A full-time PhD scholarship is available in the Department of Biological Sciences and Climate Risk CORE, Macquarie University.

Please quote the reference number LP0990568 on your application form.

Project Name: Management of coastal lakes to minimise invasion

Project Description:

Based in the Coastal Ecology Group, Department of Biological Sciences and Climate Risk CORE, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

A PhD student is sought to contribute to an Australian Research Council Linkage project (LP0990568) investigating how the morphology of estuaries influences their susceptibility to invasion by European shore crabs. The European shore crab has the potential to undermine the productivity of Australia’s estuaries and devastate our shellfish industries, worth over $50 million p.a.

The successful applicant will use a combination of field surveys, mesocosm experiments, field manipulative experiments and genetic studies to provide critical information about how management of coastal lakes influences their invasion by European shore crabs. The student will attain experience in a range of aspects of experimental estuarine ecology as well as gain valuable interdisciplinary skills. The student will work closely with industry partners, Batemans Marine Park, NSW Industry and Investment, the Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority and the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre.

Applicants should have a strong academic record with Honours (First Class) or equivalent in a relevant discipline such as ecology, invertebrate biology or marine science. They must be able to work within a team and should have high level written and oral communication skills. Experience in designing, conducting and analysing multi-factor ecological field experiments is desirable. A current drivers license and experience in handling small boats would be advantageous.

Closing date for applications is 21 February, 2010. The candidate should be available to commence no later than 31 March 2010.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, submit a cover letter addressing the essential and desirable criteria, a CV that includes contact details for two referees, and an academic transcript to the principal supervisor: Dr Melanie Bishop, email: mbishop@bio.mq.edu.au, telephone: +61 2 9850 4075.

The 2010 APAI full-time stipend rate is $27,222 pa, tax exempt. The stipend is indexed to increase each year and is initially available for 3 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the reference number LP0990568 on your application form.

A full-time PhD scholarship is available in the Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University.

Please quote the reference number LP0992238 on your application form.

Project Name: Forest ecosystem water use: Does species diversity matter?

Project Description:

Based in the Forests and Climate Change Group, Department of Biological Sciences and Climate Risk CORE, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

A PhD student is sought to contribute to an Australian Research Council Linkages (LP0992238) project investigating how biodiversity of forest ecosystems affects their water use and susceptibility to drought. The project involves establishment and monitoring of experimental forest regeneration plantings with different diversity levels, to be established in western Sydney. The role of this PhD student is to develop mathematical models linking plant species traits to forest stand water use and productivity, providing a theoretical basis for experimental work.

The project would suit either a graduate in biology or ecology with strong quantitative skills, or a graduate in mathematics, statistics, computing, or physics with an interest in plant ecology. Applicants should have a strong academic record with Honours (First Class) or equivalent.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, submit a cover letter detailing relevant experience, a CV and an academic transcript to the principal supervisor: Dr Belinda Medlyn, email: bmedlyn@bio.mq.edu.au, telephone: +61 (0)2 9850 8897

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the allocation number on your application.

A Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences for a PhD investigating Functional genomic analysis of multidrug efflux in the emerging pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2010129 on your application form.

Project Name: Functional genomic analysis of multidrug efflux in the emerging pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii

Infections caused by the opportunistic human pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii are emerging as a major public health issue worldwide. The success of A. baumannii strains, particularly in the clinical setting, is related to their drug resistance capabilities, which enable them to overcome antibiotics used to treat their infections and biocides used to prevent their spread between patients. Using high-throughput comparative genomics approaches we determined that drug efflux systems are overrepresented in clinical A. baumannii strains, offering significant potential for drug resistance. The PhD project will investigate the role of drug transporters in the A. baumannii drug resistance response using a combination of conventional molecular microbiology techniques and high-throughput genomics, including heterologous protein expression, the construction of gene knockout strains, microarrays and bioinformatics.

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the allocation number on your application.

For more information, please contact Professor Ian Paulsen on (02)98508152, or ipaulsen@cbms.mq.edu.au.

A Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Psychology for a PhD investigating Disgust as a psychosocial defence against infectious disease.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2010088 on your application form.

Project Name: Disgust as a psychosocial defence against infectious disease

The successful candidate will be supervised by Professor Richard Stevenson, Dr Trevor Case, and Dr Megan Oaten and will join a research team investigating a disease avoidance model of the emotion disgust.

Applicants should have qualifications in Psychology with a strong empirical/statistical focus equivalent to an Australian Masters degree or Australian undergraduate degree with first class honours. International applicants are welcome. For further information on the project may be obtained by contacting the principal supervisor: Professor Richard Stevenson on +61 (2) 9850 8098; Richard.Stevenson@psy.mq.edu.au

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the allocation number on your application.

In this project, we develop models for assessing and managing the risks of various structured products including financial derivatives, modern insurance products with embedded options and real options under regime-switching models. These models will be new and practically relevant to assessing and managing risk. We shall explore and document some interesting and important risk behaviour from trading such products. We shall also propose some methods for implementing and estimating the model to be developed in this project by exploiting some techniques from stochastic filtering for hidden Markov models.

The candidate is expected to have strong mathematical and computing skills. Prior research experience in mathematical finance and related fields is definitely an asset.

Contact: A/Professor Tak Kuen (Ken) Siu, email: ken.siu@efs.mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 8573

The project deals with the investigation of Australian electricity markets. The most pronounced features of these markets are abrupt and unanticipated extreme changes in spot prices, known as jumps or spikes. While in more mature electricity markets, price spikes usually last only for short periods of time, in several Australian markets prices remained at comparably high levels for longer periods. The project aims to develop improved statistical approaches for explaining and modelling the risk of these extreme price outcomes. An econometric model capable of modelling and forecasting price spikes and volatility shocks in Australian electricity markets with respect to the stochastic behavior and specific features of these markets and relevant exogenous variables such as demand, trading volume, weather, capacity limits will be developed. The project further investigates price interactions between Australian electricity markets from a financial perspective to render optimal risk management strategies for market participants. In particular copula and regime-switching models as well as models of contagion will be implemented. Outcomes of the project should enable market participants to manage better their risks, in Australia's unique electricity environment, and reduce chances of large losses or default.

Candidates require an excellent knowledge of quantitative methods and econometric modelling. Since the applied techniques are mostly not available from standard statistical software packages, also knowledge of a programming language would be helpful. An honours or Master degree with focus on Finance, Econometrics or Statistics would is expected. PhD candidates will get the chance to contribute to the newly established Financial Risk CORE at Macquarie University that offers an international and very inspiring research environment. Further, connections to industry partners in the Australian power sector will be established. The scholarships comprise $22,500 per annum tax free stipend for 3.5 years and tax free top-up of $10,000 to match the base scholarship per annum. Up to $10,000 is available for project-related costs.

Contact: A/Professor Stefan Trueck, email: strueck@efs.mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 8483

A full-time PhD scholarship is available in the Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2010101 on your application form.

Project Name: Unlocking archives of faunal dispersal and extinction: the key to reconstructing palaeoenvironmental change in Southeast Asia

Project Description: This project will provide critical new insights into previous phases of environmental change over the last 500,000 years, and the impacts on fauna (including humans) in one of the most populous regions on Earth – East Asia. During this time, the expansion of the rainforests caused faunal turnovers, extinctions and enticed modern humans into this region. Despite the significance of these events, their timing is uncertain because a lack of dating applications has meant that the age of many of the key fossil sites is not known.

Bone breccias (cave rock composed of angular fragments and bone), represent an alternative dating material, are well-preserved, can span millions of years, are easy to access, do not suffer from bioturbation, reworking or subsidence, contain environmentally-diagnostic species (e.g., rainforest-dwelling orang-utans), and contain hominin remains, which can provide evidence for their dispersal and extinction. However, this valuable source of fossil evidence has yet to be fully exploited due to the apparent lack of a suitable dating strategy. The successful candidate will develop the technique of red thermoluminescence dating and apply it to breccia deposits at key fossil sites in Southeast Asia to establish new robust chronologies for modern human arrival in Southeast Asia.

