Australia Awards Scholarships 2024 and the application procedure

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Fully funded PhD scholarship positions at the University of Newcastle

full scholarships for international students

About the PhD scholarship opportunity

The University of Newcastle  is currently offering a number of fully funded PhD scholarship positions for both national and international students undertake research in various fields across the University. There are numerous funded research projects to apply for. These scholarships are intended to support students with exceptional research potentials to study in Australia. The scholarships also comes along with a number other additional financial benefits. All eligible international students are encourage to apply

 The Project:  Estimating the Topology of Low-Dimensional Data Using Deep Neural Networks

Project Summary: This project is seeking for outstanding PhD candidates that can be part of a small team of researchers who will utilise concepts and techniques from computational topology, visualisation and deep neural networks.

Your role as a PhD candidate will be: 

  1. One major component of the research task for you will be  the generation of simulated data. 
  2. A second major component will be the design and training of deep neural networks where existing libraries can be combined with new implementations. Training opportunities are equally available.

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Scholarship overview:

  • Scholarship Cover: Full tuition fee
  • Scholarship Value: $28,597 per annum (2021 rate) indexed annually
  • Living cost: Fortnight stipends,
  • Additional benefits:  up to $1,500 relocation allowance, Overseas Student Health Cover(OSHC)
  • Degree Program: PhD by research
  • Field of study:  suitable for computing or mathematics background
  • Citizen type: International students/ Domestics
  • Scholarship Duration: living allowance scholarship is for 3.5 years and the tuition fee scholarship up to 4  years
  • Application Deadline: 31 August 2021

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for this scholarship, interested applicants with the following backgrounds will be prioritized  :
  • A background and interest in relevant areas of computing or
  •  mathematics and related disciplines 
Also applicants must meet the minimum entry requirements to study at the University of Newcastle. The University of Newcastle assesses all applications on a case-by-case basis. Don't forget to check the mentioned entry requirements*

How to apply

To apply for this scholarship, all interested applicants are requested to contact the project Supervisor Stephan Chalup before application deadline (31 August 2021), send an email expressing their interest along with the followings:
  1. scanned copies of their academic transcripts,
  2.  CV, 
  3. a brief statement of their research interests and 
  4. a proposal that specifically links them to the research project mentioned above. 

See this guide for tips on how to email potential supervisors when asking for a PhD studentship position. See other useful guides and tips at the end of the post to help you apply successfully

Who to contact

For any inquiry on this position, interested applicants should forward query direct to the Supervisor of this project. See details below
Make sure to visit official scholarship link ,read further detail about this project and apply

 Pro-tips for research scholarship applications

Here are  some helpful links to some essential tips and guides on how to successfully apply for research PhD scholarships and admissions to study in Australia. Below are some essential elements that any international student thinking to study abroad must be aware of especially when applying for research degree programs abroad. This include information about :
General PhD scholarship requirements to study in Australia,
a guide on How to apply successfully to scholarships abroad. Another essential guide that you must look at is  How to contact potential supervisors when asking for a PhD Studentship position

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