Title
First Nations communities leading tobacco endgame: co-design with remote community stores to reduce commercial tobacco availability
College
Opening date
15-10-2025
Closing date
12-12-2025
Scholarship value
$50,000 per annum (tax free)
Scholarship duration
Up to 3.5 years
Payment term
Paid Fortnightly
Student type
Indigenous students
Level of Study
Higher Degrees Research
Description
This is an exciting research project for a First Nations scholar to undertake a PhD in collaboration with remote community stores and Aboriginal community-controlled health services. Nested within an NHMRC Ideas Grant, the aim of this research is to develop innovative supply-side strategies to reduce commercial tobacco use in remote First Nations communities, using a participatory, community-based approach to identify key issues and priorities for reducing tobacco sales, co-design feasible, culturally appropriate and financially sustainable strategies to do so, and pilot and evaluate their impact and acceptability.
Opportunities within this PhD may include:
Eligibility
We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with a commitment to community wellbeing and Indigenous research leadership to apply. For eligibility criteria, please see https://www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships/professor_lowitja_odnoghue_indigenous_student_postgraduate_research_scholarship
Interested applicants should send an email expressing their interest along with scanned copies of their academic transcripts, CV, a brief statement of their research interests and a proposal that specifically links them to the research project.
Please send the email expressing interest to marita.hefler@flinders.edu.au. Interviews will be arranged with eligible candidates.
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