2024 Flinders University Thesis Write-Up Stipend

There is currently two Thesis Write-up stipends available in of the above rounds. The successful awardee is selected by the Scholarships Committee in a competitive process.
The purpose of the Thesis Write-Up Stipend is to assist non-scholarship holder research higher degree students to write-up and submit their theses.

Aim and Benefits

The thesis write-up stipend will normally pay the equivalent of a Flinders University Research Scholarship for: six months full-time in the case of PhD, or three months full-time in the case of Masters students.

Requirements

Awards will normally only be available to those who:

Are Australian citizens or have been granted permanent resident status; and
Are enrolled in a research higher degree at Flinders University in the third or fourth year full-time equivalent of a Doctorate by research or in the second year full-time equivalent of a Masters degree by research with a 72 unit thesis component; and
Are able to demonstrate readiness to write-up his/her thesis; and (d) have the unqualified support of his/her principal supervisor that he/she is ready to write his/her thesis.

A Thesis Write-Up Stipend will not be awarded to a student who has previously held a scholarship to undertake the current degree.

Interview date, Process and Venue

Selection Criteria

Selection of award holders will be undertaken by the Scholarships Committee on the basis of the following criteria: maturity of the applicant's research (degree to which the thesis is prepared in draft, publications, conference papers presented, etc); the supervisor's appraisal of the quality of the thesis draft; and availability of other sources of support.