Research scholarships

Faculty of Information Technology for Monash University Postgraduate Research Scholarship Applicants

Information is provided below for those applying for a Monash University Postgraduate Research Scholarship via the Monash Research Graduate School’s online scholarship application process.

When applying for a Postgraduate Research Scholarship, applicants are required to submit the following information via the online application system:

• Names of members of Faculty of Information Technology staff consulted about this application
• Name/s of supervisor/proposed supervisor
• Research title and research proposal.

To assist applicants with refining research proposals so that they align with the Faculty of IT's research strengths and with identifying prospective supervisors for candidature, links to important faculty contacts are provided below.

You must ensure that you have contacted a faculty of IT Scholarship Contact officer (see below)  who will assist you in identifying potential supervisors, prospective research topics and the availability of resources to support your candidature.

Prospective candidates will be considered for scholarships if they hold a first class honours (H1) qualification or the equivalent. 

Monash has well established procedures for assessing other qualifications, through its first class honours equivalence process (H1E). If an applicant has qualifications with research experiences equivalent to an Australian first class honours degree, the student’s qualifications may be assessed for equivalence. The following qualifications, for example, require such assessment:

• a bachelors degree requiring at least four years of full-time study, and which normally includes a research component in the fourth year, leading to an honours degree class I level, or

• a course leading to a level rated by the relevant department, faculty and committee as equivalent to an honours class I degree, or
  
  
• a masters degree that entails work, normally including a significant research component, at least equivalent to an honours degree (a ‘significant research component’ in a masters degree will vary from discipline to discipline). It is normally expected that a grade of class I has been obtained for the research thesis or project. Where ungraded, examiners' reports will be taken into account.

Candidates with the following qualifications are automatically classed as first class honours applicants:

• Australian/New Zealand bachelors degree with first class honours (H1)
• Australian/New Zealand research masters preliminary degree formally graded at H1 level
• Australian/New Zealand research masters degree formally graded at H1 level

Further information regarding equivalent qualifications is available at http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/scholarships/summary.html

For information on what is required in a scholarship application, please refer to: http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/scholarships/application and http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/scholarships/selection/proc13.html

PLEASE NOTE: Your application will NOT be processed until you have contacted a potential supervisor.

Faculty Scholarship Contact officers

Location: Room 111, Building 63 Clayton Campus

The Faculty Scholarship Contact officers will liaise with the HDR Research Centre Coordinators about your enquiry.

HDR Research Centre Coordinators

Completion of the on-line scholarship application form

Applicants are required to register in order to access the On-line Scholarship Application Form. Applicants need to register with an email address which is valid until the end of March 2009. All correspondence regarding your application will be made via this email address. Please ensure that you complete the registration form correctly as you will not be able make changes to your personal details (apart from address and contact details).

Applications open 9am on Friday 1 August 2008 and close midnight (AEST) on Friday 31 October 2008. Late applications cannot be accepted.

Ranking Of Applications

All applications deemed eligible to be ranked by the Faculty Scholarships and Awards Sub Committee according to the scholarships ranking criteria (Qualifying degree, Research potential as presented by research publications or other awards andFaculty research strength) will be considered.

Chair of the Faculty Scholarships and Awards Sub Committee: A/Professor Frada Burstein (Frada.Burstein@infotech.monash.edu.au)

On-line Scholarship Application Form  
Step-by-step guide to completing the application form
Monash Research Graduate School  

Important Faculty links

• Faculty Timeline
• Faculty Flowchart
• Research Centres
• List of supervisors and their research areas
• Research Strengths