Postgraduate Research Scholarship on genetic forms of Parkinson’s disease

Postgraduate Research Scholarship on genetic forms of Parkinson’s disease

A postgraduate research scholarship

$83,613 stipend scholarship to support a PhD research student at the Faculty of Medicine and Health.

Highlights

ValueEligibilityOpen dateClose date
$83,613Domestic PhD student Research pure neuronal transplants or neuronal-astrocyte transplants27 October   202210 November   2022

How to apply

Apply here.

Benefits

The scholarship will provide a total stipend allowance of $83,613 over a period of three years to a PhD student, subject to satisfactory academic performance. The value of the scholarship per annum will be:

  • First-year: $27,191
  • Second-year: $27,871
  • Third-year: $28,551

Note: No extensions allowed. The Scholarship must commence by Semester 1, 2022 and cannot be deferred or transferred to another area of research.

Who’s eligible

You must:

  • be a domestic student
  • be willing to apply, applied for admission or have a conditional or unconditional offer of admission to start a full-time PhD in the Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • be willing to conduct research as part of a project named, “An in vivo approach to elucidate the pathobiology of PD-associated genes using human diseased neurons.” This research must focus on one of the following areas:
    • pure neuronal transplants, or
    • neuronal-astrocyte transplants.

Background

A unique opportunity is available for an outstanding PhD scholar to conduct research as part of a project named, “An in vivo approach to elucidate the pathobiology of PD-associated genes using human diseased neurons.”

This scholarship is funded by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.