ELIGIBILITY:

The Limestone Valley How Family PhD Scholarship is a marquee scholarship awarded to outstanding applicants. The following eligibility criteria apply to this scholarship:

An applicant applying for a PhD and a base living allowance stipend at the University rate; and,

An applicant applying for a PhD with a research project in the area of Medical Research within an Academic Unit in the College of Health and Medicine.

Applicants who wish to apply for the Scholarship, in addition to a PhD and a base living allowance stipend, should visit the University of Tasmania’s Apply Now website and complete an application. At the end of the application, within the Comment field, please advise that you are also applying for the Limestone Valley How Family PhD Scholarship.

All applications that meet the eligibility criteria will automatically be considered for the scholarship.

Provision of the award is determined by demonstration of academic merit.

Multiple Scholarships may be offered within a year and/or scholarship round.

Please contact GraduateResearch.Scholarships@utas.edu.au for more information.

BENEFIT:

This Scholarship is a top-up scholarship of $10,000pa (not indexed) for up to 3.5 years.

The Scholarship also includes up to $30,000 of funding support, which will be used to assist the successful applicant as agreed with by the Primary Supervisor and as approved by their Academic Unit. Funding support may include:

Overseas health cover insurance (for a single person)

University required Student Services and Amenities Fee

Project and career development

Travel to visit family during candidature (one trip)