Warwick and Nancy Olsen PhD Scholarship
This scholarship is closed.
- Enrolment status
- Future UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic
- Study level
- Postgraduate research (HDR)
- Study area
- Engineering
- Scholarship focus
- Academic excellence
- Funding type
- Top-up
- Scholarship value
- $15,000 per annum
- Scholarship duration
- 3.5 years with the possibility of 1 extension in line with UQ and RTP Scholarship Policy
- Number awarded
- May vary
- Applications open
- 19 February 2024
- Applications close
- 25 March 2024
About this scholarship
The scholarship was established in 2011 by Mr Warwick Olsen. The purpose of the scholarship is to support a Higher Degree by Research candidate in the field of biochemical engineering with a particular emphasis on using under-utilised natural resources in a manner beneficial to humanity.
Eligibility
You are eligible if you are applying to undertake a Higher Degree by Research in the field of biochemical engineering; hold a full living allowance scholarship and are a domestic candidate.
How to apply
You will be considered for this scholarship when you apply for a higher degree by research program at UQ in the next scholarship round.
Selection criteria
Your application will be ranked on the basis of:
- academic achievement and potential for scholastic success;
- the creativity of the research and innovation it may drive;
- the educational and wider societal impacts that the research may have;
- whether there is a focus on the candidate’s research focusing on under-utilised natural resources in a manner beneficial to humanity;
- evidence of how the student will promote the scholarship through their work and networks; and
- any other matters the selection committee sees fit.
Rules
Special condition of scholarship: The Scholar must be enrolled full-time throughout their studies
This is a philanthropic HDR top-up scholarship and adheres to the terms and conditions outlined in the Schedule A Postgraduate Research Scholarships
All philanthropic scholarship recipients must adhere to the conditions of UQ research and travel scholarships, including reporting and progress requirements.
Holders of these philanthropic scholarships must acknowledge them in any paper that is published as a result of the research conducted while the recipient held the scholarship.
Donors may also invite the recipient to present or report on the work conducted as part of the scholarship, in which case they must comply or risk losing the scholarship.
The information you provide in your application is collected for the purposes of (1) assessing your eligibility for this scholarship, (2) selecting scholarship recipients, and (3) administration of the scholarship. The University of Queensland may disclose the information you provide to the Donor for the stated purposes. The University will not otherwise disclose the information to a third party without your consent, unless such disclosure is authorised or required by law. For further information, please refer to the University’s Privacy Management Policy at http://ppl.app.uq.edu.au/content/1.60.02-privacy-management
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.