Would you like to receive a special fellowship worth over $52,000 a year to complete a PhD in Australia?
If your research may benefit the health or education of Pacific Islander, Aboriginal, or Torres Strait Islander peoples or your research could be relevant to the laws or public policies that affects these communities, you may be eligible to receive the McKinnon Walker Research Fellowship.
One Fellowship will be offered each year to undertake a full-time PhD, providing an attractive stipend scholarship at the maximum RTP rate of $52,352 p.a. for 3.5 years and project funding of $20,000 total. A fee waiver of up to 4 years will also be provided.
You will also be granted opportunities to participate in workshops, mentoring, diverse experiences, and other events that are designed to enhance your leadership capabilities.
Philanthropists, Suzanne Walker and Professor Ken McKinnon AO, a former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Wollongong, funded these fellowships to help develop excellent and enriched scholars who will benefit society outside their specific research discipline.
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Law, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Study area: Accounting Finance & Economics, Business, Chemistry, Communications & Media, Computer Science & Information Technology, Creative & Performing Arts, Education, Engineering, Environmental & Biological Science, Health, Humanities & Social Inquiry, Law, Literature & Language, Management, Marketing, Maths, Medical Science, Nursing, Physics, Psychology & Human Behaviour, Social Sciences & Advocacy
Student type: Domestic students, International students
Student status: Current student in first year of study, Future Students
Scholarship amount
One Fellowship will be offered each year to undertake a full-time PhD, providing an attractive stipend scholarship at the maximum RTP rate of $52,352 p.a. for 3.5 years and project funding of $20,000 total. A fee waiver of up to 4 years will also be provided.
Duration
3.5 years full-time study
Application process
A panel will then evaluate these applications and select one fellow each year.
The selected candidate will then be granted an opportunity to optimise their research proposal in consultation with a supervisor and then to finalise their application.
You are more likely to be selected if you:
- demonstrate academic excellence and research experience, such as high grades in Honours or a research Masters degrees,
- have demonstrated leadership,
- propose a compelling and feasible project that is relevant to Pacific Islander, Aboriginal, or Torres Strait Islander communities;
- members of these communities are especially welcome to apply.
Eligibility requirements
To express your interest, email the graduate-research-school@uow.edu.au and attach:
- your academic transcripts,
- a CV including any research positions or research publications, of up to 4 pages
- a passport or some other evidence of your citizenship or residency,
- a summary of a potential research project, comprising about 2 pages.
Application closing date
31 May 2025
Contact information
Graduate Research School