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3 science research scholarships you should know about

21 February 2018
Supporting students to reach their academic potential
At the Faculty of Science we have many Science Research Scholarships, covering research topics from ambient sea noises to analysing viruses. Here are 3 research scholarships from science you should know about.
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1. Chickpea Production Scholarship

A research opportunity is available for an outstanding PhD scholar in the area of agriculture. Through the Cooperative Research Centre Project (CRC-P) the University of Sydney will fund two PhD led projects investigating chickpea production delivering advances in productivity and sustainability to northern Australia. Projects will focus on developing heat tolerant chickpea lines and the identification and development of rhizobial inoculants for northern Australian soils.

2. School of Life and Environmental Sciences

A number of full-time postgraduate PhD studentships will be provided by the University of Sydney associated with an ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship recently awarded to Professor Edward C. Holmes. The Project will employ novel genomic analyses of viruses from Australian fauna to resolve major questions in RNA virus ecology and evolution

3. Dean's Scholarship

Dean's International Postgraduate Research Scholarships for the Faculty of Science

The Faculty of Science offers a limited number of full-time postgraduate research scholarships to outstanding international students wishing to undertake a research doctorate degree (PhD) in Science