Proposal to Establish an Externally Funded Scholarship for HDR Candidates

Before completing this form, please refer to the Guidelines for establishing an externally funded scholarship for HDR candidates
1	SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS	
1.1	Name of proposed scholarship:  	
	     	
1.2	Name/s of funding provider: 	
	     	
1.3	Number of scholarships to be offered	
	
 One award - offered once only 
 Renewable award to be  re-offered when first holder completes
 Concurrent award scholarship offered annually
 Other – please give details:      	
1.4	Type of scholarship	
	
 Living Allowance Scholarship 
 Tuition Scholarship – International candidates only
 One off Project Grant go to Section 4
 Top-up scholarship should not exceed 75% of APA award – 2007 rates: $19616
	
1.5	Duration of scholarship	
	
 Three years with a possible 6 month extension (Doctoral candidates only)
 Two years (Masters candidates only)
 Other: please specify dates from:        to:      
 Length to be determined by level of study of successful candidate 
       (3 years+6 months  for PhD, 2 years for Masters)	
2	FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS	
2.1	Value of scholarship	
	  Equivalent to APA (2009 rates $20,427)
  Equivalent to APA(I) (2009 rates $26,669)
  $       Per annum
  $       One-off amount go to 2.3
  Full time tuition fees – International Only go to 2.3	
2.2	Is the scholarship to be indexed 	

2.3	Additional payments: please specify amount and type e.g. project/ relocation/ conference travel etc	
	$      	
2.4	Promotional costs: one off payment for advertising and promotion 	
	It is recommended that each time a scholarship/s is to be offered that you include approx $500 for promotional purposes.  	
	$       per offer round	
3	CANDIDATE SELECTION	
3.1	Candidate level of study – select one or more	
	
 PhD
 Professional Doctorate
 Masters by Research
	
3.2	Candidate status - select one or more	
	
 Australian Citizens only
 Domestic Applicants including AUS and NZ Citizens and AUS Permanent Residents
 International Applicants
	
3.3	Preferred research area - if any state keywords or phrase	
	     	
3.4	Other eligibility criteria. e.g. highest ranked APA in discipline	
	     	
3.5	Selection Panel	

     Please state names and titles of Selection Panel members to represent the organisation 
          	
4	BENEFITS AND CONDITIONS 	
	For UniSA standard benefits and conditions  see www.unisa.edu.au/resdegrees/scholarships/generalinfo.asp	
4.1	Conditions if different from standard	
	     	
4.2	Benefits please specify 	
	     	
5	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY	
	
UniSA has a policy and guidelines dealing with Intellectual Property ownership and commercialisation.  All scholarships will be subject to a written agreement detailing intellectual property arrangements taking into account the University's polices and standard provisions	
5.1	
	
6	SCHOLARSHIP ADMINISTRATION	
	The University is responsible for administering all scholarships including sending the offer of Scholarship.	
6.1	Invoicing preference	

	
6.2	Do you require financial statements? Please select one	

	
6.3	Do you require progress reports? Please select one	

	
6.4	Funding body contact	
	Name: 	     	
	Position held: 	     	
	Organisation: 	     	
	ABN: 	     	
	Company Address: 	     	
	Email:	     	
	Phone:	     	
	Fax:	     	
6.5	University staff member contact: if any	
	     	

Submit form to: 

Graduate Research Centre
29 North Terrace (City West campus)
Adelaide 5000
research.degrees@unisa.edu.au
Phone: (08) 8302 5880