Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
This scholarship rotates every year, to provide support to students who are researching the social effects of alcohol, or geology and geophysics or are of German descent.
Benefits
The scholarship will provide an annual stipend allowance equivalent to the Research Training Program (RTP) stipend rate for up to two years for a successful master's by research recipient, and up to three years for a successful PhD recipient, subject to satisfactory academic performance. A PhD recipient may apply for an extension of up to six months.If the successful recipient relocates their place of residence they may claim an allowance for eligible expenses of up to $515 for each eligible adult and $255 for each eligible child, up to a maximum $1485 for each scholarship recipient.A successful master's by research recipient may claim up to $420 while a successful PhD recipient may claim up to $840 in thesis allowance, within one year of thesis submission and no more than two years after scholarship end date.
Eligibility
The scholarship is offered in three different fields in rotation, with only one being offered at a time.
You must:
- be a citizen of Germany
- have an unconditional offer of admission or be enrolled full-time in master's by research or a PhD
- have completed at least one of the following:
- honours degree (first class or second class upper), or
- master's degree in a related field with a substantial research component, or
- an equivalent qualification.