Women in Electrical Engineering (Postgraduate Research Scholarship)

Application dates

Applications close

31 December 2022

What you’ll receive

You will receive an annual stipend of $55,000 per annum for full-time students (pro-rata for part-time students), inclusive of a $30,000 scholarship as well as a Women in Electrical Engineering top-up scholarship of $25,000. The scholarship is paid on a fortnightly basis, and is tax exempt for full-time students. The scholarship can be used to support living costs.

In addition:

• domestic students receive an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Fees Offset
• international students receive a QUT Tuition Fee Sponsorship.

As the scholarship recipient, you will have the opportunity to work with a team of leading researchers, to undertake your own innovative research in and across the fields of robotics, electrical power and signal processing, machine learning and AI within the School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics.

The scholarship will be offered for a duration of 3.5 years for PhD students, and 1.75 years for Master of Philosophy students. The scholarship duration will be extended as appropriate for part-time enrolment, which is available in exceptional and/or compassionate circumstances, including caring responsibilities.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must meet the entry requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Master of Philosophy (MPhil) at QUT, including any English language requirements for international students and not be in receipt of another living allowance scholarship to undertake the research degree.

In addition, this scholarship has specific eligibility conditions, including:

• applicants must identify as a woman
• prospective applicants must have identified or plan to identify a research project in a domain in a research team at the School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
• applicants must nominate a proposed supervisor, and must make contact with the supervisor prior to submitting an Expression of Interest
• applicants must be able to demonstrate an outstanding track record, for example first class honours and/or high-quality research outputs
• applications are not open to QUT current students (however are open to current QUT students who are applying to commence in a new degree at QUT
• applicants must be able to commence, on shore, in early 2023.

Diversity and inclusion considerations, and consideration of career disruptions and achievements relative to opportunity, will be considered in the selection process. Applicants will be given the option to share how they identify and their individual journey and circumstances.

How to apply

To be considered for this scholarship, you will need to apply for and be accepted into a MPhil or PhD at QUT, by submitting an Expression of Interest:

How to apply for a research degree

The Expression of Interest must include:

• an up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV), including recent IELTS or equivalent scores for international applicants
• a research proposal, detailing the project you wish to undertake
• a short statement stating how you identify yourself and your individual journal and circumstances
• you must indicate that you are applying for this specific scholarship in the “financial details” section of the application form.

What happens next?

For questions about potential research projects, please contact foe.eerenquiry@qut.edu.au

For questions about the application process, please contact hdr@qut.edu.au

Conditions

This scholarship will be governed by the QUT Postgraduate Research Award rules.

About the scholarship

The strategic objective of this scholarship is to encourage women to pursue postgraduate education and careers in Electrical Engineering.