PhD Scholarship in Plant Molecular Biology 2022 is inviting credible applicants who are willing to partake in its ongoing 2022 Scholarship programme at Australian National University (ANU)
The objective of the award is to attract the highest caliber international and domestic students to pursue postgraduate research for a Ph.D. degree within the Research School of Biology.
Funding for this award is provided by Laureate Fellow Prof. Barry Pogson as part of Australian Research Council funding.
Prof. Pogson’s fellowship aims to produce transformative solutions targeting crop resilience and food security. The chloroplast, the site of photosynthesis, regulates a suite of cellular processes that control photosynthesis, growth, and drought resilience. It is expected that a first-ever blueprint of the suite of communication networks used by the chloroplast will be discovered. We will use synthetic biology to rewire the network in order to generate ‘smart plants’ that are higher-yielding and more resilient in both good and bad seasons by precisely switching on and off resilience.
About the Australian National University.
The Australian National University is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
And was founded in 1946, and has remained a research-intensive university whose research priorities reflect the challenges facing today’s world.
Its main campus is located in Acton, Canberra, and encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and institutes.
Benefits of Ph.D. Scholarship in Plant Molecular Biology
In addition to the fortnightly stipend, the scholarship also provides the following benefits:
- Dependent Child Allowance (for international recipients)
- RSB travel bursary
- Thesis reimbursement
Requirements for Ph.D. Scholarship in Plant Molecular Biology Qualification
The award will be available to a student who is:
- either a domestic or an international student; and
- enrolling full-time in a program of study for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Research School of Biology, at the Australian National University.
Selection will be made on the basis of an assessment of the student’s research potential. This will take into account a measure of the applicant’s overall performance in undergraduate, and (if any) Master’s coursework, as well as an assessment of their most recent graded research writing (thesis) and accomplishments (research publications, awards, referee evaluation).
How to Apply
There is no application as students are automatically considered based on them meeting the eligibility criteria or conditions prescribed under the Eligibility section of the Conditions of Award.
For more details, visit ANU website.