The Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Postgraduate Awards provide full financial support for international student for a maximum of three and a half (3.5) years to undertake a postgraduate qualification at PhD level by research in any field of study in Australia. Award holders will be encouraged to undertake a work placement or internship in Australia of up to 12 months related to their fields of study at the completion of their study program.

The top twenty (20) eligible incoming PhD recipients of Endeavour Postgraduate Awards will be awarded the Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Postgraduate Awards. International applicants should not contact their Australian host university regarding these Awards; instead they undertake the normal application process for the 2011 Endeavour Postgraduate Awards.

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, India, and TWAS have instituted a fellowship programme for foreign scholars from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in Biotechnology.

IMPORTANT: The following is additional information concerning the TWAS-DBT Postgraduate Fellowship Programme tenable in India. It is an integral part of the information given here: TWAS Fellowships for Postgraduate Research.

This Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) is associated with an Australian Research Council Linkage Project with Roche Pharmaceuticals to design efficient and robust phase I clinical trials. The successful applicant is expected to hold an Honours 1 (or equivalent) degree in Statistics, Mathematics, or other relevant or related field with a heavy quantitative element. Both local and overseas residents may apply and considerations may be given to local applicants who have an Honours 2A degree in Statistics or Mathematics with appropriate postgraduate research experience and/or good knowledge required to undertake the project.

Study Subject: Enhanced Decision Making for Pharmaceutical Drug Development

One six-month fellowship is available for a female social scientist from a developing nation, either pre- or post-doctoral, whose work addresses women’s economic and social empowerment in that nation. Adobe PDF IconDownload the flier (292 KB)The goal of the program is twofold: to advance the scholarly careers of women social scientists from the developing world, and to support research that identifies causes of gender inequity in the developing world and that proposes practical solutions for promoting women’s economic and social empowerment.

In addition to a $4,500/month stipend and housing and office space on the SAR campus, the Campbell Fellow receives travel, shipping, and library resource funds; health insurance; and the support of a mentoring committee of established scholar-practitioners.