MQRES European Union PhD Scholarships are available within the IUEU centre at Macquarie University. The scholarships are for PhD research projects focused on the European Union, the integration process in general, or related areas of research. Applicants may be based in Politics, International Relations, History, Law, Economics, Commerce, EU Languages and Cultural Studies, or another discipline appropriate to the particular proposal.
The scholarships are open to Australian or International applicants. Applicants should have completed an Australian Bachelor degree with high First Class Honours or demonstrate equivalent research qualifications and meet the University’ general admission requirements including English proficiency. The maximum tenure of award is 3.5 years, subject to satisfactory progress, and the scholarship offers a stipend in line with the current Australian Postgraduate Award currently $20,007 (2008) per annum tax exempt.
The IUEU Centre is based on a consortium of six universities, with La Trobe and Macquarie as the two principal nodes and Griffith, Newcastle, Flinders and Murdoch as partner universities. The first of this year’s scholarships will be based at Macquarie University, but the Centre will facilitate co-supervision using appropriate expertise from another university in the six-member consortium. La Trobe and Macquarie are the two principal nodes of the IUEU Centre. Griffith, Newcastle, Flinders and Murdoch are partner universities.
Further information about the projects at Macquarie University may be obtained by contacting Dr Bert Peeters +61-2-9850 7007, or emailing Blanche Medadier: blanche.menadier@humn.mq.edu.au
Application forms and conditions for MQRES awards are available from the Higher Degree Research Office, telephone +61-2-9850-7663, e-mail: hdrschol@vc.mq.edu.au. Alternatively you can download these Application forms and referee report .
Applications should be forwarded to:
The Scholarship Officer
The Research Hub
Level 3, C5C East
Macquarie University NSW 2109
Australia
Application deadline: 31 May 2008.