Candidate to start mid-year as primary supervisor will be away on maternity leave until October 2010 – Acting supervisor will be provided during this period. This project will involve fieldwork to remote areas and laboratory analysis of luminescence samples in red light conditions and therefore requires experience in science related disciplines and or geoscience fieldwork. (MQRES associated with DP1093049)

For further discussion regarding the project, applicants are encouraged to contact the supervisor, Dr Kira Westaway; email kira@els.mq.edu.au Phone +61-2-9850 8429.

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the allocation number on your application.

A full-time PhD scholarship is available at the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2009030 on your application form.

Project Name: Cognitive and Brain Mechanisms of Autism

The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr Jon Brock and will join a research team investigating the cognitive and neural bases of autism and related developmental disorders. Methods currently employed include behavioural testing, eye-tracking, structural MRI, and MEG.

Applicants should have research qualifications in a relevant discipline (eg, Psychology, Cognitive Science, Behavioural Neuroscience, Linguistics) equivalent to an Australian Masters degree or Australian undergraduate degree with first class honours. International applicants are welcome.

For further information and discussion of potential PhD topics, please contact Dr Jon Brock on +61 (2) 9850 6869; jon.brock@mq.edu.au.

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the allocation number on your application.

A full-time PhD scholarship is available in the Department of Computing, Macquarie University.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2010098 on your application form.

Project Name: Trust-Oriented Social Relation Analysis and Social Relation Aware Rating Analysis in Trust Management

Project Description: Trust management is an emerging field offering critical challenges on evaluating the quality and trustworthiness of objects, services and raters. This project will develop innovative solutions based on Social Network Analysis Theory by considering social relations and their influences on trust relations and trust evaluations. Given the unique perspective of investigation, this project will explore new avenues to classical challenges in the field, with a strong potential for its results to lay a foundation to enable objective trust evaluations, detect attacks, protect honest raters, service providers and customers, and make significant impact to advance the state of the art.

For further discussion regarding the project, applicants are encouraged to contact the supervisor, Dr. Yan Wang; email yanwang@ics.mq.edu.au Phone +61-2-9850-9539.

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the allocation number on your application.

A full-time PhD scholarship is available in the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2010086 on your application form.

Project Name: New languages seen with new eyes: evidence for the emergence of grammar in signed languages (SLs) using new methodologies and technologies

Project Description: The aim of the project is to use a corpus of Australian SL (Auslan) and British SL (BSL) to collect evidence in support of the claim that grammar is an emergent feature of language, driven by frequency and usage. The theoretical framework can be broadly characterised as “functional-cognitive usage-based construction grammar”. The aim is to explain how languages acquire grammar, with particular reference to the role that gesture plays in language variation and change in the visual-modality, using Auslan/BSL as a case study. There will be a focus on single and multiple sign constructions used to express completed actions. Multiple sign constructions will also be examined for evidence for grammatical relations in Auslan/BSL. The hypothesis is that some variation in the form and use of particular signs and constructions in the corpus reflects different degrees of grammaticalisation in subgroups of Auslan/BSL users (e.g., signers in different age cohorts or regions). This corpus-based project is designed to test this hypothesis. The research also aims test early descriptions of Auslan/BSL that were made without the benefit of corpora. The project aims to exploit innovative corpus methodologies (e.g. ID-glossing) and technologies (e.g. the ELAN multi-media annotation software). The project is funded by the Australian Research Council and will run for 4 years (2010-2013).

In addition to completing the requirements of the ARC funded project, the PhD project can be tailored to suit the particular research interests of the candidate, but must use the Auslan/BSL corpus dataset. In doing this the candidate will work closely with a deaf Research Associate and another deaf PhD candidate who, together, will be primarily responsible for creating and validating annotations. The candidate must be prepared to learn how to use ELAN to a high level of proficiency in order to search and query the corpus. The candidate must have an undergraduate degree with a major in linguistics, a good knowledge of a SL (preferably Auslan or BSL, but this is not essential), and excellent English skills. The candidate must be prepared to learn Auslan/BSL to a basic conversational level during their candidature if they are not already familiar with it at the time of enrolment. A co-tutelle enrolment may be considered for a suitably qualified international candidate, but the majority of the candidature must be spent at Macquarie University.

For further discussion regarding the project, applicants are encouraged to contact the supervisor, A/Prof Trevor Johnston; email trevor.johnston@mq.edu.au Phone +61-2-9850 8067.

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the allocation number on your application.

A full-time PhD scholarship is available in the Department of Mathematics, Macquarie University.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2010113 on your application form.

Project Name: Functorial operadic calculus

Project Description: The project aims to develop mathematical tools to handle higher dimensional algebraic theories. Many important conjectures in different areas of mathematics should follow naturally once an adequate language of higher dimensional operads is developed. This includes applications to noncommutative geometry, quantum fields theories and other areas on the forefront of modern pure mathematics and mathematical physics.

For further discussion regarding the project, applicants are encouraged to contact the supervisor, Dr Michael Batanin; email mbatanin@science.mq.edu.au Phone +61-2-98508926.

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the allocation number on your application.

Five PhD Scholarships in Philosophy at Macquarie commencing 2010

The Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University has five PhD scholarships available to appropriately qualified applicants to undertake a full time PhD degree in 2010. The scholarships are associated with three separate Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects.

The scholarships are available to domestic and international applicants who have an Australian Bachelor degree with First Class Honours (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline as defined in the project description.

The scholarships offer a tax-free stipend at $22,500 (indexed annually) for a period of 3.5 years (subject to satisfactory progress).

Successful applicants will be based at Macquarie University in the Philosophy Department and in association with the Centre for Cognitive Science and the Centre for Research in Social Inclusion.

Cotutelle and joint PhD candidature supervision arrangements are possible, especially (but not only) with partner universities in France, Germany and the UK.

Successful applicants will be able to take up their scholarship and commence their studies as soon they have satisfied the admission requirements of Macquarie University.

ARC Discovery Project 1: Causation (2 PhD scholarships available) - 2010078

These scholarships are associated with Prof. Peter Menzies’s project 'Causes that Make a Difference'. Applicants should propose thesis projects that relate centrally to the philosophical investigation of causation.

Enquiries are to be directed to Peter Menzies (peter.menzies@mq.edu.au). Phone 02 9850 8876

Please quote the allocation reference number 2010078 on your application form.

ARC Discovery Project 2: Agency and Addiction (1 PhD scholarship available) - 2010079

This scholarship is associated with Prof. Jeanette Kennett’s project 'Addiction, moral identity and moral agency: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches’. The successful applicant will be involved in all aspects of the project but especially in testing and refining philosophical accounts of the elements of moral agency and the effects of addiction on agency, character, self-control and responsibility against the findings and predictions of addiction neuroscience, and our own empirical study of users.

Enquiries are to be directed to Jeanette Kennett (jeanette.kennett@mq.edu.au). Phone: 02 9850 8892

Please quote the allocation reference number 2010079 on your application form.

ARC Discovery Project 3: Philosophical Anthropology / Philosophy of Work (2 PhD scholarships available) - 2010077

These scholarships are associated with Dr Jean-Philippe Deranty’s and A/Prof. Nicholas Smith’s project ‘Work and Self-development: a philosophical reappraisal’. This project has a strong international collaborative dimension, with leading researchers from France (Christophe Dejours and Emmanuel Renault) also involved. Applicants should propose thesis projects that focus either on conceptions of work in the history of philosophy or on understandings of work that inform the contemporary quality of work debate (especially in Australia). Enquiries are to be directed to either Jean-Philippe Deranty (jp.deranty@mq.edu.au) or Nicholas Smith (nicholas.smith@mq.edu.au). Phone: 02 9850 6773

Please quote the allocation reference number 2010077 on your application form.

Closing date for applications: Friday, 26 February 2010

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the appropriate allocation number on your application.

Two full-time PhD scholarships are available in the Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security, Macquarie University.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2009222 & 2009223 on your application form.

