Dr David Galbraith Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Companion Animal Health
This scholarship is closed.
- Enrolment status
- Future UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic
- Study level
- Postgraduate research (HDR)
- Study area
- Agriculture and animal sciences
- Scholarship focus
- Academic excellence
- Funding type
- Financial award, Top-up
- Scholarship value
- $10,730 per annum, plus an additional payment of $5,000 per annum, in grant funds for expenses related to the student’s research program, e.g., research, equipment and travel.
- Scholarship duration
- 3.5 years with the possibility of 1 extension in line with UQ and RTP Scholarship Policy
- Number awarded
- 1
- Applications open
- 19 February 2024
- Applications close
- 25 March 2024
About this scholarship
The scholarship was established in 2013 and maintained by annual gifts from the late Dr David Galbraith. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage and support meritorious students to pursue postgraduate research to improve the health and quality of life of feline and canine companion animals.
Eligibility
You are eligible if you are applying to undertake a Higher Degree by Research with a research focus to improve the health and quality of life of feline and canine companion animals.
You must remain enrolled full time, hold a base living allowance stipend, and not hold another scholarship that the Head of Veterinary Science considers to be similar.
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:
- your academic and potential for scholastic success;
- strength of interest shown in companion animal health; and
- any other matters the selection committee sees fit. The selection committee may decide to interview short-listed applicants
Rules
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 follow 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 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.
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.