Overview
The Rural Assistance Authority Board Higher Degree Research Scholarships aim to support research work by students enrolled in universities located in NSW or the ACT which assist in "building productive and sustainable agricultural businesses and / or sustainable and successful rural communities."
Applications are invited from Masters Research or Doctoral students - whose degree involves writing a dissertation - enrolled at universities located in NSW or the ACT.
The NSW Rural Assistance Authority Board will support up to two annual research scholarships at $10,000 per annum from the academic year, 2012.
Scholarships will be awarded annually on a competitive basis for research students working on an excellent research project in one of the following research areas:
- Agriculture
- Economics and Business
- the Sciences; or
- the Social Sciences.
The Grant may be used in any way the host institution sees as an appropriate support for the sustenance of the successful applicant / or the proposed research project, and must be expended within one calendar year.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
SELECTION CRITERIA
Applications are to be received by 29 February 2012 and will be assessed on a merit basis by the Authority Selection Committee.
Selection will be according to the strength of the application, the extent to which the proposal addresses the aim of the Scholarship, the proposed outcomes of the project and the degree of support from the host institution for the proposed research and the student.
Please forward the completed application form by 29 FEBRUARY 2012 to:
RAA Higher Degree Research Scholarships
NSW Rural Assistance Authority
Locked Bag 23
ORANGE NSW 2800
Email: rural.assist@raa.nsw.gov.au
Facsimile: (02) 6391 3098
http://www.raa.nsw.gov.au
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