CDU-NTG PhD Projects with scholarships

The scholarships are provided to assist with general living costs.

• AU$32,192 (2024 rate) per annum tax-free for full-time students, paid in fortnightly instalments.
• AU$16,096 (2024 rate) per annum, taxable, for part-time students, paid in fortnightly instalments.

Note: A First Nations top-up scholarship is available in addition to the above. This top-up stipend is $ 10,000 per annum if enrolled full-time, or $5,000 per annum for part-time candidates, paid in fortnightly instalments. 

Additional benefits include:

• paid sick leave
• maternity leave
• relocation allowance. The relocation allowance (if applicable) for RTP stipend recipients is up to $2,000 for domestic students. Conditions apply.

For more information, please visit RTP Scholarships - FAQs.

Eligibility criteria

Applicants must be:

• an Australian Citizen, an Australian Permanent Resident; or a New Zealand Citizen 
• eligible to enrol in a PhD, as defined by these guidelines
• able to commence between between 1 and 30 August 2024  (earlier start date may be negotiable)
• First Class honours (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline 
• experience and/ qualifications, and interest in similar fields of education/research as the project
• willing and able to undertake an eligible HDR internship with the research end-user of 60 days or more (details to be negotiated)

How to apply?

To submit an expression of interest to the CDU supervisor including the following:

• Brief cover letter outlining your interest, relevant experience and willingness to undertake an HDR internship.
• Brief Curriculum Vitae.  
• Academic transcript showing honours result or equivalent.

Available projects

NTG Partner Agency: Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet

• Understanding methods for improving the retention of workers in the Northern Territory human services non-government organisation (NGO) sector 
  Supervisor Contact: Andrew Taylor
   
• Evaluation of the social and economic impact of Commonwealth legislated alcohol prohibition in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities in reducing alcohol-related harm 
  Supervisor Contact: Kim Humphery
   
• Making sense of social capital concepts in the context of Northern Territory First Nations communities by engaging with culturally relevant indicators of social wellbeing
  Supervisor Contact:Kim Humphery

NTG Partner Agency: Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade 

• Assessing the grain values and population structure of Australian native rice species at the sub-catchment, catchment and between catchment scales 
  Supervisor Contact: Penny Wurm has possible $6k top-up.
   
• Exploring opportunities for ecosystem service economies on the Indigenous estate - Supervisor Contact: Kamaljit Sangha

NTG Partner Agency: Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security

• Informing conservation planning for threatened mammals in the Greater Darwin region
  Supervisor Contact: Sam Banks
   
• Assessing the value and distribution of “old growth” forest and woodlands in northern Australian tropical savannas 
  Supervisor Contact: Sam Banks