Scholarship details
Study levels
Research
Student type
Future students
Study area
Science, technology and engineering and mathematics
Eligibility criteria
Academic performance
Citizenship
Australian or New Zealand and International
Application dates
- Applications close
- 30 September 2024
What you'll receive
- You'll receive a stipend scholarship of $32,192 per annum for a maximum duration of 3 years while undertaking a QUT PhD (1.75 years for MPhil). This is the full-time, tax-exempt rate.
- If you're a domestic student, you will receive an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Fee Offset.
- If you're an international student, you will receive a tuition fee sponsorship for your research degree.
- As the scholarship recipient, you will have the opportunity to work with a team of applied and computational mathematicians, to undertake your own innovative research.
Eligibility
You need to meet the entry requirements for a QUT research degree, including any English language requirements.
You must also:
- enrol as a full-time, internal student
- commence your degree by 30 March 2025
- have completed a research masters degree, a coursework masters degree with a significant research component, a first-class honours level undergraduate degree or equivalent, in applied mathematics, engineering, or a related discipline
- have experience writing numerical software in a relevant language (e.g., MATLAB, Julia, Python or C) and modelling phenomena in fluid or solid mechanics (or both).
How to apply
Apply for this scholarship at the same time you apply for admission to a QUT research degree.
- The first step is to email Dr Vivien Challis detailing your academic and research background, your motivation to research in this field and interest in this scholarship, and include your CV.
- If supported to apply, you will then submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) following the advice at How to apply for a research degree.
- In your EOI, nominate Dr Vivien Challis as your proposed principal supervisor, and copy the link to this scholarship website into question 2 of the financial details section.
About the scholarship
This scholarship is funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Project that aims to develop mathematical and numerical models for piezoelectric wave energy converters. Piezoelectric materials couple elastic strain with electric charge, and flexible piezoelectric materials are of interest due to their potential for capturing the immense energy present in ocean waves.
The candidate will be supervised by Dr Vivien Challis and Prof Scott McCue at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and will engage in discussions with the broader project team, which includes mathematicians at The University of Newcastle and experimentalists overseas.
This scholarship opportunity will remain open until filled or until the closing date of 30 September 2024 (whichever occurs first).
For further information, contact Dr Vivien Challis.