Laureate Graduate Research Scholarships

Applications are invited for two PhD scholarships to undertake a higher degree by research, and join Professor Adrienne Stone’s Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship Program in Comparative Constitutional Law.
Successful candidates must commence the scholarship between December 2017 and February 2018.he program is establishing an interdisciplinary research team based at Melbourne Law School, and is supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) from 2016 to 2021.
Scholarship recipients undertaking research through the Laureate Program will be awarded an annual stipend of AUD$34,682 (tax free), and will be eligible to apply for up to AUD$4,000 project funding over the course of their candidature for approved travel and conference attendance.
The scholarship is available for a maximum period of four years, with no extensions possible.
Deadline: July 1, 2017

Requirements:

  • Eligible applicants must: have an Honours 1 or high 2A (or equivalent) undergraduate degree in law.
  • Candidate must be available to undertake research full-time.
  • Candidate should not be receiving similar funding or stipend from another Commonwealth programme.
  • Candidate should not have completed a degree at the same level or at a higher level in the same field of endeavour.
  • Candidate should not have previously held a Research Training Program Scholarship (RTPS), Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or Australian Postgraduate Award Industry (APAI) unless it was terminated within the first six months of the earlier award.
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