CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform Postgraduate Top-Up Scholarships

CSIRO’s
Postgraduate Scholarship Program is now available on offer commencing in 2019.
Top up Postgraduate Scholarships are available to postgraduate students who
have gained (or expect to gain), first class honours or equivalent in relevant
research areas.

CSIRO’s
Postgraduate Scholarship Program provides enhanced opportunities in science and
engineering for outstanding graduates enrolling each year at Australian
tertiary institutions as full-time postgraduates for research leading to the
award of a PhD.  Top-up Scholarships are available to PhD students who
have gained (or expect to gain) a Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship
or equivalent scholarship.
CSIRO’s
Future Science Platforms (FSPs) are an investment in science that underpins
innovation and that has the potential to help reinvent and create new
industries for Australia. FSPs will see us grow the capability of a new
generation of researchers and attract the best students and experts to work
with us on future science in Australia. They are a multi-year,
multi-disciplinary investment in our collective future, bringing CSIRO and our
partners together to work on the big ideas.
Scholarship Description
  • Applications
    Deadline: 
    December 3, 2018
  • Course
    Level:
    Scholarships are available for
    Postgraduate programme.
  • Study
    Subject:
    There are five research areas
    offered for postgraduate students in CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future
    Science Platform. Scholarships are being offered in 5 priority research
    areas within the SynBio FSP.
  • Scholarship Award: The
    Top-up scholarship of $7,000 per annum, plus a generous operating budget
    of $10,000 per annum.
  • Nationality:
    International students are
    eligible to apply for this scholarship.
  • Number
    of Scholarships:
    Numbers not
    given
  • Scholarship can
    be taken in
    Australia
Eligibility for the Scholarship
Eligible
Countries: 
International students are eligible to
apply for this scholarship.
Entrance
Requirements: Applicants must meet the following criteria:
To
be eligible to apply you must have (or expect to gain):
  • First
    class honours or equivalent in a relevant research area;
  • Admission
    to an Australian University as a PhD student;
  • A
    Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship or university equivalent;
  • A
    university supervisor who is willing to supervise you; and
  • A
    CSIRO supervisor who is willing to supervise you
If
you have already commenced your PhD studies, you must be less than 12 months
into your PhD at 1 January 2019.
International
applicants must have the appropriate immigration approvals to allow them to
take up the scholarship.
English
Language Requirements: 
Applicants whose
first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of
proficiency in English at the higher level required by the University.
Application Procedure
How
to Apply: 
For details on how to apply, please see
document above link provided under Research areas.
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