Apply now and be one of the QUT Postgraduate Research Award winners in Australia 2020

Criteria 1 Academic record reflecting outstanding performance Criteria 2 Quality of the research project proposal Criteria 3 Strategic alignment with faculty priority areas Criteria 4 Research environment and supervisory team

Criteria 1 Academic record reflecting outstanding performance Criteria 2 Demonstrated research aptitude and achievement - relevant to opportunity Criteria 3 Strategic alignment with faculty research strengths and priorities Criteria 4 Professional experience relevant to the proposed project Criteria 5 Quality of the research proposal

Applicants are assessed against the following three criteria. You must achieve a score of 5-7 against these criteria to be considered for a scholarship. Criteria 1 Academic record and research achievements - relative to opportunity Criteria 2 Research environment and supervisory team Criteria 3 Research project and strategic alignment - relative to stage of candidature

Criteria 1 Academic excellence exceeding the minimum required for entry Criteria 2 Research or professional experience reflecting outstanding research skills, and/or high quality publications Criteria 3 Quality of research proposal Criteria 4 Strategic alignment with faculty research strengths and priorities

Criteria 1 A high grade point average (GPA) Criteria 2 Demonstration of a high level of research aptitude and/or skill, beyond the minimum standard required for entry Criteria 3 Strategic alignment with faculty research strengths and priorities Criteria 4 Submission of a high quality research proposal

Criteria 1 Grade point average (GPA) of at least 6 Criteria 2 Publications and conference/journal/patents Criteria 3 Research, lab, field and professional experience Criteria 4 Strategic alignment with faculty research strengths, priorities and values Criteria 5 School and supervisor support Criteria 6 English language proficiency level (benchmarked and ranked against an overall score higher than QUT's minimum English test requirements, or a comparison for approved QUT EMI equivalence)

To be eligible for a QUTPRA, a student must: (a) have met QUT’s Admission Criteria and other Faculty specific scholarship criteria; (b) be undertaking a Research Doctorate at QUT; and (c) be enrolled as a full-time student (this scholarship is not available for part-time study); (d) normally be deemed as an internal student, consistent with the scholarship rule definition*; (d) be able to demonstrate: • satisfactory progress, • ability to meet agreed milestones to the university’s satisfaction, and • lodgement for examination within expected time, where no research delays beyond control are experienced; (e) not hold a Research Doctorate or an equivalent research qualification; and (f) not be receiving income from another source to support that student’s general living costs while undertaking their course of study if that income is greater than 75% of that student’s QUTPRA (International) rate. Income unrelated to the student’s course of study or income received for the student’s course of study but not for the purposes of supporting general living costs is not to be taken into account.