UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarships in Mathematics and Statistics (package of A$50,000 per annum)
UNSW is the only university in Australia to be ranked in the top 100 in the world in Mathematics and Statistics by each of the four ranking bodies: CWTS Leiden, ARWU, USNews, QS. As part of its ambitious new Strategy 2025, UNSW is offering some elite Scientia PhD scholarships – further details are given below.
Supervisory teams for these scholarships have been chosen for their research and supervisory excellence. The teams in the UNSW School of Mathematics and Statistics cover a range of research areas in pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics, including interdisciplinary research. Applicants must make an expression of interest to one of the supervisory teams by 21 July 2017. They will be advised after this date if they have been chosen by the supervisory team to make a full application for a Scientia PhD Scholarship. For full details of the projects and teams and the expression of interest process, see LINK
Further details
The UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship Scheme aims to attract the best and brightest people into strategic research areas and provide them with an enhanced culture of research excellence, mentoring, career development, leadership and community. The Scheme provides 4 years of funding for the candidate to complete a PhD at UNSW. The awards will be made across all Faculties in areas of identified research strengths and the scheme will ensure that candidates reflect the disciplinary, gender and cultural diversity of UNSW.
Distinctiveness – The key distinctive features of the UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship Scheme include:
- Prestigious Scholarship Package – UNSW Scientia PhD scholars are awarded a scholarship package of $50,000 per annum, comprising a tax-free living allowance of $40,000 per annum for 4 years, and a support package of up to $10,000 per annum to provide financial support for career development activities
- Outstanding supervision combined with exceptional research environments – all successful candidates will be supervised by teams of UNSW’s best researchers aligned with UNSW research strengths, who will be selected on the basis of their demonstrated capacity in excellence in research and high quality supervision, plus their commitment to developing and mentoring PhD scholars
- Engagement – all successful candidates will have a strong commitment to making a difference in the world with demonstrated potential for contributing to the learning and teaching excellence, social engagement and/or global impact pillars of the 2025 strategy
- Career and Development – all successful candidates will be provided with career coaching and development throughout the 4 years of candidature, and encouraged to engage with knowledge exchange activities.
Eligibility
- The scheme is open to domestic and international candidates
- To be able to apply to the scheme, potential applicants must be nominated by a team of approved UNSW supervisors
- Due to the structured program, only new PhD candidates qualifying for direct entry to the PhD will be eligible for entry into the scheme
- The minimum requirement for admission to the Scheme is: an appropriate four year degree of Bachelor with at least upper second class Honours, or a completed Masters by Research including a substantial research component, or qualifications at a level considered equivalent to either of the above
- All nominees must be eligible for admission to the PhD program as described in the Admission to Higher Degree Research Programs Procedure
- Successful candidates should be able to meet all of the selection criteria at the highest level
- All successful applicants must be located on a UNSW campus for a minimum of 2 years and this must include the first year of the program.
Contact person: Professor John Roberts jag.roberts@unsw.edu.au