University of New South Wales - Graduate Research School

Applications for the NHMRC 2010 Postgraduate Research Scholarships are now CLOSED

The aim of the NHMRC scholarships scheme is to support outstanding Australian health and medical graduates early in their career so that they can be trained to conduct research that is internationally competitive and develop a capacity for original independent research. This is usually achieved by NHMRC funding its scholars to attain a PhD by full-time research.

To be eligible to apply for an NHMRC scholarship, you must:

be an Australian citizen or permanent resident or a New Zealand citizen holding a Special Category Visa. Applicants who have applied for but not yet been granted permanent residency or a Special Category Visa may apply for the award. Evidence of the appropriate status must be provided before the start of the award; and
have made prior arrangements with the Head of Department or Institution in which you propose to study. The administering institution nominated must be an NHMRC registered Administering Institution within Australia.

Reasons for ineligibility to apply include the following:

applicants in the final year of an honours degree; and
applicants already in receipt of an Australian Postgraduate Award or equivalent Australian Government funded scholarship.