MQRES PhD Scholarship
Closing date: 7 December 2007
*Physiological Ecology of Forest Succession***
* A PhD scholarship investigating the physiological ecology of
forest succession is available at Macquarie University. The
successful applicant will work in conjunction with an ARC
Discovery Project headed by Dr. Chris Lusk, in the Department of
Biological Sciences. Partner investigators are Prof. Peter Reich
(University of Minnesota) and Prof. Ulo Niinemets (Estonian
University of Life Sciences). Work will focus on understanding
traits associated with adaptation of juvenile plants to different
light environments, and there is ample scope for the students own
input into project design.
* Fieldwork will be carried out in Australia and USA, and US
applicants are invited to consider the possibility of a co-tutelle
with Prof. Peter Reich at University of Minnesota. Co-tutelle is a
bilateral doctoral enrollment/co-enrollment and exchange agreement
to enhance international research collaboration through
co-supervision of doctoral candidates between overseas and
Australian Universities. Under a co-tutelle agreement, a PhD
candidate may spend a minimum of one year under supervision at a
partner institution, and the remaining two years at the home
institution, or durations as agreed by the institutions.
* The scholarship is available to international or Australian
students. Applicants should have equivalent research
qualifications to an Australia undergraduate degree with first
class honours (such as a Masters with a substantial thesis
component) in a relevant discipline.
* The scholarship pays a living allowance, currently Au$19,616 per
annum, tax exempt (2007), and the tenure is 3.5 years full time,
subject to satisfactory progress. Tuition fees will be funded for
the scholarship tenure, with International award holders having
their fees sponsored and domestic students receiving Research
Training Scheme placement for their tuition.
* For further information and discussion regarding the project,
applicants are encouraged to contact: Dr Chris Lusk, email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, telephone:
+61-2-9850 8165 or Dr Peter Reich, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
* Application forms and award conditions are available from the
Higher Degree Research Office, telephone: +61-2-9850 7987, email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or download
from:
www.research.mq.edu.au/students/scholarships/ELS_ForestsSuccession
<http://www.research.mq.edu.au/students/scholarships/ELS_ForestsSuccession>.
Applications should be forwarded to:
The Scholarship Officer
Higher Degree Research Office
The Research Hub, C5C Level 3 East
Macquarie University NSW 2109
Australia
