Research Students Centre Staff Information Session

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Research Students CentreStaff Information Session

• 2010 Postgraduate Scholarship Round

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Annual Round Awards

• See http//www.rsc.qut.edu.au/future/scholarships
  /Annual_round_awards.jsp
• CURRENT STUDENTS
• Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
• QUTPRA QMS
• Indigenous Postgraduate Research Award
• Institute Awards (IHBI, ISI, iCi, ISR)
• FUTURE STUDENTS
• Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
• QUTPRA QMS
• Womens Re-Entry (WRE)
• Owen J Wordsworth (OJW) (Masters Only)
• Indigenous Postgraduate Research Award
• Institute Awards (IHBI, ISI, iCi, ISR)
• International Postgraduate Research Scholarship

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Addition Awards

• VC Top Ups
• Students who are in the top 10 of the
  scholarship round and who receive an APA will
  automatically receive a VC Top Up.
• DVC Top Ups
• Faculty Top Ups
• Please advise us on the scholarship scoring form.

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Timetable for 2010 Postgraduate Scholarship Round

• Monday 31 AugustApplications available from the
  web
• Thursday 3 SeptemberStudents notified about
  Scholarship Information Sessions

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Timetable for 2010 Postgraduate Scholarship Round
cont.

• Wednesday 30 September
• Closing date for new international students
• Friday 9 October at 5pm Closing Date for 2010
  Round for all domestics continuing
  international students
• Friday 23 October Applications to faculties for
  scoring review for Institute awards

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Timetable for 2010 Postgraduate Scholarship Round
cont.

• Monday 26 October to Friday 6 November Faculty
  scoring Meetings to be held between this period
• Monday 9 November Faculty to return applications
  to the Research Students Centre
• Monday 9 November to Friday 20 November
  Institutes to consider scholarship applications
• Monday 30 November Special Research Degrees
  Committee meeting to consider all applications
• Wednesday 9 December Offers sent

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Institute Requirements

• Applications will be identified by the Faculties.
• Faculties to tick the box on their Scholarship
  scoring spreadsheet if the application should be
  considered by an Institute.
• Research Students Centre will forward identified
  applications to Institutes after 9 November
• Institutes to return scoring and list of
  successful applicants by 20 November

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Faculty Submission To RSC on 9 Nov

• Faculty Assessment Spreadsheet with
  recommendations for Institute awards
• Any arguments for Honours Equivalence and/or
  Incomplete Degree arguments
• WRE Indigenous Faculty Assessment forms
• Any Institute Ranking nominations
• Top Up Scholarship Offer Letters with any notes
  about eligibility e.g. must be Honours 1

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How Do Students Apply?

• New Students
• Online Admission form for new Domestic students.
• FR Form is for international students who will
  commence a new degree in 2010.
• Current Students
• QV Online Scholarships Form on the web (available
  from 31st August 2009).

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Student Submission

• New Students
• Original application with appropriate
  documentation attached
• Referee Reports to be emailed directly to
  research.scholarships_at_qut.edu.au from each
  referee otherwise signed copy required
• Original or certified copy of academic
  transcripts of complete and incomplete degrees
  from other institutions
• with a key.
• QUT students academic transcripts will be
  printed by RSC staff

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Student Submission

• Current Students
• Online application
• Supporting documentation
• Referee Reports to be emailed directly to
  research.scholarships_at_qut.edu.au from each
  referee otherwise signed copy required
• Academic transcripts of complete and incomplete
  degrees from other institutions
• QUT students academic transcripts will be
  printed by RSC staff

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Sharepoint

• All scholarship applications and referee reports
  will be available via the Sharepoint site.
• Please advise research.scholarships_at_qut.edu.au of
  the relevant people requiring access to this
  site.
• The website address https//sharepoint.tils.qut.e
  du.au/RandC/scholarships/default.aspx
• Any problems accessing this site, please contact
  the RSC for assistance.

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Scoring of Applications

• Full undergraduate degree
• Score out of 3
• Honours or Honours Equivalence (eg. Research
  Masters, Coursework Masters, Incomplete PhD or
  Professional Doctorate)
• Score out of 6
• Faculty Score
• Score out of 6
• Note you can only use incremental scores (6,
  5.75, 5.5 etc). Limits on the number of
  applicants scored for each incremental score
  applies to faculties.

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Scoring of Applications

• Score Description
• 6 Honours 1, completed Research Masters,
  Timely-completed PhD Confirmation of Candidature
  
• 5 Honours 2A
• 5 Incomplete PhD - Confirmation Application
  completed ( - Not on-time, no extensions
  approved)
• 4 Incomplete PhD - Stage 2 completed
• 4 Completed Coursework Masters with gt33
  research component
• 3 Incomplete Research masters
• 3 Honours 2B, or completed Coursework Masters
  with lt33 research component
• 2 Incomplete Coursework masters
• 1 4 Year degree or 3 year degree and diploma
• 0 Completed PhD

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Honours Equivalence and Incomplete Degree
Arguments

• The Research Degrees Committee (RDC) will
  consider arguments from faculties for applicants
  for
• Honours Equivalence
• Incomplete Degrees with recent and relevant
  research experience
• Students MUST provide proof of their recent and
  relevant research experience in their
  application, for the arguments to be considered
  by RDC
• Please use the Honours Equivalence and Incomplete
  Degree Arguments form. This will come with the
  Faculty Assessment Spreadsheet.

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Process of Scoring

• Faculties will score all applications regardless
  of whether they may receive an institute award.
• Faculties to identify those applicants who may be
  within the Institute domains.

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Questions?

• Email contact research.scholarships_at_qut.edu.au