Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowship in Coral Reef Research

he Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowship has been funded by the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation since 1984.

ELIGIBILITY: Australian and Overseas Doctoral students

REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants must be enrolled in a phD program at the time of application and have a stipend that covers living costs for the duration of the fellowship.

The Fellow must conduct field-intensive research at the Lizard Island Research Station (LIRS) that will form a substantial part of his or her thesis.

1. • The Fellow must spend an average of at least 100 person days per year of funding conducting research at LIRS. Most projects require at least one assistant so this usually means that the Fellow and an assistant must both work at LIRS for an average of at least 50 days per year. Bench fees at the current applicable rate must be paid to LIRS for these visits.
   • The first field trip using Fellowship funding should not be planned to start before April 2019.
   • If the Fellow’s supervisor or any other senior researcher wishes to accompany the Fellow on field trips to Lizard Island, Fellowship funds may not be used to cover any of that person’s travel costs. They may be used to pay bench fees for the supervisor or other senior researcher at the student assistant’s rate for up to 5 days over the life of the Fellow’s project, providing that the senior person is actually assisting the Fellow on those days rather than conducting his/her own research. Bench fees for any additional days spent at LIRS by the senior researcher must be paid at the current rate applicable to researchers and that amount may not be paid from Fellowship funds.

SCHOLARSHIP VALUE:

For students enrolled at an Australian university, the maximum value of each 2019 Fellowship is AU$8,700 plus GST per year for up to three years. For students enrolled at overseas universities, the amount includes GST. Overseas students may be awarded an additional $1,000 per year to contribute towards their higher travel costs. Additional funding of up to $4,000 may be awarded to Fellows in the second or third year of funding to present their research at an international conference.

DURATION: 3 years

DEADLINE: 3 September 2021

HOW TO APPLY: Preliminary applications must be submitted on the form provided, as an email attachment in Word or rich text format using the font settings in the original form.

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