International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS)
The main objectives of the IPRS program are to:
* attract top quality international postgraduate students to areas of research strength in Australian higher education providers; and
* support Australia's research effort.
The IPRS program enables international students to undertake a postgraduate research qualification in Australia and gain experience with leading Australian researchers.
Scholarships are open to international students of all countries (except New Zealand) and are available for a period of two years for a Masters by research degree or three years for a Doctorate by research degree. The scholarship covers tuition fees and health cover costs for scholarship holders, and health cover costs for their dependants.
Applications for a scholarship need to be made directly to a participating university. Universities are responsible for determining the selection process by which scholarships are allocated to applicants. Contact details for Australian universities may be obtained from
http://www.studyinaustralia.gov.au/Sia/en/Links/Universities.htm You are now leaving the DEST website
The allocation of IPRS grants to participating universities is based on a formula that is reflective of their overall research performance.
Enquiries
For Applicants: All enquiries regarding IPRS awards need to be directed to the university at which the applicant wishes to conduct their postgraduate research.
For Higher Education Providers: Administering area: Research Policy and Programs, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
Applications close 31 August 2009 (UNSW)
The University of New South Wales offers the following prestigious scholarships to international students of exceptional research potential to undertake a higher degree by research at the University of New South Wales in Semester 1 2010 (Only one application is required for the UNSW International Research Scholarships; applicants will be considered for all scholarships for which they are eligible):
1. International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)
Scholarships available for PhD and Masters by Research in all disciplines
2. University International Postgraduate Award (UIPA)
Scholarships available for PhD and Masters by Research in all disciplines
3. Tuition Fee Remission Scholarship plus a Faculty Research Stipend
Scholarships available for PhD, Masters by Research and for Masters of Philosophy (in selected disciplines depending on Faculty research areas)
4. Tuition Fee Remission Scholarship
Scholarships available for PhD, Masters by Research and Masters of Philosophy (in selected disciplines depending on Faculty research areas). This scholarship is only available to students who are sponsored by their home country with a living allowance/stipend with a minimum value of $10,000 per annum.
If you are applying in the discipline areas of Engineering, Business, Science or Humanities and Social Sciences and would like to be considered for a scholarship place at both the Kensington Campus (Sydney) and UNSW@ADFA Campus (Canberra), please indicate this on the scholarship application form.
BENEFITS
1. International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)
This scholarship is funded by Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and UNSW and managed by UNSW.
The IPRS provides the following benefits:
* Payment of Tuition Fees and an annual stipend of $20,000 (in addition some Faculties may provide a supplementary scholarship for the top ranked applicants) provided for 3 years for a PhD and 2 years for a Masters by Research.
* Payment of Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) (for the student and their dependants)
* Waiver of Visa Charges (by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) at the time of Visa application)
* NSW Government Travel Concession
* Exemption from NSW Government State School Fees for children of the student (current NSW Government policy as at June 2008. Please check the UNSW International website at
http://www.international.unsw.edu.au/future/accepted/acceptedfamily.html for up-to-date information)
* Priority for accommodation in the New College Village @ UNSW.
The University may grant PhD IPRS holders an extension of a maximum of 6 months if their research is adversely affected by circumstances beyond their control and provided the candidate is making satisfactory progress. No extensions are possible for Masters by Research students.
The duration of any of the scholarships will be reduced by any periods of study undertaken towards the degree prior to the commencement of the scholarship and during suspension of the scholarship.
2. University International Postgraduate Award (UIPA)
This scholarship is fully funded and managed by UNSW
The UIPA provides the following benefits:
* Payment of Tuition Fees and an annual stipend of $20,000 (in addition some Faculties may provide a supplementary scholarship for the top ranked applicants) provided for 3 years for a PhD and 2 years for a Masters by Research.
* Exemption from NSW Government State School Fees for children of the student (current NSW Government policy as at June 2008. Please check the UNSW International website at
http://www.international.unsw.edu.au/future/accepted/acceptedfamily.html for up-to-date information)
* Priority for accommodation in the New College Village @ UNSW.
The University may grant PhD UIPA holders an extension of a maximum of 6 months if their research is adversely affected by circumstances beyond their control and provided the candidate is making satisfactory progress. No extensions are possible for Masters by Research.
The duration of any of the scholarships will be reduced by any periods of study undertaken towards the degree prior to the commencement of the scholarship and during suspension of the scholarship.
3. Tuition Fee Remission Scholarship plus Faculty Research Stipend
This scholarship is funded and managed by UNSW
The scholarship provides the following benefits:
* Remission of Tuition Fees and an annual Stipend of $20,000 funded by a Faculty Research Scholarship to work in specific areas of research defined by the Faculty (in addition some Faculties may provide a supplementary scholarship for the top ranked applicants) provided for 3 years for a PhD, 2 years for a Masters by Research and 1.5 years for a Master of Philosophy.
