Hidden Vale Wildlife Conservation HDR Award

Apply for a Hidden Vale Wildlife Conservation HDR Award to support your higher degree by research project.

Supported through a generous gift from the Turner Family Foundation, the purpose of this award is to support HDR research in wildlife conservation, with the funds used to support candidates undertaking a significant component of their thesis at the Hidden Vale Research Station. Funds are to be used to support the candidate’s research experience and professional development (not for costs associated with undertaking the research).

Eligibility

This top-up scholarship award is open to Higher Degree by Research candidates undertaking a significant component of their thesis project in wildlife conservation research at the Hidden Vale Research Station.

To be eligible you must be a UQ student, and:

complete your PhD full-time and onshore in Australia
be nominated by an enrolling school or institute at UQ
be assessed by the UQ Graduate School as meeting all conditions for admission to the higher degree by research program
be undertaking research in direct association with Hidden Vale Research Station.

This is a competitive award, which means students may be unsuccessful.

Selection Process

Students need to submit the applications themselves, and applicants will be ranked on the basis of:

Academic achievements and potential for scholastic success;
How the research project’s quality and significance aligns with wildlife conservation research;
How the funds will be used to enhance the candidate’s HDR experience; and
Any other matters the selection committee considers to be relevant to the applicant’s future research development.

Tenure

The award may be held for up to 1 year and awarded when the tenure falls vacant.

Value

The value of the award shall be a maximum of $10,000.

Current students

You must be in receipt of a living allowance scholarship for the year of study to be eligible to receive this HDR award.

Future students

You must satisfy the entry requirements for a higher degree by research at UQ and conditions for a Research Training Program, or equivalent living allowance scholarship from UQ’s Graduate School

Closing date

To be confirmed for 2025.

Application form

Further information

For any further information contact Associate Professor Diana Fisher, Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre Acting Academic Director:

d.fisher@uq.edu.au