Flinders University Healthy Development Adelaide and Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation PhD Excellence Award 2025

Applications are invited for PhD Research Scholarships in the areas of Healthy Development: Disciplines include, but are not restricted to, allied health, biochemistry, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, demography, dentistry, digital health, disability, economics, education, endocrinology, epidemiology, ethics, genetics, indigenous health, law, nutrition, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, pharmacology, physiology, politics, psychiatry, psychology, public health and sociology. https://health.adelaide.edu.au/healthy-development-adelaide/our-research

Applications are invited from domestic and international students in their first year of candidature are eligible to apply i.e. commencement date between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025. Applicants should be eligible to enrol or be currently enrolled at either the University of Adelaide, University of South Australia or Flinders University. The stipend will be paid to your university, to be provided to you as a scholarship top up for the duration of your PhD for up to 3 years only.

• Table of Content
• About Flinders University
• Healthy Development Adelaide and Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation PhD Excellence Award
• Aim and Benefits of Healthy Development Adelaide and Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation PhD Excellence Award
• Requirements for Healthy Development Adelaide and Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation PhD Excellence Award Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Healthy Development Adelaide and Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation PhD Excellence Award
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Flinders University

Flinders University is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline in the early 19th century. Flinders is a verdant university[citation needed] and a member of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) Group and ranks in the 10-16 bracket in Australia and 36th in the world of those established less than 50 years. Academically, the university pioneered a cross-disciplinary approach to education, and its faculties of medicine and the humanities are ranked amon... continue reading

Healthy Development Adelaide and Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation PhD Excellence Award

Aim and Benefits of Healthy Development Adelaide and Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation PhD Excellence Award

The CRF PhD Excellence Award are $5,000 per annum for up to 3 years only to augment an Australian Government Research Training Program (AGRTP) Stipend Scholarship or equivalent competitive scholarship.

Requirements for Healthy Development Adelaide and Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation PhD Excellence Award Qualification

Applicants must satisfy each of the following criteria.

• Applicants must hold a first class Honours degree or equivalent in a discipline relevant to the chosen field of study
• Applicants hold an Australian Government Research Training Program (AGRTP) Stipend Scholarship or equivalent competitive postgraduate scholarship
• Applicants must be a ‘paying’ HDA member. Membership is $60 (excluding GST) for 3 years to cover term of scholarship https://health.adelaide.edu.au/healthy-development-adelaide/get-involved
• Applicants must have a HDA member as their primary/principal supervisor. Supervisors must be a ‘paying’ member. Membership is $60 (excluding GST) for 3 years to cover term of scholarship https://health.adelaide.edu.au/healthy-development-adelaide/get-involved
• Research projects must be aligned with the Healthy Development research pillars spanning preconception to adolescence 

Interview date, Process and Venue for Healthy Development Adelaide and Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation PhD Excellence Award

Selection Criteria

Preference will be given to projects with a multidisciplinary focus and that enhance more than one discipline within the research topic.

Documents Required for Application

Please submit the following documents by 5.00pm Friday 17 January 2025 to:

Healthy Development Adelaide, Anne Jurisevic at [email protected]

1.    Completed HDA Application (doc format - in font Arial 12)

2.    Up-to-Date curriculum vitae (3 page maximum)

3.    Australian Government Research Training Program (AGRTP) or equivalent competitive scholarship Letter of Award

4.    Academic transcript

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Flinders University scholarship website.