Funded by the Commonwealth Government through the Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Australia, the International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) scheme is aimed at attracting high quality overseas postgraduate students to areas of research strength in higher education institutions to support Australia’s research effort.
Approximately 15 scholarships may be available in 2012 for international students from any country undertaking postgraduate research in the following areas of University’s research strengths:
Agriculture, Environment, Mineral & Energy Resources, Social Innovation, Health & Biomedical Science, Sensing & Computation, and Fundamental Disciplines.
IPRS Provisions
– Course tuition fees for two years for a Masters degree by Research and three years for a Doctoral research degree (an extension is possible for doctoral programs only); and
– Health insurance cover for students.
– All successful IPRS applicants will also receive an Adelaide Scholarships International (ASI) place which provides an annual living allowance of approximately $22,860 (2011 value) for the normal duration of the program.
Conditions:
– IPRS Scholarships will be awarded on academic merit and to applicants applying research strength. Extra-curricular achievements will not be considered.
– Citizens and Permanent Residents of Australia, and citizens of New Zealand are ineligible.
– Those undertaking research via remote candidature are ineligible.
– Candidates who have applied for Australian permanent resident status are ineligible to apply.
– International applicants are not eligible for an IPRS if they have already commenced the degree for which they are seeking an award, unless they can establish that they were unable to apply for an IPRS in the previous calendar year.
– International applicants must not hold a research qualification regarded by the University of Adelaide to be equivalent to an Australian Research Doctorate degree or, if undertaking a Research Masters degree, not hold a research qualification regarded by the University of Adelaide to be equivalent to or higher than an Australian Research Masters degree
– Scholarships holders must commence study at The University of Adelaide in Semester 1 or Semester 2, 2012. No IPRS may be commenced after 31 August.
– Scholarship winners will not be permitted to defer commencement until 2013.
– Applicants who applied in previous international major scholarship rounds are not eligible to apply again.
Last date for submission of applications is August 31, 2011
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