Alliance for Healthy Ageing (AHA) in Western Queensland - PhD or MPhil Top-Up Scholarship
- Enrolment status
- Future UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic
- Study level
- Postgraduate research (HDR)
- Study area
- Health and medicine
- Scholarship focus
- Academic excellence
- Funding type
- Top-up
- Scholarship value
- $27,3000 per annum
- Scholarship duration
- up to 3 years
- Number awarded
- May vary
- Applications open
- 5 March 2024
- Applications close
- 31 December 2026
About this scholarship
Supervisor: Professor Claire Jackson
Associate supervisor: Dr Caroline Nicholson
The AHA aims to prevent, delay or reverse frailty in the community. Utilising a multidisciplinary, integrated, digitally supported, regional consortium, the AHA will directly address identified community priorities. This project will build upon the established work of the research and service delivery partners in providing evidence-based, well-evaluated innovations in governance and workforce re-design for vulnerable populations in the rural and remote Western Queensland region.
Opportunities exist for a PhD or MPhil student to work alongside the research team to evaluate the implementation of AHA in Western Queensland. Supervisors will work with candidates to develop a PhD project that is in line with the candidate’s research interests (e.g. healthy ageing, culturally appropriate screening and frailty management, implementation science, economic evaluations or digital health services) and fits within the scope of the grant activities. Applications must have a sound understanding of the Australian healthcare system. A clinical background is desirable.
Research environment
The MRI-UQ Centre for Health System Reform and Integration (CHSRI) brings together and develops the work of two Centres for Research Excellence: one on primary and secondary care integration, and the other on primary care quality, capacity building and governance. Value co-creation informs our Centres' strategic approach to service innovation through the translation of evidence into health care policy and practice. The Centre partners to research, evaluate and train in emerging areas of health system reform internationally.
The team led by Professor Claire Jackson is based in the Health Sciences Building at RBWH at Herston within Mater Research and the University of Queensland.
Eligibility
You're eligible if you meet the entry requirements for a higher degree by research.
You must be in receipt of or apply for and be awarded a living allowance scholarship of at least the Research Training Program rate to be eligible for this scholarship. You apply for this scholarship when you submit an application for a Higher Degree by Research (PhD or MPhil). You don't need to submit a separate scholarship application.
How to apply
Before submitting an application you should:
- check your eligibility for a PhD or an MPhil
- prepare your documentation
- contact Dr Jenny Job (j.job@mater.uq.edu.au) to discuss your suitability for this scholarship
You apply for this scholarship when you submit an application for a PhD or an MPhil. You don't need to submit a separate scholarship application.
When you apply, please ensure that under the scholarships and collaborative study section you:
- Select ‘My higher degree is not collaborative’
- Select 'I am applying for, or have been awarded a scholarship or sponsorship'.
- Select ‘Other’, then ‘Research Project Scholarship’ and type in ‘CHSRI-TOP-UP’ in the 'Name of scholarship' field.
Selection criteria
Your application will be assessed on a competitive basis.
We take into account your:
- previous academic record
- publication record
- honours and awards
- employment history
A working knowledge of primary and tertiary health services is essential for someone working on this project.
You will demonstrate academic achievement in health-related field (e.g., public health, allied health, nursing) and the potential for scholastic success.
A background or knowledge of intervention development, refinement of research protocols, and the development of supporting study materials, ethics applications, and standard research programs is highly desirable.
Rules
A domestic part-time student with carer’s responsibilities, a medical condition or a disability, which prevents them from studying full time may be eligible for scholarship consideration, on a case-by-case basis.