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Closing date:
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15/10/2016
15/04/2017
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Value of Award:
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An annual stipend
of $25,000 per year, plus tuition fees aand student services fee.
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No. of awards:
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Varies
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Tenure:
The scholarship is tenable for up to three years. If a recipient has been
enrolled in the doctoral
programme at AUT for more than six months at the time of application the
scholarship tenure will be
reduced accordingly.
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Applicants for the
April round must be New Zealand citizens or
permanent residents or AUT alumni.
The October round is open to all eligible applicants i.e. applicants may be
New Zealand citizens/ permanent residents or International students.
To attract highly
achieving doctoral research students to AUT University and to encourage and
stimulate doctoral studies in areas of the University’s research capability.
Selection
criteria:
- The
scholarships are awarded on academic merit, recipients of this
scholarship will normally have the equivalent of first class honours.
General
Information:
How do students
apply?
Application is via the AUT online scholarship application portal. In order
for the application to be submitted applicants must have completed all
sections and requested the required support statements
from their referees via the portal. Incomplete applications will not be
forwarded to the selection panel.
NOTE: Please refer to Regulations link below for further information to
assist your application.
Application Form
Regulations
Decision makers
In making the selection panels will give particular consideration to the
applicants status with regard to; New Zealand citizenship, residency, Maori
or Pacific Island ethnicity, AUT alumni and to the principles of equity and
diversity.
How and when do
students learn of the decision?
Selection will be based on demonstrated excellence in the following:
the applicant’s academic record (including prizes, awards and any
publications)
the applicant’s research proposal
the applicant’s research and/or professional background and any publication
record
the referees’ statements
the availability of supervision within the applicant’s area of research
What conditions
are attached to acceptance of this award?
Preference will be given to new applicants to the doctoral programme at AUT,
including those currently in provisional candidature. The decision regarding
whether permission is granted for the Scholar to undertake paid employment,
is at the sole discretion of the University.
Additional
information
Recipients of this scholarship will have an excellent academic record, strong
academic references and have demonstrated the potential for high quality
research. Previous study should include research methodology paper(s) and an
independent research project, including the writing of a report on that
research.
Who
else has information about this award?
For
guidelines, application forms and more information about this award contact:
Auckland
University of Technology
Phone: +64 9 921 9837
Email: scholars@aut.ac.nz
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