Scholarships

Postgraduate Scholarships

International students are encouraged to apply for an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) at Curtin University or The University of Western Australia, as well as a Curtin International Postgraduate Research Scholarship or a Scholarship for International Research Fees (SIRF) at UWA.  

Australian applicants are encouraged to apply for an Australian Postgraduate Award at either Curtin University or The University of Western Australia.   

For further information on other scholarships available to domestic and international students, see Curtin University Scholarships and The University of Western Australia Scholarships.

Descriptions of available projects are available at:

Please contact the researchers individually to discuss additional projects, or for further details.

ICRAR International Postgraduate Scholarships

Two scholarships were offered to international students wishing to commence a PhD in radio astronomy at ICRAR in 2012. Application details are archived below for information, as future scholarships will likely follow the same format.

Congratulations to Rebecca Lange who will be joining us at ICRAR UWA from Nottingham Trent University later this year. 

Archive Scholarship Information

No scholarships are currently on offer, but the below details will likely remain similar for future scholarships. Contact education@icrar.org if you have any questions.

The scholarships are valued at AUD 30,000 pa with a possibility of a six-month extension. Students will need to enrol at Curtin University or the University of Western Australia. Tuition fees will be covered by the respective Universities and subject to a separate application process (which ICRAR will assist with).

Conditions of the ICRAR scholarship are:

  • International candidates only
  • Excellent undergraduate academic record (first class Honours or equivalent)
  • Minimum university language proficiency requirements
  • Undergraduate degree in physics, astrophysics, ICT or electronic engineering.
  • Excellent academic references

We do not provide for health insurance, visa costs or English language tests.

Applications should be sent following the guidelines on the scholarship advertisement by the closing date below.  You are required to nominate one or more research projects that interest you.

Example projects are:

  • Analysis of galaxies in the GAMA database
  • Radio astronomy (VLBI, MWA) technology and algorithms
  • Supermassive black holes, galactic X-ray binaries and pulsars
  • Aperture arrays in radio astronomy
  • Dynamics and star-formation in galaxies
  • Galaxy evolution driven by mergers
  • Cosmological simulations of galaxy formation and structure growth
  •  

Further and more detailed descriptions of projects are available at www.astronomy.curtin.edu.au/research/future.cfm (Curtin) and www.astro.uwa.edu.au/students/research_projects (UWA).

Please contact the researchers individually to discuss additional projects, or for further details.

For the ICRAR/UWA scholarship you will need to:

  • Provide a short statement describing your academic achievements, previous research projects and other relevant experience.
  • Provide an academic transcript
  • Provide contact details for two academic referees whom should provide a short email in support of the application by the deadline to education@icrar.org
  • Nominate up to three projects that interest you (in priority order).

Applicants will need to send the above to education@icrar.org by December 9th 2011.

Undergraduate Scholarships

There are many scholarships, both need and merit based, for undergraduates at Curtin University and The University of Western Australia.   

Undergraduate students may also be interested in ICRAR's Summer Studentship Program

ICRAR Honours Scholarships

Congratulations to Evelyn Chuk, honours student at ICRAR/UWA for being awarded the 2012 ICRAR Honours Scholarship. Please check back later this year for details on how to apply for next year's scholarship, or email education@icrar.org with any questions. 

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