Project Name: Inner Eurasia: A World History of Eurasia's Heartlands

Project Description: The Mongol, Russian and Soviet empires, the largest contiguous empires ever created, arose not in the populous lands of “Outer Eurasia”, but in Eurasia’s thinly settled heartlands. How did this under-resourced region exert such a vast influence on its richer and more populous neighbours from prehistory to the present day? This project will address this large question through the writing of a synoptic history of the entire region. It will reinterpret the region’s role in world history and the contemporary world

For further discussion regarding the project, applicants are encouraged to contact the supervisor, Prof David Christian; email David.Christian@mq.edu.au Phone +61-2-9850-8769.

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the allocation number on your application.

In each year a number of scholarships are made available in research areas relevant to CSIRO and of direct interest to a partner University group. There will be ten of these research areas nominated in each year.

Details of the ten areas available in 2010, together with preferred universities and CSIRO contacts, can be found at http://www.csiro.au/resources/Postgrad-Scholarships.html This page also includes, on the right hand side, a downloadable flyer which you may wish to print (A3).

Neuroimaging of memory processes in the right hemishpere of the brain (2009072)

A Macquarie University Research Excellence (MQRES) scholarship is available to support Doctor of Philosophy candidate at the Macquarie University Institute for Human Cognition and Brain Science. The PhD project will be supervised by Associate Prof Greg Savage. Applicants for this scholarship should mark the code HSBS#2 on their application form.

The successful candidate will join a research team investigating the neurocognitive features of memory formation, with a particular focus on understanding the role of the nonverbal right hemisphere in remembering. Outcomes from the project examining the interface between (a) perception and memory for novel spatial patterns, and (b) perception and memory for novel melodic sequences, will inform the development of neuropsychological tests of unilateral brain damage. The project will employ fMRI and MEG techniques and behavioual methods in neurologically normal participants, as well as patients with focal memory disorder.

Applicants should have equivalent research qualifications to an Australian undergraduate degree with first class honours (such as a Masters degree with a substantial thesis component) in a relevant discipline (such as Cognitive Psychology, Behavioural Neuroscience). Candidates who have experience working with patient groups and/or neuroimaging are particularly encouraged to apply.

Further information on the project may be obtained by contacting the principal supervisor: Associate Professor Greg Savage, telephone: +61 2 9850 4862, email: greg.savage@mq.edu.au.

A Macquarie University Research Excellence (MQRES) scholarship is available in the Institute of Human Cognition and Brain Science for a PhD investigating “Attention, Intention and Automaticity” in association with an Australian Research Council-funded research project. The successful candidate will join a research team investigating the role of “higher-order” cognitive systems (namely spatial and temporal attention) in nonconscious information processing.

Applicants for this scholarship should mark the code HCBS#4 on their application form.

Applicants should have equivalent research qualifications to an Australian undergraduate degree with first class honours (such as a Masters degree with a substantial thesis component) in a relevant discipline (such as Cognitive Psychology, Mathematics or Physics). Candidates who have experience working with ERPs and/or kinematics are particularly encouraged to apply.

For further and discussion regarding the project, applicants are encouraged to contact the supervisor, Dr Matthew Finkbeiner; email: matthew.finkbeiner@mq.edu.au, telephone +61-2-9850 6718.

A Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in the Department of Psychology for a PhD investigating human visual perception in association with an Australian Research Council-funded research project. The successful candidate will join a research team investigating visual processing in Sydney, Australia: a city with a growing reputation as a centre for excellence in vision science.

MQRES scholarships are available to domestic or international students. Candidates should have (or be about to attain) research qualifications equivalent to an Australian undergraduate degree with first class honours in Experimental Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, or a similar discipline. Applications will also be considered from a discipline such as Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or similar if the applicant has a strong interest in the scientific study of human visual perception. The successful candidate will apply psychophysical methods using custom-written computer programs, for which training and support will be available.

The scholarship pays a living allowance, (2010 stipend: $22,500 per annum, tax exempt), and the tenure is a maximum 3.5 years full time, subject to satisfactory progress. Tuition fees will be funded for the scholarship tenure. Additional support for projects and travel will be available from the Faculty/Department.

For further information and discussion regarding the project, applicants are encouraged to contact the supervisor, Dr Kevin Brooks email:kevin.brooks@mq.edu.au

Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations (Ref: 2009220 and 2009221)

Two Macquarie University Research Excellence PhD scholarships are available in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations to work with Associate Professor Robert Reynolds. Reynolds is a recently appointed member of one of Macquarie University's Concentrations of Research Excellence - Social, Cultural and Political Change. The successful candidates will be expected to pursue a PhD within this broad research framework, although Associate Professor Reynolds has particular expertise in the following areas of late 20th century Australian history: gay and lesbian history; the history of HIV/AIDS; trauma and the history of emotion; and an emergent interest in adoption and family history. Research topics in late 20th century American and British social history will also be considered.

Applicants should have completed an Australian four-year undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (Modern History, Politics) with a first class honours, or be able to demonstrate equivalent research qualifications. The scholarships pay a living allowance of $22, 5000 per annum, tax exempt (2010) and the tenure is 3.5 years full-time subject to satisfactory progress. Tuition fees will be funded for their scholarship tenure with domestic students receiving RTS placement for their research degree tuition and international student award holders having their fees sponsored.

For further information and discussion about these PhD Scholarships, candidates are encouraged to contact Robert Reynolds on email: robert.reynolds@humn.mq.edu.au or telephone: +61 2 9850 8877.

Applications forms and conditions for MQRES awards are available from the Higher Degree Research Office, telephone: 61 2 9850 7663 or email: hdrschols@vc.mq.edu.au

A full-time PhD scholarship is currently available in the Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security, Macquarie University are listed below. Applicants should clearly label their project of interest on the front of their application form e.g. MHPIRS Project #2.

Project 2: Gallipoli Centenary Research Project (MQRES)

A PhD project is being offered in the Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security as part of the Gallipoli Centenary Research Project. The aim of the Gallipoli Centenary Project is to make a comprehensive study of the Ottoman Turkish operations during the Gallipoli Campaign and assess how this impacted on the outcomes of the campaign. The project has been accumulating documents from Turkish archival sources and translating them into English as a data base since 2007. The PhD candidate will be expected to substantially utilise this documentary database in the preparation of the thesis. Knowledge of Ottoman Turkish an advantage but not essential. An abstract outline of your proposal for a PhD thesis should accompany your application.

For further information and discussion regarding this project, candidates are encouraged to contact: Harvey Broadbent; email: harvey.broadbent@mq.edu.au or telephone: +61 2 9850 8860.

A full-time PhD scholarship is currently available in the Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security, Macquarie University are listed below. Applicants should clearly label their project of interest on the front of their application form e.g. MHPIRS Project #1.

Project 1: The Parliamentary Politics of Abortion Law Reform

A PhD project is available in the discipline of politics, for a postgraduate student interested in working on the ARC-funded research project ‘The Parliamentary Politics of Abortion Law Reform: The Diverse Experience of Nine Jurisdictions, 1965-2010’. Applicants should have an academic background in a related area (e.g. Politics, Social Science, Sociology, Women’ Studies, Industrial Relations, Modern History) and may have an interest in any aspect of policy and politics related to women’s issues. Possible areas of inquiry include select aspects of abortion and reproductive health policy; domestic violence policy; sexual assault policy; or women’s policies more broadly, in a political context.

Further information on the project may be obtained by contacting the supervisor, Dr Kate Gleeson: kate.gleeson@law.mq.edu.au or telephone: +61-2- 9850 4091

This project is in conjunction with a major, multi-disciplinary ARC Linkage Project involving physics, semiconductor device science, and mathematics. It is located in physics at Macquarie University and builds on prior research published in top research journals in optics and applied physics. The project will make further contributions in researching chaos data analysis of experimental data from semiconductor laser systems and will investigate using a chaotic semiconductor laser system as a random number generator. The project will be independent of major milestones of the ARC Linkage Project in order to allow the candidate to have a self-paced development as a researcher. However, there will be many opportunities for outcomes to be transferred into the major aims of the linkage project, with a beneficial increase in the impact of the PhD research and track record of the incumbent. The multi-disciplinary environment of the project will be an excellent one in which a PhD candidate will be exposed to the functioning of such a team while being able to focus on a largely independent project. An excellent candidate will be able to build the research track record for a broad range of science futures, including academia.

