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Funding

Scholarships

Students have access to a number of scholarships, which pay a living allowance (stipend), and in some cases for international students pay tuition fees: some are funded by the Australian Government, such as Australian Postgraduate Awards (APAs); some by research grants; some by Macquarie (MQRES); and some from other sources. The Higher Degree Research Office has a listing of such scholarships.

Research Funds

• The University has a postgraduate research fund (PGRF, see also Faculty's webpage) available for HDR students in their later second year or third year of doctoral enrolment to support their research. It might cover travel to conferences, the visit to other research institutions, and so on. The amount is currently up to $5000, available once during the degree, on submission of a research proposal justifying the expenditure.

• The Faculty has its own separate postgraduate research fund. Since 2011, conference travel would not be funded. Paper registration fee at a conference can be funded if the student's travel to the confernece has been funded by the university PGRF and/or the supervisor's research grant.

Teaching

The Department employs HDR students on a paid casual basis to teach tutorial and practical classes, and for marking assignments. Students can apply for this work at the beginning of each semester. Details of how the casual teaching works is available here.