The Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre offers research
scholarships for potential and existing higher degree candidates
studying at one of 13 partner universities to investigate issues
relating to the development of thriving desert knowledge economies
capable of sustaining Australia’s inland environments.
Research scholarships will only be offered to candidates whose
project outcomes clearly demonstrate a contribution to this vision.
In general, scholarships will only be awarded to:
- candidates whose projects form an integral part of a Desert
Knowledge CRC funded project and/or
- candidates who are successful in obtaining an APA, UPRS, IPRS
or equivalent scholarship from a Desert Knowledge CRC partner
institution (for PhD and Masters by Research candidates)
To be eligible for a Desert Knowledge CRC scholarship, PhD and
Masters by Research candidates must have applied for or hold, an
APA, UPRS IPRS or equivalent scholarship. Only in exceptional
circumstances will this condition be waived. Selection will be
based on the relevance of the research proposal to the mission of
the Desert Knowledge CRC and on the academic excellence of the
applicant.
Desert Knowledge CRC Postgraduate Scholarships (of differing value)
are available to:
- Full time PhD students applying for/studying at partner
institutions.
- Full time and part time Masters by Research students studying
at partner institutions.
- Holders of Australian Postgraduate Award Scheme (APA) or
University Postgraduate Research Scholarships (UPRS), International
Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) or equivalent
scholarships.
- Candidates whose research projects are consistent with the
mission of the Desert Knowledge CRC to ‘investigate issues
relating to the development of thriving desert knowledge economies
capable of sustaining Australia’s inland
environments’.
- Part time PhD students are eligible to apply for Desert
Knowledge CRC (Top Up) and project operational funding. Additional
operational funds may also be available from the Desert Knowledge
CRC project budget within which the Desert Knowledge CRC
Postgraduate Scholarship is aligned.
- Full time Honours candidates.
Candidates applying to, or enrolled at non-Desert Knowledge CRC
partner institutions are not eligible for Desert Knowledge CRC
Scholarships.