A top-up of $10,000 (tax exempt) is also payable in 2010 by the industry partner. Continuation of the top-up, at $10,000 p.a. is expected for two further years, dependent on industry partner support. The start date is contingent upon the Partner Organisation Agreements being signed but is expected to be early 2010.

Contact: Professor Deb Kane, email: deb.kane@mq.edu.au

A PhD scholarship is available to support a project in the areas of dynamical systems and inverse problems. This scholarship is funded in conjunction with a major, multi-disciplinary ARC Linkage Project involving applied mathematics, semiconductor device science and physics. It is located in Mathematics at Macquarie University. The aims are the development and analysis of the mathematical models underlying semiconductor laser systems, particularly chaotic laser systems, coupled with the development of robust and reliable predictive methods. Whilst the particular system motivates this study, applications of the theory and methods will have a broader impact in related areas and systems where chaotic data are observed, including financial systems. The project will be independent of major milestones of the ARC Linkage Project in order to allow the candidate to have a self-paced development as a researcher. However, there will be many opportunities for outcomes to be transferred into the major aims of the linkage project, with a beneficial increase in the impact of the PhD research and track record of the successful applicant. The multi-disciplinary nature of the project provides an excellent opportunity for a PhD candidate to be exposed to a team environment while being able to focus on a largely independent project. An excellent candidate will be able to build the research track record for a broad range of careers in mathematical science, including academia.

A top-up of $10,000 (tax exempt) is also payable in 2010 by the industry partner. Continuation of the top-up, at $10,000 p.a. is expected for two further years, dependent on industry partner support. The start date is contingent upon the Partner Organisation Agreements being signed but is expected to be early 2010.

Contact: Professor Paul Smith, email: paul.smith@mq.edu.au

PhD scholarship in fluvial geomorphology, seed ecology and riparian vegetation management

Location: Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Every year in Australia millions of dollars are invested in riparian revegetation. The success, and cost effectiveness of these revegetation strategies can be enhanced by combining geomorphic and ecological knowledge to maximise the success of native seedling establishment from the soil seed bank. As the conservation of biodiversity becomes integral to environmental management it is important to understand seed bank dynamics and better utilise these seed resources in river rehabilitation projects.

A Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available for an Australian or New Zealand citizen for study towards a Doctor of Philosophy through a recently awarded ARC Linkage Grant. The project partners, the Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority and the NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water are providing significant in-kind support to the candidate.

The PhD candidate has an opportunity to develop the project in the context of; links between sediment and seed transport and storage, and quantitative analysis of riparian seed bank viability and germinability. In collaboration with industry partners, new field techniques will be designed for promoting germination and establishment of native seeds in the riparian zone.

The PhD candidate will have a first class Honours or Masters degree in fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, plant ecology, aquatic ecology or botany. Candidates who have skills in interdisciplinary fields or research publications will be considered favourably. The candidate will also have field experience in fluvial environments, laboratory experience and computer-based modeling and statistical skills.

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Closing date for applications is Monday 14th December, 2009. The candidate should be available to commence no later than April 2010.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Forms can be downloaded from http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/forms. You must supply all supporting documentation including an example of your written work, e.g. the literature review (or equivalent) of an Honours or Masters dissertation.

Enquiries about the research project/proposal should be made to Dr Kirstie Fryirs, kirstie.fryirs@mq.edu.au, telephone (02) 9850 8367.

More than mud: how will disruption of soft-sediments threaten coastal biodiversity? (ref 2010090)

Based in the Coastal Ecology Group, Department of Biological Sciences and Climate Risk CORE, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

A PhD student is sought to contribute to an Australian Research Council funded project investigating how climate change and human activity are acting upon the total supply and mix of detrital resources that fuel bottom-dwelling organisms and the productive fisheries that they support. They will use large-scale field experiments to determine how disturbance of estuarine ecosystems influences detrital pathways of nutrition. The results they generate will be used to forecast future impacts of changed detrital resources under different management scenarios. Outcomes of this research will help prevent economic and ecological losses caused by eutrophication of Australia's estuaries.

Applicants should have a strong academic record with Honours (First Class) or equivalent in a relevant discipline such as ecology, invertebrate biology or marine science. They must be able to work within a team and should have high level written and oral communication skills. Experience in designing and analysing multi-factor ecological field experiments is desirable, as is experience and interest in the taxonomy of marine and estuarine invertebrates. Domestic and international applicants will be considered.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, submit a cover letter detailing relevant experience, a CV and an academic transcript to the principal supervisor: Dr Melanie Bishop, email: mbishop@bio.mq.edu.au, telephone: +61 2 9850 4075.

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Application forms and conditions of award are available at Scholarship Forms and Conditions. The completed application and associated referee reports are to be sent to the Higher Degree Research Office. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicants of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Elevated CO2 Impacts on Vegetation: from Experiments to Models (ref 2010092)

Based in the Forests and Climate Change Group, Department of Biological Sciences and Climate Risk CORE, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

A PhD student is sought to contribute to an Australian Research Council funded project that aims to bridge the gap between experiments and models of the impacts of rising atmospheric CO2 concentration on vegetation. Working with data from leading experiments on CO2 enrichment worldwide, the student will learn and apply cutting-edge data synthesis techniques to help develop a new generation of evidence-based ecosystem models that incorporate the best experimental understanding of CO2 effects on vegetation. These models will underpin future vegetation management and science in Australia and globally.

The project would suit either a graduate in biology or ecology with strong quantitative skills, or a graduate in mathematics, statistics, computing, or physics with an interest in plant ecology. Applicants should have a strong academic record with Honours (First Class) or equivalent. Domestic and international applicants will be considered.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, submit a cover letter detailing relevant experience, a CV and an academic transcript to the principal supervisor: Dr Belinda Medlyn, email: bmedlyn@bio.mq.edu.au, telephone: +61 (0)2 9850 8897

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Download forms here. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Graduate School of the Environment
Department of Environment and Geography
Faculty of Science

Project 1. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change (Ref: 2009247)

Project 2. Invasive Species Management (Ref: 2009248)

Two PhD Scholarships are available to study economically sound strategies to manage climate change risks. A particular focus will be on potential climate threshold responses such as a collapse of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation or a thawing of the permafrost in the circumpolar arctic regions. The projects will analyse economic and scientific aspects using large-scale nonlinear problems. The successful candidates will join an international team of leading researchers in the area.

Applicants should have demonstrated research skills (e.g., through a Masters degree with a substantial research component or a four-year undergraduate degree with first class honours or equivalent in the area of economics, engineering or environmental science). A strong mathematical background and interest/experience in design of computational algorithms would be highly desirable.

Those with interest/experience in topics such as adaptation to climate change and invasive species management will also be considered.

The successful applicant will receive a living allowance of approximately AUD 22,500 per annum (2010) tax exempt. The tenure of the scholarships is three and a half years subject to satisfactory performance.

Further information on the projects may be obtained from Dr. Ram Ranjan at rranjan@science.mq.edu.au.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Forms can be downloaded from http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/forms

Faculty of Science (Department of Biological Sciences), Macquarie University, Sydney.

Two MQRES scholarships are available in the Climate Risk CORE to support higher degree research study projects in Phytoplankton diversity. Applications are sought from suitably qualified candidates with either a first class Honours degree (or equivalent) and/or Masters by Research in a discipline relevant to the final PhD project approved for study.

Project 1. PHYTOPLANKTON DIVERSITY, OCCURRENCE AND RELATIONSHIPS TO THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN THE SUBANTARCTIC.

This project will document the diatoms of the Subantarctic sourced from sediment trap collections in the Australian Subantarctic Ocean. An uninterrupted record (1997-2005 +) of diatom remains from three different locations and several depths at each location have been collected and partially processed. This material is a valuable and unique source of diatom biodiversity, biogeography and annual composition available for baseline documentation. The thesis will be taxonomically based and will incorporate published biogeochemical data, climatological influences and plankton ecology.