* Exemption from NSW Government State School Fees for children of the student (current NSW Government policy as at June 2008. Please check the UNSW International website at
http://www.international.unsw.edu.au/future/accepted/acceptedfamily.html for up-to-date information)
* Priority for accommodation in the New College Village @ UNSW.
The University may grant PhD scholarship holders an extension of a maximum of 6 months if their research is adversely affected by circumstances beyond their control and provided the candidate is making satisfactory progress. No extensions are possible for Masters by Research or Master of Philosophy.
The duration of any of the scholarships will be reduced by any periods of study undertaken towards the degree prior to the commencement of the scholarship and during suspension of the scholarship.
4. Tuition Fee Remission Scholarship
This scholarship is funded and managed by UNSW
The scholarship provides the following benefits:
* Remission of Tuition Fees
* Priority for accommodation in the New College Village @ UNSW.
This scholarship is only available to students who are sponsored by their home country with a living allowance/stipend of minimum value $10,000 per annum and who include the letter of sponsorship from their home country with the application.
This scholarship is provided for 3 years for a PhD, 2 years for a Masters by Research and 1.5 years for a Master of Philosophy.
The University may grant PhD scholarship holders an extension of a maximum of 6 months if their research is adversely affected by circumstances beyond their control and provided the candidate is making satisfactory progress. No extensions are possible for Masters by Research or Master of Philosophy.
The duration of any of the scholarships will be reduced by any periods of study undertaken towards the degree prior to the commencement of the scholarship and during suspension of the scholarship.
All Research Scholarship holders will be given priority for residential accommodation in the New College Village @ UNSW (
http://www.ncv.unsw.edu.au/). The village offers over 300 places (all air-conditioned), with 172 self-contained studios and the remaining places in 5-6 bedroom apartments all with ensuites. Information on the College including fees, services and facilities can be found on the following website:
http://www.ncv.unsw.edu.auTENURE
The duration of the scholarship will be reduced by any periods of study undertaken:
* towards the degree prior to the commencement of the scholarship; and
* during suspension of the scholarship.
The University may grant PhD scholarship holders an extension of a maximum of 6 months if their research is adversely affected by circumstances beyond their control and provided the candidate is making satisfactory progress. No extensions are possible for Masters by Research Students or Master of Philosophy Students.
Recipients wishing to request an extension should apply in writing to the Graduate Research School, including a supervisor’s supporting statement, no later than 2 months (and no earlier than 4 months) prior to the expiry of the scholarship.
Please Note: scholarship holders who gain an extension to the scholarship who also hold additional forms of allowance (such as a Faculty living allowance) will not automatically be eligible to receive an extension of the additional allowance. Scholarship holders should check with the appropriate Faculty/School office regarding the possibility of extensions for these scholarships.
ELIGIBILITY
Full details of all the eligibility requirements can be found in the S1 2010 Application Guidelines. All students must read these Guidelines prior to lodging an application.
Applications are open to citizens of all overseas countries (excluding applicants with Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent resident status), who are proposing to undertake full-time study for a higher research degree at UNSW.
To be eligible for a UNSW International Research Scholarship, a student must:
* be an international student; and
* meet international student visa requirements as specified by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), including the requirement to purchase and maintain a standard Overseas Student Health Cover policy approved by the Commonwealth Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Please note: Tuition Fee Remission Scholarships are only available to students who are sponsored by their home country with a living allowance/stipend of minimum value $10,000 per annum and who include the letter of offer from their home country with the application.
Applicants who are offered a scholarship commencing in Semester 1 2010 will be expected to commence study at the University by no later than 1 March 2010. The UNSW International Research Scholarships are highly competitive scholarships and cannot under any circumstances be deferred.
Students should be aware that visa application and processing times can vary and are dependant on their country assessment level (AL). For example: students applying from AL3, AL4 & AL5 countries should allow extra time for a pre-visa assessment and student visa applications. For further visa information, please refer to the Department of Immigration & Citizenship (DIAC) website at
http://www.diac.gov.au/If you are unable to commence before the designated commencement date you will not be able to take up the scholarship.
You will NOT be eligible for the scholarships if you:
* Are a candidate for PhD (or Masters by Research applicants converting to PhD) and you will have undertaken 2 semesters of full-time equivalent research higher degree candidature prior to the semester for which the scholarship is available.
* Are a candidate for Masters by Research (or PhD applicants converting to Masters by Research) and you have undertaken 1 semester of full-time equivalent research higher degree candidature prior to the semester for which the scholarship is available.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications for Semester 1 2010 are now OPEN
Applications close 31 August 2009.
Successful applicants will be notified via email from the week commencing 12 October 2009.
