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Zinkernagel PhD Scholarship

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36652 AUD
Grant
Australia
Location
Anytime
Application deadline

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Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

One

Grant

AUD$36,652 per annum

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction

Description

The Zinkernagel PhD Scholarship is named in honour of Professor Rolf Zinkernagel, who shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Professor Peter Doherty in 1996 for work done at the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR).

The objective of the Award is to enable an outstanding international1 candidate to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program in the field of biomedical research, based in the JCSMR.

Applicable programmes

Benefits

Full stipend, HDR Fee Remission Merit Scholarship, relocation reimbursement, thesis allowance and recreation leave, plus additional medical, parental and partner leave.

Eligibility

The Award is available each year to a prospective or continuing international ANU student who:

  • is enrolled or will be enrolling full-time in a program of study for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, based in the John Curtin School of Medical Research; and
  • has completed overseas qualifications comparable to the educational level of an Australian Bachelor Honours degree, or demonstrated research experience, to a standard equivalent to an ANU first class honours.

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Medicine

Locations

Australia

Nationality

225 nationalities

Study experience required

Master

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

Anytime

There is no separate scholarship application. Students are automatically considered based on meeting the eligibility criteria or conditions prescribed under the Eligibility section.

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