Project 2. PHYTOPLANKTON OF THE EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT.

In collaboration with a team of Australian marine specialists from Universities and CSIRO, the floral distribution of phytoplankton along the East Australian coastline and under the varying influence of the East Australian Current will be studied in relation to oceanographic parameters and climate processes such as ENSO. The work may include time at sea.

Dr Leanne Armand will supervise the successful applicants, but other members of staff with appropriate complimentary skills across Macquarie University or the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS) and CSIRO may/will also work with the successful applicants.

For further information contact the project supervisor, Dr Leanne Armand: telephone: +61-2- 9850 8351, e-mail: larmand@science.mq.edu.au.

PhD Scholarship #2010095 with the Faculty of Science, Department of Computing, Macquarie University, Sydney

A scholarship for PhD study is available in association with the Australian Research Council Discovery Project "Designing software for secrecy: Security-enabled program algebra".

Project details: Refinement modelling of security protocols

The project will focus on enabling the formal specification and systematic design of security protocols, using a style of so-called stepwise refinement that gradually increases detail while preserving the functional- and security properties. The broad aims are to develop a suite of mathematical and programmed tools which will allow this to be done, and so enable the detailed modelling and automated analysis of software that must be resistant to security-style attacks. Thus it will involve exploration of the current theoretical foundations and/or the development of automated tool support, and will be validated against a collection of case studies.

Applications are sought for a suitably qualified candidate, with either a first-class Honours (or equivalent) and/or Masters by Research degree in a discipline relevant to the final PhD topic that is approved for study. Domestic and international applicants will be considered.

A/Prof Annabelle McIver will supervise the successful applicant; however the work is likely to involve participation within an international team (UNSW/Southampton UK) working on related topics.

For further information please contact A/Prof Annabelle McIver: telephone +61 (0)2 9850 9579 or email anabel@science.mq.edu.au.

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Forms can be downloaded from http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/forms. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

No Information available.

A full-time PhD scholarship is available in the Department of Computing, Macquarie University.

Please quote the allocation reference number 2010207 on your application form.

Project Name: Intelligent Pedagogical Agents within a Multi-user Virtual Environments to aid the Learning and Transfer of Challenging Scientific Knowledge and Skills

Project Description:

The overall goal of the larger project is to investigate centrally important issues related to learning in multi-user virtual learning environments (MUVEs) and approaches for their integration into Australian science education classrooms. This PhD project will focus on the use of intelligent agents to support learning, considering in particular when and how agents should intervene to provide a collaborative machine-teacher-student learning environment. The scope of the PhD topic is currently quite broad. For example, to monitor and facilitate achievement of the pedagogical goals, techniques from artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent/adaptive user interfaces such as agents, knowledge-based systems, ontologies, data mining and user modelling will potentially be incorporated so that the system will incrementally acquire and update a model of the knowledge of the learner and the learner experience. The larger project is also interested in providing a MUVE that supports scenario authoring by non-programmers using existing game development toolkits, which then would allow the development and population of MUVE content by curriculum developers and teachers.

Other Important information:

Applications are sought for a suitably qualified candidate, with either a first-class Honours (or equivalent) and/or Masters by Research degree in a discipline relevant to the final PhD topic that is approved for study. Domestic and international applicants will be considered.

A/Prof Debbie Richards will supervise the successful applicant; however the work will involve participation within a cross-institutional and international team (University of Sydney/Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) working on related topics.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, submit a cover letter detailing relevant experience, a CV and an academic transcript to the principal supervisor: A/Prof. Debbie Richards, email: richards@science.mq.edu.au, telephone: +61 (0)2 9850 9567

The 2010 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. Please quote the allocation number on your application.

Fully funded for three years at a US University

The Australian-American Fulbright Commission would like to draw your attention to this exciting new Scholarship opportunity for an Australian graduate to apply for an International Science and Technology Scholarship to study for a PhD at a US university, fully funded for up to three years, at up to Aus $300,000. The scholarship covers full tuition, return airfare, monthly stipend, allowances for books, health and accident insurance, support and enrichment seminars. Applications close:
1 May 2010

For more information about this scholarship please visit:

http://www.fulbright.com.au/scholarships/InternationalFulbrightScienceandTechnologyAwards.html

In 2010 Australian Biological Resources Study has partnered with The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust to offer two Fellowships to undertake overseas taxonomic research on Australian flora and fauna.

Two fellowships are available:

• For an early career researcher (maximum of 10 yrs post Ph.D)
• For an established career researcher (established in their field and is beyond post 10 yrs since Ph.D)

Contact

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
GPO Box 1536
Canberra City ACT 2601
Tel: 1800 777 231 or (02) 6247 8333
www.churchilltrust.com.au

For more information, please refer to this PDF file.

A Macquarie University Research Excellence (MQRES) scholarship is available for a PhD study investigating "School Choice for Children with a Disability and/or Challenging Behaviour" in association with an Australian Research Council-funded research project. The successful candidate will join the project Chief Investigator in a critical analysis of the increase in diagnosis of special educational needs in New South Wales government schools.

This scholarship will support a clear area of research focusing on the experience and perceptions of 24 parents of children with a diagnosed disability enrolled across the continuum of provision in New South Wales government schools. The PhD will recruit one parent from 8 different special schools, 8 different support classes and 8 different regular classes in a variety of NSW DET educational regions. The MQRES will focus on how parents made the decision to enrol their child in the setting that they did, what options they felt they had at the time, what events led to their child being diagnosed with a disability eligible for support funding and how they feel with that conceptualisation of their child.

Contact: Dr Linda Graham (0414 291 408)

Every day we are making exciting new discoveries about the breadth and depth of Australia’s biodiversity. Since 2006, 48 reptiles, about 200 new fish species and 1,184 flowering plants have been discovered and documented. In Australia we know only one quarter of our estimated biodiversity, there is much to be still explored!

The Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) offers Capacity-Building Grants in the form of Honours and Masters & Ph.D. scholarships for taxonomic research.

Additionally in the 2010/2011 round, ABRS is offering applicants beginning a Ph.D. on an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) in 2010 the opportunity to top up the existing APA rate ($22,500 in 2010) by $10,000 per year.

ABRS funds systematics research on Australian flora and fauna and applicants must address the Research Priorities.

For application forms and further details

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/funding-and-research/capacity-grants/index.html

Contact: abrs.grants@environment.gov.au

The discovery of the ancient Greek papyri from Egypt has opened a remarkable window on our deep human past. Every scrap of papyrus extracted from the Egyptian sand has the potential to change the way we think about some aspect of ancient culture. This project addresses a fundamental problem affecting all research into the material: our incomplete and unsatisfactory understanding of the vocabulary of these fragile textual artefacts renders a vast amount of evidence uncertain and its significance therefore ambiguous. Innovative methodologies will produce a state of the art lexical analysis of early Greek papyri, offering a key contribution to the larger study of the Greek vocabulary as a whole.

Contact: Dr Trevor Evans, email: trevor.evans@mq.edu.au, Phone: 02 9850 8780

The Mongol, Russian and Soviet empires, the largest contiguous empires ever created, arose not in the populous lands of "Outer Eurasia", but in Eurasia's thinly settled heartlands. How did this under-resourced region exert such a vast influence on its richer and more populous neighbours from prehistory to the present day? This project will address this large question through the writing of a synoptic history of the entire region. It will reinterpret the region's role in world history and the contemporary world.

Contact: David Christian, email: david.christian@mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 8769

Human Brain Mapping of Tinnitus and its Remediation (2010107)

A full time domestic PhD scholarship is available in the Department of Linguistics, in conjunction with the HEARing Co-operative Research Centre. This project aims to assess the subjective changes in tinnitus throughout a tinnitus remediation program and correlate this with changes in cortical auditory activity measured objectively. It also aims to identify whether objective measurement can be used to tailor remediation programs to individuals. Suitable applicants would have a background in the measurement of evoked potentials.

