University of Sydney Paulette Isabel Jones Career Award 2025

A $8,000 scholarship to support a domestic or international postgraduate research student, studying either full-time or part-time.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineJune 30, 2025
• Study LevelMasters , PhD , Postdoctoral Fellowships
• SponsorThe University of Sydney
• City to studyNew South Wales
• School to studyThe University of Sydney
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

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Benefits

Full-time students will receive a one-off payment of $8,000. Part-time students will receive two instalments of $4,000.

Requirements

You must:

• currently enrolled in a HDR degree at the time of your thesis submission
• completed 4 research periods at the application closing date if you are enrolled in a research masters
• completed 12 research periods at the application closing date if you are enrolled in a doctoral research degree
• submit their thesis on or before 30 June 2025
• not have submitted your thesis prior to the opening date of this application round
• not hold a similar award for the same purpose during the award period.

A student is considered to have completed one full-time equivalent research period when they remain enrolled full-time after the relevant census date for a minimum duration of 1 day. For example, if a full-time student remains enrolled on 1 April, the student would have completed one research period, i.e. research period 2, whose census date is 31 March. Details of the research period and relevant census dates can be found on the research dates for HDR students. 

Interview Dates and Process

a. Applicants are assessed on their:

i. PhD research project and its significance, including a description of the research project to date and a timeline to thesis submission.

ii. Publications to date, including papers emerging from the research, publications from other research activities, conference presentations, and other notable achievements, such as awards, prizes, etc.

iii. Publication proposal or non-traditional outputs project details, including details of the publications or details of a non-traditional outputs project to be completed within the Award duration**

iv. Supervisor confirmation of the applicant’s publication or project proposal and timeline. 

Award duration is 3 months for full-time and 6 months for part-time students.

b. Preference will be given to applicants who: have not exceeded 16 research periods for a doctoral candidate or 8 research periods for a research masters candidate.

c. Recipients will be awarded by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Researcher Training) on the recommendation of a faculty/University school’s selection committee, which may include Head of School, Dean or Deputy Dean of the Faculty or University School and/or Associate Dean Research Education. 

Application Deadline

June 30, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to The University of Sydney on sydneyuniversity.formstack.com to apply

Apply here.

For more information, kindly visit University of Sydney Career Award scholarship webpage.