Current Scholarship Opportunities
- Advanced Community Care Scholarship (closing date 31 October 2007)
- SA Department of Health SAHMRAC Awards 2008 (closing date 31 October 2007)
- Other scholarship opportunities
Advanced Community Care Scholarship
The Advanced Community Care Association (ACCA) was formed to promote and implement safe alternatives to unnecessary hospitalisation, working with non-government organisations providing aged care and other community services, to achieve the following “objects”
- ‘Coordinate community services to provide safe alternatives to unnecessary hospitalisation;
- Improve the health outcomes of people through developing and implementing health delivery models whereby community organisations are capable of providing an extended range of care services in the home or community setting; and
- To do all such things as are conducive to the attainment of the above objects’
Following the dissolution of ACCA in late 2006, the Board of ACCA
resolved to endow a full PhD scholarship at the University of South
Australia, in fields related to the objects of the association.
To be eligible for the Advanced Community Care scholarship, an applicant
must enrol to commence their studies as a full-time student in the Division
of Health Sciences at the University of South Australia in 2008.
The scholarship will be awarded for a 3-year period with an additional
6-month extension by negotiation. The successful applicant must not be
currently enrolled in a PhD program or have been previously enrolled for a
research degree, and must be eligible for the Research Training Scheme.
The scholarship will be equivalent to the value of an Australian
Postgraduate Award, as determined by DEST, and will be indexed annually in
line with DEST determinations. In 2007, an APA stipend was valued at
$19,616. In addition, the successful recipient will receive a
Division of Health Sciences research scholarship top-up of $6,000 per annum.
Applications will be made as part of the University of South Australia’s
annual scholarship application process, and the successful applicant will be
selected on the basis of merit and the alignment of their proposed research
project with the objects of ACCA, subject to the approval of a
representative of the ACCA Board.
Applications close on 31 October 2007
Further details, including suitable areas of research, can be obtained by
contacting:
Charlotte Swain
Research Coordinator, Division of Health Sciences
University of South Australia
charlotte.swain@unisa.edu.au
08 8302 1101
SA Department of Health SAHMRAC Awards 2008
The South Australian Department of Health has made funding available
through the South Australian Health and Medical Research Advisory Council (SAHMRAC)
program to fund PhD scholarship positions in 2008. The scholarships are
valued at approximately $26,000 per annum for three years.
Applicants will be selected on the basis of merit and the alignment of their
proposed program of research with the Strategic Plan Health Targets and the
areas of research strength of UniSA relevant to the Department.
Specifically, funding will be available for at least one scholarship linked
to the South Australia Strategic Plan Health Targets Objective 2:
Improving Wellbeing and Objective 6: Expanding Opportunity, as
follows:
| Smoking | Reduce the percentage of young cigarette smokers by 10 percentage points between 2004 and 2014. |
| Healthy weight | Increase the proportion of South Australians aged 18 and over with healthy weight by 10 percentage points by 2014. |
| Healthy South Australians | Increase healthy life expectancy of South Australians by 5 percentage points for males and 3 percentage points for females by 2014. |
| Aboriginal healthy life expectancy | Lower the morbidity and mortality rates of Aboriginal South Australians. |
| Chronic disease | Increase by 5 percentage points, the proportion of people living with chronic disease, whose self-assessed health status is good or better. |
| Psychological wellbeing | Equal or lower than the Australian average for psychological distress by 2014. |
| Early Childhood: Birthweight | Reduce the proportion of low birthweight babies. |
In addition, one scholarship will be directly linked to the research
strengths of the University in an area that is also relevant to the
Department. Research proposals may:
- Focus on child health and wellbeing research (for example through collaboration with Children’s’ Youth and Women’s Health Service (CYWHS)); or
- Contribute to the building of South Australia’s research capacity in health economics by linking with the work of Professor Leonie Segal, Research Chair, Health Economics.
The Department of Health will fund the costs included in the standard
Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) conditions with the exception of a
relocation allowance and thesis allowance. In 2007, the APA stipend was set
at $19,616. In addition, the successful recipient will receive a
Division of Health Sciences research scholarship top-up of $6,000 per annum.
Scholarship recipients will be expected to commence study in early 2008.
Applicants are encouraged to contact the University of South Australia for
more information on the application process and to discuss how their
proposed area of research may be eligible for these scholarships.
Applications close on 31 October 2007
Contact:
Charlotte Swain
Research Coordinator
Division of Health Sciences
University of South Australia
Email:
charlotte.swain@unisa.edu.au
Phone: 08 8302 1101
Other scholarship opportunities
A number of scholarship opportunities are available to local and
international applicants. Closing dates for the various schemes available
will vary depending on the scheme and funding body.
Potential applicants are advised to visit the University’s Research Degrees
website to view the opportunities which are open to them depending on their
individual circumstances. This website includes details of the following
schemes:
- Australian Postgraduate Awards
- Australian Postgraduate Awards – Industry
- AusAid
- Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (NB: 2008 applications closed 31/08/07)
- UniSA Australian Postgraduate Awards
- University Presidents’ Scholarships
Other opportunities may also be available in specific areas of the
University or through other external funding bodies
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current scholarship opportunities