Further information can be obtained by contacting Dr Catherine McMahon at Catherine.McMahon@ling.mq.edu.au or call 02 9850 8775.

This scholarships is available to domestic students. Applicants should have equivalent research qualifications to an Australian undergraduate degree with first class honours (such as a Masters degree with a substantial thesis component) in a relevant discipline (such as Cognitive Psychology, Behavioural Neuroscience). Candidates who have experience working with patient groups and/or neuroimaging are particularly encouraged to apply.

The scholarship pays a living allowance, currently $22,500 per annum, tax exempt (2010 rate), and the tenure is a maximum 3 years full time, subject to satisfactory progress. Additional support for projects and for national and international travel will also be available from the Centre/Faculty. Scholarship top-up funding may be available from the Department.

Applicants for this scholarship should mark the project number on the front of the application form, for example 2010107.

The Toyko Foundation Scholarship program aims to promote sound high quality teaching practice of Japanese language and culture in the community. The Foundation invites applicants with a research interest in Japanese language and pedagogy or any area of study related to Japan.

Successful applicants must enrol full-time in a Doctor of Philosophy program at Macquarie University. The scholarship is available for 3 years and intended applicants must meet Macquarie University PhD admission requirements.

The successful applicant will receive a living allowance of approximately AUD 22,500 per annum (2010) tax exempt for three years.

Further information on the projects may be obtained from Mrs Tomoko Toyama at tomoko.koyama@humn.mq.edu.au. Phone (02) 9850 7910.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Forms can be downloaded from http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/forms and sent to Higher Degree Research Office.

Investigating Decision-Making and Skill Acquisition in Applied Industrial Settings

Two (2) PhD scholarships are available in the Macquarie University, Department of Psychology, as part of an ARC-Funded Linkage project with TransGrid. TransGrid is a corporatised entity under the State Owned Corporations Act of 1989. It owns, operates and manages the high voltage electricity system throughout New South Wales. The project, led by Associate Professor Mark Wiggins (Macquarie University), aims to develop an understanding of how competent practitioners progress to expertise in decision-making under uncertainty.

Project #1. An APA(I) scholarship is available to examine a number of aspects surrounding the context of cognitive skill acquisition, including the role of individual differences and the design of technological systems such as auditory and visual warning devices, and human-computer interfaces. The 2010 full-time stipend rate is $27,222 pa tax exempt for 3 years.

Project #2. An MQRES scholarship is also available to examine a number of aspects surrounding the relationship between interface design and human performance, including the development and evaluation of decision support systems. The 2010 full-time stipend rate is $22,500 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years.

At various times, the candidates will be expected to undertake field work under the supervision of a Registered Psychologist. Some state-wide and interstate travel may be necessary.

Applicants must be Australian or New Zealand citizens or Australian Permanent Residents and must have, or demonstrate equivalent research qualifications or experience to, an Australian Honours (1) degree in Psychology (MQRES) or Hons 2 (1) (APA(I)).

For further information regarding this project, applicants are encouraged to contact the project supervisor, Associate Professor Mark Wiggins: telephone: +61-2- 9850 9705, e-mail: mark.wiggins@mq.edu.au.

Application forms (see below), and conditions of award, are available from the Higher Degree Research Office telephone +61-2-9850 7663 e-mail hdrschol@mq.edu.au. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicants of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

The project investigates the role of the human innate immune system in using the infection mechanism of pathogens to its own advantage. The first step of bacterial and fungal infection is adhesion of the microorganism to the mucosal surface of the host epithelia. The aim of the project will be to show that secreted fluids that bathe these surfaces use these same protein-sugar interactions to bind the pathogens, which can then be expelled physically from the body. Tears and/or saliva will be used to determine whether their glycoproteins protect the eye and oral cavity respectively from infection by the main pathogens to which they are exposed. This knowledge will provide opportunities for the development of new and natural antimicrobial agents.

Applicants need to have an interest in mass spectrometric techniques, particularly as it is used to investigate protein-sugar interactions

Contact: Prof. Nicki Packer, email: nicki.packer@mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 8176

The idea that biodiverse systems provide greater levels of ecosystem functions is central to current strategies for conservation and environmental management. This project will expand on current research in this area and test this important ecological concept, focussing on how diversity across multiple trophic levels affects ecosystem function.

Groundwater ecosystems provide a simple model ecosystem for this research. They have a simple trophic structure that allows all trophic levels to be examined, and a unique, largely undescribed fauna, housing the potential for novel biological discoveries.

The project will involve field sampling across NSW and laboratory work, combining molecular fingerprinting, functional gene analysis, molecular-based taxonomy and phylogenetic analyses to quantify ecosystem function, and assess diversity across all trophic levels from microbes to macroinvertebrates. Diversity will be assessed across a range of groundwater ecosystems and related to both environmental conditions and ecosystem function.

This project is a collaboration between Macquarie University, UTS and the University of Cologne, Germany.

Applicants should have a drivers licence and experience in any of molecular analysis, microbial ecology, invertebrate ecology or groundwater studies.

Contact: Dr Grant Hose, email: grant.hose@mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 6296

It is well known that Mathematics, and especially Number Theory, besides its intrinsic beauty, provides many powerful tools for modern Cryptography and thus for smart and efficient information handling. The aim of the project is to formulate and solve new and important mathematical problems, which lie in the background of modern cryptography. Possible specific directions of research include problem in elliptic curve cryptography, in lattice based cryptography, in pseudorandom number generation and many others.

Applicants must have a solid mathematical background, basic knowledge and interest in cryptography and also experience some major software packages like Magma, Maple, Pari, NTL.

Contact: Igor Shparlinski, email: igor@ics.mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 9585

Australian Aboriginal languages have a number of interesting characteristics that make them a challenge for language technology applications; as yet, there are none, unlike for the indigenous Inuit peoples of Canada and Maori of New Zealand. This project will carry out a large-scale computational treatment of the Aboriginal language Arrernte, including morphology, syntax and discourse; this will result in a data-to-text natural language generation system which takes data from the domain of Australian Rules Football and automatically constructs texts based on the data, using as a model the sort of stories found in newspapers describing an AFL game. The PhD subproject will look at various aspects of this project, such as the suitability of various computational grammar formalisms for representing Arrernte (and the implications for computational grammar generally).

The PhD will suit a candidate with a background in computer science and an interest in language, or a background in linguistics and an ability to program, or similar.

Contact: Dr Mark Dras, email: madras@science.mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 9580

Strongly correlated states of matter such as lattices of quantum mechanical spins can exhibit unusual behaviour known as topological order. This type of matter has emergent physics mimicking elementary particles and fields and is remarkably accessible in table top experiments. A striking outcome in two dimensional lattices are particles dubbed anyons which have richer statistics than bosons and fermions in nature, and can perform intrinsically error free quantum computation. This theory project will find ways to design such states by quantum engineering the microscopic physics and will develop theory for prototype realisations using atom optical systems or solid state devices such as Josephson junction arrays. Applications of topologically order will be investigated such as quantum walks with anyons to study statistical mechanics of braided systems. Students with an interest in the overlap of quantum information, condensed matter, and quantum optics/atomic physics are encouraged to apply.

Contact: Gavin Brennen, email: gbrennen@science.mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 4445

The aim of this research is to develop specialised "power-supply-on-a-chip" integrated circuits (ICs) for efficient conversion and management of electrical energy. The project will utilise and develop the unique local expertise and IC fabrication capability in silicon-on-sapphire technology in partnership with Sapphicon Semiconductor Pty. Ltd. The ICs developed will be used to improve the performance of small-scale electric power and transport systems based on alternative energy sources.

Two scholarships are available, an Australian Postgraduate Award - Industry (APAI), and a Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES). The living allowance (stipend) in 2010 for full-time APAI holders is $26,669 tax exempt, and for MQRES holders is $22,500 tax exempt. Subject to satisfactory performance, top-ups will be paid by the industry partner to bring both scholarships to the same rate, i.e. $29,584 tax exempt.

