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ADELAIDE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP (50%)

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Application Deadline: 22 May 2026.

LOCATION: Australia

The Adelaide Academic Excellence Scholarship offers a 50% tuition fee reduction and is a prestigious, highly competitive award with limited places for students with a high distinction average.

This scholarship recognises international students commencing undergraduate or postgraduate coursework degrees who have achieved outstanding academic performance in their previous studies.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

Be an international student

Be applying to study a CRICOS-registered bachelor’s degree (minimum 96 units / 2 years equivalent) after the application of any credit/RPL, or a CRICOS-registered master’s degree (minimum 72 units / 1.5 years equivalent) after the application of any credit/RPL, at Adelaide University;

Satisfy one of the following in the qualification used as the basis of admission to the Adelaide University degree:

Undergraduate only: applicants with a minimum ATAR of 99 (or international equivalent).

Undergraduate and postgraduate: applicants with a minimum overall Grade Point Average (GPA) of 6.7 (on a 7.0 scale) or a comparable score.

Not be applying to study one of the Excluded Programs (see below);

Not be an Australia Awards recipient; and

Not be an International Sponsored Student entitled to a tuition fee waiver equal to or greater than the scholarship value, in which case the fee waiver amount will apply.

Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) to maintain: The scholarship recipient must maintain a minimum Program Term GPA of 5.5 on a 7.0 scale  (“Minimum GPA”) in academic progress carried out each compulsory Study Period to ensure the scholarship recipient continues to meet the conditions of the scholarship. The scholarship may be suspended if the recipient’s GPA falls below the Minimum GPA. If a recipient’s overall GPA falls below the Minimum GPA, the scholarship will not be applied to the next invoice. If a recipient’s GPA returns to the Minimum GPA or above, the scholarship will recommence and will be applied to the next invoice. 

To apply, complete the appropriate application form below and follow the provided instructions.

Adelaide Academic Excellence Scholarship Application Form
Adelaide Academic Excellence Scholarship Application Form – for SATAC applicants

    BENEFIT:

    The Adelaide Academic Excellence Scholarship offers a 50% tuition fee reduction.

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    UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (MRC) FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

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    Application Deadline: 7 October 2026, 4:00pm

    LOCATION: England

    Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression, and treatment of human disease.

    Your project must:

    Focus on a mechanistic hypothesis

    Include an experimental intervention or challenge in humans

    This is an ongoing funding opportunity. Application rounds close every April and October.

    ELIGIBILITY:

    This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible.

    To be eligible to apply for this funding opportunity, you must

    Show that you will direct the project and be actively engaged in the work

    Be looking to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease

    If you do not have a contract of employment for the duration of the proposed project, by submitting an application, the research organisation is confirming that, if it is successful:

    Contracts will be extended beyond the end date of the project

    All necessary support for the project and the applicants will be provided, including mentorship and career development for early-career researchers

    They welcome applications from early-career researchers. The new investigator award is aimed at researchers who are capable of becoming independent researchers and who are now ready to take the next step towards that goal.

    If you are applying for this opportunity as a ‘new investigator,’ you must also:

    Have your research organisation support

    Be able to demonstrate that your skills and experience at the time of your application match those of the ‘transition to independence’ career stage, as set out in the MRC skills and experience table

    Use this grant to support your long-term career goals and chosen career route

    Be able to demonstrate you are the sole intellectual leader of the application and the proposed work

    International Researchers:

    As MRC is the lead funder for this funding opportunity, international researchers can apply as ‘project co-lead (international).’

    Project co-leads (international) make a major intellectual contribution to the design or conduct of the project. Their contribution and added value to the research collaboration should be clearly explained and justified in the application, using the appropriate application sections, such as ‘Applicant and team capability to deliver.’

    Read UKRI project co-lead (international) eligibility for more details. Please contact us if you are uncertain about eligibility.

    You should include all other international collaborators (or UK partners not based at approved organisations) as project partners.

    BENEFIT:

    There is no limit to the amount of funding you can apply for or the length of your project. They will fund 80% of your project’s full economic cost.

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