1st January 2025. 

Eligibility

Please refer to the FightMND PHD Scholarship Award Guidelines for more information.