Applicants should have a degree in electrical or electronic engineering, preferably specialising in integrated electronics, power electronics, or instrumentation and control.

Contact: Graham Town, email: gtown@elec.mq.edu.au, phone: 02 9850 9145

These awards are for full-time study towards higher degrees by research. Some part-time awards are available, on a case-by-case basis, for students with medical grounds, disability or heavy family care commitments. Maximum tenure of award, subject to satisfactory progress, is 2 years for a Master and 3 years for a PhD. Up to a further six months may be granted to PhD candidates where, for reasons related to the nature of the research and beyond the student's control, an extension of tenure is required. From January 2010 the full-time base rate stipend level will be $22,500 per annum currently tax-free (part-time: $12,176 per annum taxable).

The Higher Degree Research Committee may approve up to 12 months research undertaken overseas while on award (18 months for anthropology and other special cases), provided that adequate supervision is available.

Within the tenure of the award, Award holders in full-time study are entitled to 20 days paid recreation leave each year, preferably in the December/January period. Leave taken at some other time must be approved by the supervisor. There is provision for sick leave and maternity leave.

Award holders are permitted to undertake a limited amount of paid employment provided that it does not interfere with the full-time study program. Tutoring or other academic employment shall not be regarded as an obligation of the award.

Applicants must be Australian/New Zealand citizens, or have been granted Australian permanent residency status by no later than the application closing date.

Competition for the APA scheme is intense; only applicants with a high first-class honours degree or equivalent will be offered an award. The University is allocated an annual quota by DEST. The Higher Degree Research Committee recommends the criteria for award allocation to Academic Senate.

Application material is available from the Higher Degree Research Office and should be submitted by the closing date advertised on the HDRO website.

• Information and Conditions of Award (PDF)

The Commonwealth Government Commercialisation Training Scheme (CTS) provides funds to support domestic research commercialisation training for a limited number of Research (HDR) students by completing a concurrent Graduate Certificate. The objective of the CTS is to provide high quality research commercialisation training for the next generation of Australian researchers as a means of equipping them with the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to bring research-based ideas, inventions and innovations to market. Further information on the CTS scheme is available from Commercialisation Training Scheme (DEST Website)

At Macquarie University, up to 8 selected students will receive a CTS Scholarship to undertake the Macquarie Postgraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship, part-time, concurrent with their HDR candidature. The CTS Scholarship will:

1. Pay the applicable student tuition fees (In 2008, $5,760), and
2. Provide $2,000 towards research costs to undertake the final project unit.
3. Provide a $5,000 stipend to the scholarship awardee (Tax exempt for students concurrently on a full time scholarship with Macquarie University).

The Postgraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship

• (http://www.mii.mq.edu.au/courses/certificate.htm)

The program aims to provide participants with sufficient understanding and skills to make decisions about their future involvement as entrepreneurs or as members of an early-stage entrepreneurial venture. The Postgraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship for CTS scholarship recipients requires completion of three units each worth 4 credit points: INOV801, INOV802, and INOV808. These units equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary for commercialising and marketing new ideas. Many researchers and inventors have brilliant ideas but lack the skills needed to bring these ideas to market. These units will help students appreciate how this can be done within various entrepreneurial projects. This knowledge will be useful to students in developing their own intellectual property and for students who might act in an advising or consulting capacity.

MII’s Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship can be undertaken on a part-time basis and completed within a 12-month period including a summer term. The units are, in general, being offered as early evening delivery or as on-line units. The semesters at Macquarie University are of 13 weeks and the next commencement dates for 2008 is 30 July 2008.

For the 2008/2009 intake, the study pattern will be as follows:

• INOV801 Semester 2, 2008 Online with three face-to-face seminars
• INOV802 Semester 1, 2009 Tuesdays, 6-9 pm (weekly)
• INOV808 Individually supervised commercialisation project to be completed by August 2009.

For further information on the Postgraduate Certificate in Research Commercialisation, contact Sam Burshtein email: sam.burshtein@mq.edu.au, telephone 9850 4803.

Details related to the CTS Scholarship Scheme: Eligibility requirements, conditions of award and selection policy (PDF) .

To apply two forms need to be completed:

• Postgraduate Studies Coursework Enrolment Form (PDF)
• CTS Scholarship Application Form (PDF)

This award is won by the University and an industry partner for a project in an area of common research interest. The APAI award funds a Masters or PhD scholarship in that area at the priority stipend rate. Other conditions are similar to an APA. Tenure is 2 years for a Master and 3 years for a PhD.

The 2010 stipend rate for commencing projects is $27,222 per annum currently tax exempt for full time and $14,868 per annum taxable for part time. Stipends are indexed to increase each year.

These awards are normally advertised October to December each year. Students are encouraged to contact academic staff in their area of research interest to enquire about the possibility of awards.

The General Sir John Monash Awards usually open for applications in August for commencement in the following calendar year.

The Awards are Australia's prestigious equivalent to the Rhodes scholarship and the American Fulbright programme. They offer up to $150,000 over three years for postgraduate studies (PHD, DPhil or professional Masters Degree) at any of the world's best universities overseas.

Eight Awards are made each year to Australian citizens adjudged to have outstanding academic achievement, community consciousness and service and leadership potential of their field and the community. The Foundation expects Award Winners to make a significant contribution to the future development of Australia. There is no restriction on the age of applicants or the fields of study.

Application forms and further information are available at: http://www.monashawards.org

Fulbright Scholarship applications usually open in August.

Valued at up to $A40,000, Fulbright scholarships are open to Australian citizens to undertake research or study in the United States for 3 - 12 months.

Applications are open to Postgraduates (to do research related to their Australian PhD. or enrol in a US degree); Postdoctoral, Professional and Senior Scholars from any field of study.

For more information, please download this PDF.

Macquarie University's Applied Finance Centre invites applications for scholarships for full-time PhD studies in Applied Finance. Scholarships are tenable for a maximum three years, subject to satisfactory progress. The award stipend is currently $35,000 per annum tax exempt.

Applicants should be Australian citizens or permanent residents and should have a bachelor's degree at honours level, of at least second class division one, or a Master's degree and preferably, work experience in finance and demonstrated capacity for research in applied Finance.

For further information on the Applied Finance Centre, visit our web site: www.mafc.mq.edu.au

Enquiries can be made to the Applied Finance Centre Director, Professor Phil Dolan; telephone +61-2-9223 6231, facsimile +61-2- 9223 6237 or email Director@mafc.mq.edu.au

Application forms and conditions of award are available from the Applied Finance Centre, Level 3, 10 Spring Street, Sydney (GPO Box 3480, Sydney 2001); from the Higher Degree Research Office, Macquarie University NSW 2109 (telephone +61-2-9850 7663; email hdrschol@mq.edu.au).

Indigenous Research

In 2010 Macquarie University is offering three PhD or Masters by Research Scholarships to Indigenous Australian students of strong research potential to undertake full-time postgraduate study in an area of interest to the University. Applicants must be Indigenous Australians who have (or expect to complete in the current year) a four-year undergraduate degree with at least upper second class honours or must provide strong evidence of equivalent achievement. Applicants seeking to establish equivalence to honours are asked to provide full documentation of any achievements and qualifications in the following areas:

• research experience;
• publication of research (preferably in refereed journals);
• conference presentations;
• the completion of a Masters degree with a substantial research component;
• highly relevant work experience.

In addition, two referee reports will be required, one of which must be from an Indigenous Australian, and applicants will be required to confirm their Indigenous identity.

The successful applicants will be selected by a panel comprising academics and Indigenous community members and will be encouraged to participate fully in the work of the host Faculty and the University with opportunities to contribute to teaching, marking and other appropriate duties to supplement his or her income.

The scholarship is available for a maximum 2 years for Masters and 3.5 years for PhD, advanced standing will be deducted if the awardee has been previously enrolled in study towards the degree which the award will support. Leave and other conditions are generally equivalent to the Australian Postgraduate Award, and the recipient will be paid a living allowance at the published MQRES scholarship rate: currently $22,500 p.a. tax exempt (2010).

Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss any aspect of their application with the Director of Warawara, Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University: Associate Professor Susan Page (02) 9850 8634 (susan.page@mq.edu.au). Research project options may also be discussed with Ritchie Howitt on 02 9850 8386 (richard.howitt@mq.edu.au) in the Faculty of Science.

Application forms and award conditions (below) are also available from the Higher Degree Research Office, by telephoning (02) 9850 7987, by e-mailing hdrschol@mq.edu.au.

• Supplementary Indigenous Identity Form (PDF) must be completed by all applicants

For more information, please download this PDF.

These awards, which are limited in number and for which there is considerable competition, are available for tenure by graduates who wish to undertake postgraduate study and research in Australian institutions of higher education.

Applicants must be citizens of countries other than Australia and New Zealand, and must not hold permanent residency of Australia.

E-IPRS Scholarships cover only tuition fees and health insurance premiums for a period of two years for a Master Degree and three years for a PhD Degree. PhD applicants may be eligible to apply for a 6 month extension of award. Macquarie University will fund a living allowance for a maximum 3.5 years to E-IPRS PhD awardees under the MQRES scheme category 3.1.

Application material is available from the Higher Degree Research Office and should be submitted by the closing date advertised on the HDRO website.

• Information (PDF)
• Conditions of Award (PDF) (Revised December 2008)

Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia and Fudan University, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China with the support of Top Education Pty Ltd have agreed to encourage academic cooperation and research collaboration through a PhD scholarship program.

The Macquarie-Fudan PhD Scholarship Program (MFPS) will offer full tuition and a living allowance at the Australian Postgraduate Award Rate ($A20,007 per annum) for a maximum 4 years tenure. Applicants should note that the cost of visa application and compulsory overseas health cover (OHSC) are not covered by this award.

Applicants must be:

• A current or alumni student from Fudan University
• Nominated by Fudan University
• Meet Macquarie University's admission requirements, including having an IELTS of 6.5 overall ,with a minimum of 6 in each band
• Obtain a 4 year student visa to attend the program

Priority will be given the Macquarie University's nominated areas of research excellence.

China Scholarship Council -Macquarie University Joint Postgraduate Scholarship Program (2010)

Program overview

The China Scholarship Council (CSC) and Maquarie University (MQ) jointly offer up to 10 postgraduate research scholarships each year to students from PR China, who intend to undertake a postgraduate research degree at MQ. Candidates undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy program will be given priority. If the selected Chinese students successfully complete the requirements of the designated degree program, they will be conferred a Doctor of Philosophy degree by MQ.

Priority Areas of Research

CSC and MQ undertake to collaborate in the CSC priority areas of study (as below) and MQ Concentration of Research Excellence fields:

• Communication and Information Technology
• Agriculture
• Life Sciences and Public Health
• Material Sciences and New Materials
• Energy and the Environment
• Engineering
• Applied Social Sciences and WTO-related Areas

Eligibility

• Candidates will be citizens and permanent residents of the People's Republic of China at the time of application;
• Candidates must not be currently working or studying abroad;
• Successful candidates must return to China upon completion of their studies and/or research;
• Candidates must hold a conditional offer of enrolment subject to the CSC award. They must therefore fulfill the relevant academic entry requirements set by the admitting department of MQ, including a high level of English language proficiency;
• Candidates must also comply with the Australian Government's English proficiency requirements for the issue of a student visa. Candidates should check those requirements with the nearest Australian diplomatic post or the relevant website: http://www.immi.gov.au. Candidates should note that owing to the citizenship of PR China, candidates may be required to meet those requirements through the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
• Candidates should be intending to pursue a postgraduate research degree in one of the priority academic areas identified by CSC or one of MQ Concentrations of Research Excellence (CORES). However, applicants to other study/research areas will also be considered. Academic support is also subject to the availability of relevant programs of study at MQ, as published on the Research Degrees section;
• Candidate should satisfy the selection criteria set out by CSC by completing the CSC Application Form and the CSC Employer Reference Form at http://apply.csc.edu.cn/.
• Further program information is available at http://www.csc.edu.cn/

Funding model

The duration of the scholarships will vary in accordance with the course. Doctoral enrolment at MQ is four years.

For successful candidates who meet MQ's entry criteria and who are awarded the CSC stipend, MQ will award a tuition fee scholarship. MQ will also provide each Doctoral student with a living stipend during the fourth year where it or part thereof is needed. This will be at the same rate as CSC had funded in the first three years and is provisional upon the candidate meeting MQ's normal standard of academic progression upon review at the end of three years of study and again six months later. CSC will consider their application for a living allowance (for the first three years for Doctoral students) as prescribed from time to time by the Chinese Government, a return international airfare by the most economical route, and visa application fees.

If a candidate has a conditional MQ offer of enrolment subject to the CSC award but the CSC award is not forthcoming, the candidate may still enrol but will be required to pay all costs.

Application Process and Time Scale (approximately)

• Candidates should directly apply for admission to MQ before 31 January 2010 (for a start in 2010).
• Simultaneously, candidates must complete an application for funding and employer reference to CSC (forms are available online at http://apply.csc.edu.cn). A hard copy of the signed CSC Application Form along the completed CSC Employer Reference Form and a copy of the full application to MQ, including supporting documentation, must be submitted to CSC by 31 January 2010.
• By the end of March 2010 MQ will provide CSC with a ranked list of suitable candidates (names and subject areas) to be considered for the scholarship program and a copy of the admissions offer letters for each candidate put forward.
• By the end of April, CSC will evaluate the listed candidates according to CSC requirements and priorities, and provide MQ with a shortlist of potential scholarship recipients.
• In May, MQ and CSC will announce the final list of scholarship recipients.
• Successful applicants will usually start their PhD study at MQ from July 2010.

NOTE: The above Time Scale is approximate only. For 2010 the CSC application materials will not be available until February. Students interested in applying should still apply to MQ before 31 January 2010. Your application will be assessed for admission to MQ and your offer letter, if you are successful can be included in your separate application to CSC. Please make sure you mark clearly on your MQ application you are interested in applying for the CSC scholarship.

Enquiries

MQ: For Macquarie enquiries, please contact
The Scholarships Manager, Higher Degree Research Office
Research Hub Level 3, C5C East
Macquarie University North Ryde NSW 2109 Australia
Tel: 61 2 9850 7663 Fax: 61 2 9850 6198 E-mail: hdrschol@mq.edu.au

CSC: For CSC scholarship enquires, please contact
Mr CHEN Chen
Division of Cooperation and Consultancy
China Scholarship Council
Level 13 Building A3No. 9 Chegongzhuang Ave. Beijing 100044PR China
Tel: 8610 6609 3949 Fax: 8610 8839 3945 E-mail: cchen@csc.edu.cn

The Macquarie University Postgraduate Research Fund (PGRF) is administered via your Faculty HDR Office. Application forms and information are available below.

The normal expectation is that an applicant will be in the third or later second year of doctoral enrolment, or early second year of MPhil enrolment, with significant research results achieved. Candidates are expected to draw on Faculty funding for initial conference and related research support.

Completed application forms should be submitted directly to the Faculty HDR Administrator. All interviews for the PGRF scheme are organized by the Faculty office, and for Round 2, 2010 will normally take place between 3 May and 14 May. Students who are unable to attend an interview must defer their applications until a subsequent round.

Following applicant interviews, funding recommendations are made by the Dean Higher Degree Research to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). Approved PGRF funds will be available from 1 July 2010. Faculties may provide advance funds to applicants to assure earlier travel bookings.

Please note that all matters relating to the application submission, interviews and subsequent funding as well as any finance account details should be directed to the relevant Faculty HDR Administrator in the first instance.

For applicants applying to this round of the PGRF

• PGRF Funding Rules (RTF)
• PGRF Application Form Conference (RTF)
• PGRF Application Form Research Costs (RTF)
• PGRF Supervisor's Report (RTF)

For applicants after they have been granted money (post award)

• PGRF Final Report (RTF)
• PGRF Variation (RTF)
• PGRF Carry Forward (RTF)