Scholarships

Menzies Research Scholarship in the Allied Health Sciences

The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation wishes to stimulate research in the allied health services and is offering one or two research scholarships in this field.

The purpose of the scholarship is to try to improve the health of Australians by supporting an outstanding applicant from one of the non-medical allied health disciplines whose research is likely to fall outside of the conventional areas of medical research.

Application opening date: 19 April 2013
Application closing date: 30 June 2013
Method of application: Download forms from the Menzies Foundation website

Payments

• Amount: $27,500 tax free per annum
• Tenure: Up to 2 years for a Doctor of Philosophy (PHD)

Send application by post to:

Please forward one original single-sided copy and one single-sided photocopy of the completed application form, a recent photograph, and a certified copy of your Academic Transcript(s), to:

The Office Manager
The Menzies Foundation
210 Clarendon Street
East Melbourne Vic 3002

Eligibility requirements:

• Applicants must be enrolled as full-time students. The "full-time" criterion means that the applicant should spend not more than 10% of time in clinical practice - unless the clinical practice is providing the subjects for the research project
• Ethics committee approval of the research project is necessary before an award can be made

Nationality:

• Australian citizens of at least five years standing at the time of application

Level of study:

• HDR - Higher Degree Research (PhD)

Faculty:

• Computing, Health and Sciences

School:

• School of Exercise and Health Sciences
• School of Nursing and Midwifery
• School of Psychology and Social Science

Study mode:

• Full-time

Courses:

• Graduates in evidence-based disciplines such as clinical psychology, nutrition, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech pathology, are encouraged to apply. Applications from graduates of other allied health disciplines pursuing a PhD in that field will also be considered

Applicant information

The scholarship provides emoluments to contribute substantially toward the cost of living, books and charges. The level of remuneration will be $27,500 per annum, free of income tax.

• The award will be for up to two years and is subject to the scholar's satisfactory progress. Each six months, the scholar's institutional supervisor will be expected to submit a written report on the scholar's progress to the Foundation

The primary criterion is that of academic excellence, assessed on the basis of the candidate's tertiary performance and publication record.

• Applicants should list the papers which they have authored and which have been published (or accepted for publication) in refereed journals. This should not include abstracts or papers in preparation
• The selection committee will also give preference to persons with leadership qualities who are likely to make a contribution to the further development of the allied health sciences in Australia
• Applicants must provide a specific research proposal, developed in consultation with the postgraduate supervisor at the institution where the award is tenable
• Applicants must be enrolled as full‐time students. The "full-time" criterion means that the applicant should spend not more than 10% of time in clinical practice - unless the clinical practice is providing the subjects for the research project
• Ethics committee approval of the research project is necessary before an award can be made
• Applicants must be Australian citizens of at least five years standing at the time of application
• The Menzies Scholarship cannot be held concurrently with another scholarship or award. However, with prior approval from the Foundation, Menzies Scholars may receive supplementary funding from other sources to support other activities that are essential to the successful completion of the scholarship project

Selection

The Scholarship will be awarded on merit to the person or persons who best meet the qualifications and qualities set out in the prospectus. The selection committee, appointed by the Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation, will interview short-listed applicants in Melbourne in mid-August.