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Study risk assessment

The popularity of undergraduate courses dealing with environmental issues has resulted in a multitude of courses being offered at Australian Universities. However, courses dealing with the complexity and multidisciplinary aspects of environmental risk assessment and remediation are lacking. As a result, there is a shortage of high-quality graduates in this area to take up emerging jobs in industry, government and academia.

In order to overcome this shortfall, CERAR is offering courses through the University of South Australia that specialise in environmental risk assessment and remediation. Such courses include Graduate Certificate and Masters by coursework and Honours/Masters/PhD by research.

Research degrees are aimed at understanding and solving contamination issues in order to strengthen Australia’s capacity to continue developing environmentally acceptable and cost-effective solutions to environmental problems, as well as to export relevant technologies to SE Asia and other countries.

In addition, tailor-made short courses will be offered to professionals needing specific vocational training in order to tackle risk assessment and remediation issues in their jobs.

For further information please follow the appropriate link below or contact Associate Professor Megharaj Mallavarapu.

• Honours projects
• Graduate Certificate in Applied Science (Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation)
• M.Sc And Ph.D By Research
• Research programs
• Short Courses and workshops

Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA)

Approximately 26 awards are available each year.

Funded by the Commonwealth Government's Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), the award includes a stipend and exemption from the payment of tuition fees for a limited time in the form of a Research Training Scheme (RTS) place.

Eligibility: Available to Australian and New Zealand citizens and permanent residents of Australia.

Enquiries: research.degrees@unisa.edu.au

Value: $20,007 per annum for 3 years (2008 stipend rate). Limited relocation expenses may be reimbursed. A thesis allowance is available.

CRC CARE Scholarships

CRC CARE offers scholarships for potential and existing higher degree candidates, and Honours Students, studying at one of its partner universities to investigate issues relating to environmental contamination and remediation.  Scholarships will only be offered to candidates whose project outcomes clearly demonstrate a contribution to the vision and objectives of the CRC. In general, scholarships will only be awarded to:

• candidates who will be studying in a full time capacity at a CRC CARE Partner Institution
• candidates whose projects form an integral part of a CRC CARE funded project and/or
• candidates who are successful in obtaining an APA, UPRS, IPRS or equivalent scholarship from a CRC CARE partner institution (for PhD Research candidates)

Selection will be based on the relevance of the research proposal to the mission of the CRC and on the academic excellence of the applicant.

Enquiries: For further information and application forms please go to www.crccare.com

Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS) The main objectives of the Endeavour IPRS programme are to:

• attract top quality international postgraduate students to areas of research strength in Australian higher education providers; and
• support Australia's research effort.

The Endeavour IPRS programme enables international students to undertake a postgraduate research qualification in Australia and gain experience with leading Australian researchers. Scholarships are open to international students of all countries (except New Zealand) and are available for a period of two years for a Masters by research degree or three years for a Doctorate by research degree. The scholarship covers tuition fees and health cover costs for scholarship holders, and health cover costs for their dependants.

Applications for a scholarship need to be made directly to a participating university. Universities are responsible for determining the selection process by which scholarships are allocated to applicants.  Contact details for Australian universities may be obtained from http://www.studyinaustralia.gov.au/Sia/en/Links/Universities.htm. 

Enquiries: All enquiries regarding Endeavour IPRS awards need to be directed to the university at which the applicant wishes to conduct their postgraduate research 

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