* Application Guidelines
* Application Form
* Referees Report Form
Students will be considered for all of the UNSW International Research Scholarships as appropriate. Only one scholarship application is required.
If you are applying in the discipline areas of Engineering, Business, Science or Humanities and Social Sciences, and would like to be considered for a scholarship place at both the Kensington Campus (Sydney) and UNSW@ADFA campus (Canberra), please indicate this on the scholarship application form
Application for Admission
An application for a scholarship award does not constitute an application to study in a higher research degree at the University. Scholarship applicants must lodge a separate application for admission (
http://www.grs.unsw.edu.au/futurestudents/apply.html), with a separate complete set of certified documents. Applicants who have not obtained admission to the University may jeopardise their scholarship application. Applicants from countries where English is not the official language must satisfy theUniversity’s English language requirements. Applicants are also strongly advised to contact their proposed School at
http://www.grs.unsw.edu.au/futurestudents/find.html to discuss the suitability of the proposed program of study.
INFORMATION FOR AWARD HOLDERS
Benefits & Tenure
Please see information on the Benefits and Tenure webpages.
Change of Research Area
A Scholarship holder may change the research area indicated in the original Scholarship offer providing:
* The new research area is one of the University’s areas of research concentration; and
* There will be no extension of the duration of the Scholarship arising from the change of research area beyond the period of the original placement or Scholarship offer, including any previously approved extensions. The only exception is where the change of research area results from circumstances relating to the research, which are outside the control of the student and the University.
Residency Status
The Graduate Research School must be notified within 7 days of any change to an award holder’s residency status. If the award holder becomes an Australian Permanent Resident or New Zealand citizen the award holder is no longer eligible to hold a UNSW International Research Scholarship. Such candidates will be considered for a local equivalent scholarship at the time of the residency/citizenship status change. Failure to inform the Graduate Research School of any change to an award holder’s residency status within 7 days will result in Scholarship overpayment, which will be considered an outstanding debt to the University until repaid.
Please note: if your residency status is obtained after the Census date (Semester 1: 31st March; Semester 2: 31 August ) you are fee liable for that semester. The tuition fee payments provided by any of the Scholarships will NOT be refunded.
Work and Other Income
Other than work that is specified as a course requirement, an award holder with a student visa may undertake work unrelated to their course requirements consistent with the conditions of the student visa. However, the employment or source of income must not interfere with their research or their ability to undertake full-time study and cannot be accepted as grounds for extension of the scholarship. It is the University’s expectation that full-time postgraduate research students will spend the equivalent of 35 hours per week on their higher research degree.
Students holding one of these scholarships may also hold other forms of scholarship however scholarship holders receiving a UNSW funded stipend such as an IPRS or UIPA stipend may not hold other forms of scholarship in conjunction with the IPRS/UIPA/UNSW-funded stipend where that other scholarship funding exceeds 75% of the IPRS/UIPA stipend in value. Scholarship holders must inform the Graduate Research School of any other scholarships held or awarded during candidature.
Termination of the Scholarship
The scholarship will be terminated:
* Upon submission of the thesis (in accordance with the Commonwealth Guidelines
http://www.backingaustraliasfuture.gov.au/guidelines/csg_guide.htm); or
* If the scholarship holder is granted permanent residency status; or
* If the scholarship holder ceases to meet the eligibility requirements (other than during a period in which the scholarship has been suspended); or
* Once the maximum duration of the scholarship has been reached; or
* When the scholarship holder ceases to be a full-time student; or
* If the course of study is not being carried out with competence and diligence or in accordance with the offer of the scholarship; or
* If the scholarship holder has failed to maintain satisfactory academic progress; or
* If the scholarship holder has committed serious misconduct, including, but not limited to the provision of false or misleading information.
Obligations of Scholarship Holders
The award holder must advise the Graduate Research School prior to making any change that may affect their eligibility for the Award. For example, transfer of program (Masters by Research to PhD etc), a change of address (can be made online at MyUNSW), suspension of scholarship or program etc. Where it is not possible to provide prior advice concerning a change, notification must be sent to the Graduate Research School within 7 days of the change. Failure to notify the Graduate Research School of any changes that may affect the scholarship holder’s eligibility for the scholarship will result in termination of the scholarship.
Renewal
Renewal of the scholarship each year will be subject to confirmation that progress has been satisfactory as per UNSW regulations.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information on the IPRS and UIPA please download the Commonwealth Government Guidelines at
http://www.backingaustraliasfuture.gov.au/guidelines/csg_guide.htmThe UIPA is based on the IPRS Guidelines. Please contact the Graduate Research School at
http://www.grs.unsw.edu.au/contacts.html if you have any questions or require further information on UNSW International Research Scholarships.
Official announcement available at:
http://www.grs.unsw.edu.au/scholarships/intschols/unswintschols.html
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