Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarships

Eligibility

• To be eligible for a RTP Stipend, and RTP Allowance a candidate must be either a domestic candidate or an overseas candidate enrolled in an accredited Higher Degree by Research at the University.
• To be eligible for a RTP Stipend a candidate must not be receiving income from another source to support the candidate’s general living costs while undertaking their Higher Degree by Research if that income is greater than 75 per cent of the candidate’s RTP Stipend rate. Income unrelated to the candidate’s course of study (e.g. employment income) or income received for the candidate’s course of study but not for the purpose of supporting general living costs will not be taken into account.
• To be eligible for a RTP Fees Offset a candidate must not be receiving an equivalent award or scholarship from the Commonwealth Government designed to offset tuition fees for their Higher Degree by Research.
• All domestic applicants will be offered an RTP Fees Offset provided they are not receiving an equivalent award or scholarship from the Commonwealth designed to offset Higher Degree by Research tuition fees.
• RTP Scholarship awardees are required to accept and commence by the dates stated in their letter of offer. If an awardee wishes to delay the date of commencement, a formal application must be submitted to the Dean of Graduate Research for approval, including a justification for the delay, a proposed new date of enrolment and a letter of support from the primary supervisor. A delayed commencement beyond 1 December will not be approved. If the awardee does not enrol and commence by the maximum commencement date stated on their letter of offer and permission to delay commencement is not granted, then the offer will be withdrawn.
• The period of support of a RTP Scholarship is always subject to the awardee making satisfactory academic progress and terminates on the expiry of the Award or on submission of the thesis for examination, whichever is the sooner.

Scholarship requirements