University of Tasmania Limestone Valley How Family PhD Scholarship 2025

The Limestone Valley How Family Trust was established at the University of Tasmania from a bequest by the late John How. Named after Limestone Valley, the How family’s former cattle farm in Mole Creek, Tasmania his gift, will provide the Limestone Valley How Family PhD Scholarship to support medical research for one or more PhD candidates. The Scholarship will be supported along with a full University PhD stipend.

Table of Content

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

Summary

• Application DeadlineOctober 1, 2025
• Value$10,000 per annum
• Study LevelPhD
• SponsorUniversity of Tasmnaia
• City to studyTasmania
• School to studyUniversity of Tasmnaia
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

This Scholarship is a top-up scholarship of $10,000pa (not indexed) for up to 3.5 years.

The Scholarship also includes up to $30,000 of funding support, which will be used to assist the successful applicant as agreed with by the Primary Supervisor and as approved by their Academic Unit. Funding support may include:

• Overseas health cover insurance (for a single person)
• University required Student Services and Amenities Fee
• Project and career development
• Travel to visit family during candidature (one trip)

Requirements

• An applicant applying for a PhD and a base living allowance stipend at the University rate; and,
• An applicant applying for a PhD with a research project in the area of Medical Research within an Academic Unit in the College of Health and Medicine.

Interview Dates and Process

Provision of the award is determined by demonstration of academic merit.

Application Deadline

How To Apply

Applicants who wish to apply for the Scholarship, in addition to a PhD and a base living allowance stipend, should visit the University of Tasmania’s Apply Now website and complete an application. At the end of the application, within the Comments about your Application field on the Attachments tab, please advise that you are also applying for the Limestone Valley How Family PhD Scholarship.

All applications that meet the eligibility criteria will automatically be considered for the Scholarship.

Please contact [email protected] to make an enquiry.

For more information, kindly visit University of Tasmania scholarship webpage.