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Faculty of Science Dean's Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Faculty of Science Dean’s Postgraduate Research Scholarships are offered for full-time postgraduate research studies within the Faculty of Science at Monash University. Part-time awards may be offered in limited circumstances.

  1. Nomination process
  2. Benefits
  3. Eligibility
  4. Tenure of award
  5. Funding / administration of the award
  6. Conditions of Award
  7. Guidelines for acceptance / decline of offer
  8. What happens after I have accepted a scholarship offer?
  9. Claiming entitlements under the award
  10. Scholarship extensions

1. Nomination process

Students do not apply for this award per se.  Awardees will be nominated by schools.

To register your interest in being nominated for this scholarship, please contact the relevant staff member on this list.

Nominations may be made at any time throughout the year.

Faculty of Science Dean’s Postgraduate Research Scholarship nomination form (pdf 92kb) (doc 102kb)

2. Benefits

This is a stipend scholarship and pays $20,427 per annum (2009). Allowances are also available for relocation (travel and removal expenses) and thesis printing costs.

Awardees will have details of the scholarship included on their official academic transcript.

3. Eligibility

The Faculty of Science Dean’s Postgraduate Research Scholarship is offered for full-time research at a HDR level (MSc, MPhil and PhD).  In exceptional circumstances, support for part-time students will be considered (according to the APA guidelines for part-time awards).

Students who are jointly supervised, on a 50:50 basis, by an MRGS accredited, Clayton-based HDR supervisor/s and another/others based at either the School of Applied Sciences (Gippsland campus), School of Sciences (Sunway campus, Malaysia)* or within another academic unit of another faculty within Monash University, may also be eligible for this award. 

In addition, awards will only be available to Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or New Zealand citizens:

  • who are commencing their postgraduate research studies in the Faculty of Science at Monash University in a higher degree by research (MSc, MPhil and PhD) from 1 July 2008;  
  • who enrolled in a higher degree by research program prior to 1 July 2008 on a full-time basis, and are not in receipt of any scholarship support;
  • those holding H1 or H1 equivalent (H1E) academic qualifications as per http://mrgs.monash.edu.au/scholarships/selection/proc13.html; and
  • who meet Monash University’s minimum English language proficiency requirements for entry into a higher degree by research program.

(* Students enrolling in the School of Sciences at the Sunway campus are only eligible if they are Malaysian citizens, Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents and meet the 50:50 joint-supervision criteria detailed above.)

Faculty of Science Dean’s Postgraduate Scholarships are not available to those who:

  • are international students (excluding New Zealand citizens);
  • have already undertaken postgraduate research studies at a doctoral level;
  • are already enrolled in a higher degree by research (MSc, MPhil, PhD) and in receipt of scholarship support from other funding sources;
  • as a result of prior candidature, would be entitled to a maximum tenure of less than 12 months;
  • are unable to secure both a Monash University accredited main and associate (or joint) supervisor willing to accept them for supervision in their research team (for reasons that may pertain to student load restrictions on the supervisor/s, unavailability of required facilities, lack of appropriate expertise to provide supervision, etc.)

4. Tenure of award

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students: three years maximum (plus a possible extension of 6 months) for those enrolled on a full-time basis
  • Master of Science (MSc) by research candidates: two years maximum for those enrolled on a full-time basis

The duration of an award will be reduced by any periods of study undertaken towards the degree prior to the commencement of the award or taken during the suspension of the award.

5. Funding / administration of the award

The faculty will pay the stipend $20,007 per annum (2008) and costs associated with the relocation allowance (travel and removal expenses) and thesis allowance.

Where students are jointly supervised, on a 50:50 basis, by an MRGS accredited, Clayton-based HDR supervisor/s and another/others based at either the School of Applied Sciences (Gippsland campus), School of Sciences (Sunway campus, Malaysia) or within another academic unit of another faculty within Monash University; the costs of the stipend, relocation and thesis allowances will be funded by the Faculty of Science and the other academic unit on a 50:50 cost-sharing basis.

6. Conditions of Award

 

The Conditions of Award are based on those for a Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS).

Please note:  All recipients of a Faculty of Science Dean’s Postgraduate Research Scholarship must apply for a Monash University Postgraduate Research Scholarship (APA/MGS) at each end-of-year round for which they are eligible for an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS) award.

Unsuccessful applicants for a Monash University Postgraduate Research Scholarship (APA/MGS) who are in receipt of a Faculty of Science Dean’s Postgraduate Research Scholarship may be nominated, in consultation with their supervisor and school postgraduate co-ordinator, for a mid-year MGS, in the next round.

7. Guidelines for acceptance / decline of offer

Persons who have been formally offered an award by the Faculty of Science Research Office are asked to follow these steps:

Review the Conditions of Award

Carefully read the Conditions of Award for 2009 (for those commencing the award from 1 July 2009), ensuring that you are aware of all conditions and that you have sought clarification from the Faculty of Science Research Office and / or the school where necessary.

Complete the required documents for the scholarship to be activated

Complete and return the following documents to the Faculty of Science office by the date specified on the letter of offer:

If you wish to decline the offer please notify Mr Tom Keegan .

8. What happens after I have accepted a scholarship offer?

The Faculty of Science Research Office and / or the school will check the documents and contact you if further information is required.

The school will then be asked to complete a Monash Departmental Scholarship (MDS) form in conjunction with the Faculty of Science Research Office.

Completed documents will be forwarded to the Monash Research Graduate School (MRGS) for processing. Your scholarship payments should start on (or be backdated to) the commencement date of your enrolment in the either the PhD or MSc program or from 1 July 2008 if you were enrolled in either the PhD or MSc program prior to this date.

The school, in conjunction with the Faculty Research Office, will assist you with your enrolment into a postgraduate research program (MSc, MPhil or PhD).

9. Claiming entitlements under the award

Relocation allowance (travel and removal expenses)

See section 4.4 of the Conditions of Award. You will need to forward receipts to the Faculty of Science Research Office.

Thesis allowance

See section 4.5 of the Conditions of Award. You will need to forward receipts to the Faculty of Science Research Office.

10. Scholarship extensions

An extension will normally only be approved where research has been delayed by circumstances beyond the candidate’s control and where such delays could not have been reasonably anticipated at the commencement of candidature. The grounds for an extension must be related to study and not of a personal nature. Masters candidates are not entitled to an extension.

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