Would you like to receive a special fellowship, worth over $ 52,000 a year, to complete a PhD in Australia? If your research may benefit the health or education of Pacific Islander, Aboriginal, or Torres Strait Islander peoples or your research could be relevant to the laws or public policies that affect these communities, you may be eligible to receive the McKinnon Walker Research Fellowship.
You will also be granted opportunities to participate in workshops, mentoring, diverse experiences, and other events that are designed to enhance your leadership capabilities. Philanthropists, Suzanne Walker and Professor Ken McKinnon AO, a former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Wollongong, funded these fellowships to help develop excellent and enriched scholars who will benefit society outside their specific research discipline.
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Law, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Student type: Domestic students, International students
Student status: Current student in first year of study, Future Students
Scholarship amount
1 x Fellowship will be offered providing an attractive stipend scholarship, a fee waiver, and project funding of $20,000.
Duration
3.5 years full-time study
Application process
To express your interest, email the graduate-research-school@uow.edu.au and attach:
your academic transcripts,
- CV—including any research positions or research publications,
- passport or some other evidence of your citizenship or residency,
- summary of a potential research project, comprising about 2 pages.
Eligibility requirements
A panel will evaluate applications and select one fellow each year.
The selected candidate will then be granted an opportunity to optimise their research proposal in consultation with a supervisor and then to finalise their application. You are more likely to be selected if you:
- demonstrate the potential to become an effective leader in your field,
- demonstrate academic excellence, such as high grades in Honours or Masters degrees,
- propose a compelling project that is relevant to Pacific Islander, Aboriginal, or Torres Strait Islander communities. Members of these communities are especially welcome to apply.
Application closing date
7 February 2025
Contact information
Graduate Research School