Graduate School Scholarships (UQGSS)

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

State University

The university of Queensland Australia

Area

Australia

Host Country

Australia

Deadline

On going

Study level

Doctoral Degree

Opportunity type

Scholarships , Fellowships , Grants

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

Description

UQ Graduate School Scholarships (UQGSS) are awarded to domestic and international students.

Students will be awarded either an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship or a UQ-funded scholarship via a competitive process.

Both of these provide a living allowance and a tuition fee offset. For international applicants who will study in Australia on a student visa, the scholarship also includes an allowance for single overseas student health cover.

These scholarships are usually awarded through the Graduate School's Scholarship Rounds.

2021 Round 1* Due to the impacts of COVID-19 offers for offshore international candidates will be for a commencement of no earlier than April 2021, pending border restrictions easing.	RQ1 or RQ2, 2021 start
	International	Domestic#
Applications Open (submit your application online) If you have pending documentation, such as Honours or English tests, please still apply with information on when those results will be available. We will advise you if it is possible to consider your application in the round.	27 June 2020	7 Sept 2020
Applications Close To increase your chances of being considered for the scholarship round we recommend you apply on, or soon after the opening date.	18 July 2020	28 Sept 2020
Outcomes from this date (1 week period)* NB: this date has been brought forward from 28 Oct.	5 Oct 2020	18 Dec 2020
Acceptances due NB: this date has been brought forward from 13 Nov.	16 Oct 2020	30 Dec 2020

*Current UQ students applying, who have not yet received their final results from their coursework programs, will not receive offers until after results from that semester have been published.

#Domestic applicants must be onshore to apply in the domestic round. Onshore international candidates can also apply using the domestic round timeline for 2021 round 1.

Future international scholarship rounds on hold until further notice.

2021 Round 2*	RQ3 or RQ4, 2021 start
2021 Round 2*	Domestic#
Applications Open (submit your application online) If you have pending documentation, such as Honours or English tests, please still apply with information on when those results will be available. We will advise you if it is possible to consider your application in the round.	1 Mar 2021
Applications Close To increase your chances of being considered for the scholarship round we recommend you apply on, or soon after the opening date.	28 Mar 2021
Outcomes from this date (1 week period)* NB: this date has been brought forward from 28 Oct.	2 July 2021
Acceptances due NB: this date has been brought forward from 13 Nov.	12 July 2020

#Domestic applicants must be onshore to apply in the domestic round. Current UQ International candidates studying onshore and completing their degree can apply in the domestic round.

*Current UQ students applying, who have not yet received their final results from their coursework programs, will not receive offers until after results from that semester have been published.

Eligibility

To be eligible you must:

be nominated by an enrolling school or institute at UQ
be assessed by the Graduate School as meeting all conditions for admission to the higher degree by research program.
not be receiving a living allowance award, or scholarship providing a benefit greater than 75% of the RTP Scholarship living allowance rate to undertake the higher degree by research program.

How to apply

Apply for this scholarship when you apply for a higher degree by research. There is no separate application for this scholarship.

Before submitting an application you should:

check your eligibility for a PhD (MPhil eligibility differs)*
Make sure you Identify a researcher with relevant expertise and get their agreement to support your project.
prepare your documentation
If you are a current HDR candidate please speak to your HDR LIaison Officer as the application process will differ.

When you apply, please ensure that under the scholarships and collaborative study section you:

Select 'I would like to be considered for a UQ scholarship to cover a living allowance stipend and tuition fee expenses'.

Learn more about applying for a higher degree by research at UQ

*you can also apply if you are studying a research focused professional doctorate

Due dates

Please only apply after the opening dates. Recipients are only selected by the HDR Scholarship Selection Committee.

Selection criteria

Candidates are assessed on the following key areas using the scholarship selection criteria matrix (DOCX, 25.2 KB)

Candidate: Quality of the candidate including academic performance, evidence of research capability, quality of research project.
Environment: Quality of the research environment including resourcing.
Advisory Team: Quality of advisory team including record of successful supervision, appropriate advisory load, complementary expertise.

Scholarship value : Base stipend of $28,092 per annum tax free (2020 rate), indexed annually, Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC). Base stipend of $28,597 per annum tax free (2021 rate), indexed annually

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