Indigenous HDR Scholarships in Law (2 positions) - Domestic

Indigenous HDR Scholarships in Law (2 positions) - Domestic
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Programs Available

MRes + PhD 

Reference Number

20224998 (Position 1) 20225202 (Position 2) 

Opening Date

20 Dec 2022 12am AEDT 

Closing Date

31 Dec 2023 11pm AEDT 

Scholarship available to

Domestic 

Description

These Indigenous graduate scholarships in Macquarie Law School are supported by the Accelerating development of the Aboriginal workforce in legal services project, a collaboration between Macquarie University, TAFE NSW and Legal Aid NSW. Designed to support the research training and doctoral studies of up to two Indigenous Law candidates, these PhD bundle scholarships will provide the opportunity for Indigenous candidates to complete both a Master of Research degree (MRes Year 2) and a PhD in Law.

Availability

This scholarship is available to eligible candidates to undertake a 4-year Mres (Year 2) + PhD program.

Scholarship Components

The scholarship is comprised of a Tuition Fee Offset and a Living Allowance Stipend. The value and tenure of the scholarship is a “MQRES” full-time stipend rate of $32,000 per annum (fixed rate) for up to 4 years.

Contact Details

Name: Dr Kylie Gwynne (Member, Centre for Global Indigenous Futures Director of Research, Department of Health Sciences) , Madeline Taylor (Research Training Director LAW), Professor Lise Barry (Dean of Macquarie Law School)
Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Phone: +61 448483348

How to Apply

New applicants to Macquarie University

• MUST complete the Online HDR Candidature and Scholarship Application via the Online Application System and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Graduate Research Academy. Please note you will only be able to submit the application if all mandatory fields are complete, and the required supporting documentation has been attached.
• MUST indicate the reference number under the scholarship application requirements.

Current applicants with a successful candidature offer less than 6 months old and currently enrolled Macquarie University candidates:

• MUST submit a Scholarship Only Application with supporting documents. Please refer to a instructions on "How to submit a Scholarship only application ".
• MUST indicate the reference number under the scholarship application requirements

Further information can be found on the How to Apply page.

To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants are expected to have a record of excellent academic performance and preferably, additional relevant research experience and/or peer-reviewed research activity in line with the University’s scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to the Rating Scholarship Applicants section for more information about these guidelines.

Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please select “Strategic Research Scholarship” and quote the reference number on your application.

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