The Menzies Foundation offers Postgraduate Research at University of Sydney, Australia 2011

Funding Body: The Menzies Foundation

Title: The Menzies Foundation Allied Health Sciences Scholarships 

Research Areas: Health Sciences

Description:

The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation wishes to stimulate research in the allied health sciences and is now offering one or two research scholarships in this field. 

The award will be tenable at an Australian tertiary institution with adequate facilities for post-graduate research in the applicant’s discipline.  The scholarship will be open to persons who will be full-time students in a research PhD program which is likely to be completed during the two year tenure of the scholarship.  The applicant will generally have completed the first stage of the PhD project.  The successful applicant will be expected to take up the scholarship during the calendar year 2012. 

The purpose of the scholarship is to try to improve the health of Australians by supporting an outstanding applicant from one of the non-medical allied health disciplines whose research is likely to fall outside the conventional areas of medical research. Preferred fields of research include clinical psychology, nutrition, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech pathology, but graduates working in other fields will be considered.  Projects in laboratory science will not be supported.

The Scholarship will be awarded on merit by a selection committee appointed by the Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation.  Interviews will be held in Melbourne in mid-August.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be Australian citizens of at least 5 years standing at the time of application.

Amount awarded:

$27,500 per annum (tax exempt)

Application guide:

Submission Instructions;

1 original and 2 copies (this includes 1 copy for the Scholarships Office) of the application and attachments must be submitted to:

Research Scholarships Officer

Scholarships Office

Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02

The University of Sydney NSW 2006

(Ph: 02-8627 8115; Email: ro.scholarships@sydney.edu.au).

Please note the closing date of 23 June 2011.  This earlier closing date is necessary, as the Director of Student Support Services must sign the application forms before they are sent to the Menzies Foundation.

Further Scholarship Information and Application