Guidelines for Professor Gordon King Doctor
of Philosophy Scholarships / Bachelor of
Medical Science Scholarships
Part of the Women and Infants Research Foundation’s (WIRF) purpose is
to promote high quality research and to foster new researchers. One way in which the
Foundation seeks to do this is to offer research scholarship funding.
The WIRF Research Scholarships are a component of a wider strategy designed to
nurture and develop promising researchers in line with the Foundation’s purpose (see
http://wirf.com.au/purpose-vision-values).
WIRF will offer the following Research Scholarships:
1. GORDON KING DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY SCHOLARSHIPS
A distinguished student scholarship that provides a supplementary stipend for PhD
students who have been awarded either an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or a
University Postgraduate Award (UPA) Scholarship. The supplement increases the total
stipend to a value equivalent to that of a Hackett Scholarship (currently $35,000 per
annum for three years, with a possible extension of up to six months). Recipients will also
be provided with a one-off $3,000 allowance for economy travel from WIRF. Up to three
Gordon King Doctor of Philosophy Scholarships will be awarded in any one calendar
year.
2. BACHELOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships of $6,000 will be available for students who have successfully enrolled for
the Degree of Bachelor of Medical Science. The Scholarship will be available for one
academic year. A maximum of three Scholarships will be available in any one
academic year and will be awarded on the basis of merit.
Conditions
1. The applicant must be accepted for enrolment by The University of Western
Australia, School of Post Graduate Studies.
2. Maximum funds available for continuing and new scholarships - $75,000.00 per
annum.
3. The applicant must be integral to the King Edward Memorial Hospital campus.
4. It is expected that copies of the University Annual Progress Reports will be
forwarded to WIRF by the student prior to the release of the subsequent year’s
funding.
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5. This funding is conditional on the candidate and organisation/institution
acknowledging WIRF’s support in subsequent publications and presentations.
6. The allowance for economy travel from WIRF is payable by WIRF to the supplier
upon receipt of a tax invoice. The allowance is exclusive of GST.
Closing Date
Applications must be received no later than 5pm, Friday 15th May 2015. Successful
Applicants will be informed Tuesday 1st July 2015. Please send the original and 6 copies
of your application.
Out of season applicants will be considered if funding cap has not been reached in any
one year.
Your Application
The application form can be found below. Please include a short resume. If you have
trouble with these forms, please email chris@wirf.com.au for an emailed copy or call
9340 1437.
Commencement Date
An applicant who is offered a scholarship but does not return the signed offer of award
by the date indicated on the offer will forfeit the offer. Any recipient unable to
commence within six months of the originally intended commencement date will also
forfeit the offer.
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Application for Professor Gordon King
Doctor of Philosophy Scholarships /
Bachelor of Medical Science Scholarships
Closing Date: Friday 15th May 2015
TITLE
NAME
UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT
MAILING ADDRESS
POSTCODE
EMAIL
TELEPHONE
Signature of applicant
Date
Signature of
relevant head of
school or department
Date
Title of
Thesis
The offer of award signed by a successful applicant must also be co-signed by the
responsible officer of the Institution to indicate that:
(i)
The institution has the facilities and accommodation for the student and endorses
the student's application for the scholarship;
(ii)
The institution is willing to administer the scholarship.
Ethics clearance must be obtained by an approved ethics board before funding is
provided. Provisional ethics clearance will be accepted for the first year of the
scholarship only.
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APPLICATION INFORMATION
Applications must be received no later than 5pm, Friday, 15th May 2015.
Successful Applicants will be notified on Tuesday, 1st July 2015.
Applicants need to mail the original application form and six copies to:
MAILING ADDRESS
Chris Spencer
Research Grant Application
Women and Infants Research Foundation
PO Box 134
Subiaco 6904
COURIER ADDRESS
Chris Spencer
Research Grant Application
Women and Infants Research Foundation
1st Floor Carson House
121 Railway Road
Subiaco
TELEPHONE QUERIES: (08) 9340 1437
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The following items are essential for a student to be considered eligible for a scholarship:
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Australian citizenship, or permanent resident status, which is granted by the
closing date for applications.
Successful applicants must reside in Western Australia for the duration of the
scholarship.
Applicants must be expecting to enrol as full-time students for a PhD at a Western
Australian tertiary institution.
FINANCIAL DETAILS
A Gordon King Doctor of Philosophy Scholarship provides a supplementary stipend for
PhD students who have been awarded either an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
or a University Postgraduate Award (UPA) Scholarship. The supplement increases the
total stipend to a value equivalent to that of a Hackett Scholarship (currently $35,000 per
annum for three years, with a possible extension of up to six months). The value of
APA/UPA Scholarships in 2015 is $28,892 per annum, meaning the WIRF contribution is
$6108 per annum. Recipients will also be provided with a one-off $3,000 allowance for
economy travel from WIRF which must be used during the scholarship period.
Normally, up to three Gordon King Doctor of Philosophy Scholarships will be awarded in
any one calendar year.
The stipend will be non-taxable for a full-time scholarship and will go directly to the
institution at which the student enrols, to be paid to the student through that institution's
payroll.
In accepting to administer the scholarship, the institution will undertake to provide the
facilities and services, together with the normal overhead expenses, necessary for the
student to undertake the program, and it will assume responsibility for allocation of the
additional allowances.
*The $3,000 allowance for economy travel is payable by WIRF to the supplier upon
receipt of a tax invoice. The $3,000 is exclusive of GST.
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GOODS AND SERVICES TAX
Consideration under this agreement excludes any provision for liabilities of the
organisation incurred as a result of the introduction by the Commonwealth Government
of the goods and services tax (GST). On the basis that the organisation becomes a
registered organisation for GST purposes with an Australian Business Number (ABN), on
submission of an appropriate Tax Invoice, WIRF agrees to pay to the organisation the GST
liability.
OTHER CONDITIONS OF SCHOLARSHIP
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
The intellectual property rights of a recipient of a WIRF scholarship are those to which the
recipient is entitled at law. If it is anticipated that the work will lead to results of
commercial significance, the student is advised to consult his/her supervisor, and WIRF's
legal advisers. The property rights which exist, or might exist, on any project must be
identified and steps taken to ensure that whatever protection is required is put into place
before the research results are made public to any other parties.
PUBLICATIONS / MASS MEDIA COVERAGE
Appropriate acknowledgment to WIRF shall be made by the student, or past-recipient of
a WIRF scholarship, when any conference presentations or material which represents the
results of work undertaken during tenure of the scholarship is submitted for publication, or
covered in any other mass media.
All publications of results of an approved scholarship shall acknowledge that the work
reported on has been supported by WIRF.
A copy of any journal publication and any report or book on work supported by a
Scholarship shall be submitted to WIRF following publication.
NOTIFICATION OF SCHOLARSHIP
The Scholarship candidate shall be advised in writing of the approved budget for the
project in respect to which the award is made.
Payment of the Scholarship money is subject to the written acceptance of the award.
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
A renewal application form will need to be completed prior to year two and three of the
Scholarship. The subsequent year funding will be released following WIRF’s assessment of
suitable progress of the student.
A final report and a copy of the thesis are required at the completion of the Scholarship.
Each year a financial statement of the allowances expenditure and salary is to be
submitted with the renewal or final reports. Unspent monies are to be returned to WIRF.
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