ANU Summer Research Scholarships in Various Fields of Study

Australia. The Australian National University offers a number of Summer Research Scholarships in most research schools, faculties and centres during the summer vacation period (usually from mid-November to early-February). Offers are made subject to the availability of funding, appropriate supervision and accommodation.

Summer research scholars are expected to participate in an ongoing research project or to undertake a substantial piece of supervised research work, which may result in a report/paper, possibly for publication. Scholarships are intended for currently enrolled undergraduate students in universities in Australia and New Zealand completing the third or fourth year of a full-time program leading to an honours degree.

The University may also consider accepting outstanding second year students who are intending to complete an honours degree.

Objectives

Summer Research Scholarships provide promising students with experience of research work. This is particularly useful to students considering undertaking postgraduate research to a higher degree. The scholarships provide contact with distinguished researchers and enable students to use facilities and materials for research that may not be readily available elsewhere. They offer a challenging environment in which students have an opportunity to evaluate for themselves, and to demonstrate to others, their potential for research work.

Tenure

The period of tenure of a Summer Research Scholarship will be specified in the letter of offer. The minimum period is normally eight weeks (although some areas may be prepared to consider applications for scholarships for shorter periods) and the maximum is normally eleven weeks.

The period of tenure is normally broken into two parts to allow for the Christmas period when the University is closed and the weekly allowance is not normally paid during periods away from the University. Summer Research Scholarships may commence between mid-November and early December and normally conclude in early February.

Benefits

The Scholarship provides a contribution towards travel expenses to and from Canberra based on economy railfares at student concession rates (or, for people from more distant parts of Australia, and New Zealand, economy-class airfares), accommodation and all meals at a residential college on campus and a weekly allowance of $135 (tax exempt).

Health Cover for Overseas Students

New Zealand students in Australia as summer research scholars, and other overseas students, must have medical and hospital insurance. They can either take out medical and hospital insurance associated with travel insurance before they leave home, or they can obtain health coverage with the health insurance scheme, Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), operated by Medibank Private after their arrival in Canberra. Proof of cover will be required upon commencement

Available Fields of Study

Below are list of particular post on each available field of study. You can read details for each field, including the person to whom you should direct enquiries to.

Summer Research Scholarships in Chemistry
Summer Research Scholarships in Business and Economics
Summer Research Scholarships in Engineering and Computer Sciences
Summer Research Scholarships in Pacific and Asian Studies
Summer Research Scholarships in Psychology
Summer Research Scholarships in Physics
Summer Research Scholarships in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Summer Research Scholarships in Mathematical Sciences
Summer Research Scholarships in Law Studies
Summer Research Scholarships in Biological Sciences
Summer Research Scholarships in Humanities
Summer Research Scholarships in Epidemiology and Population Health
Summer Research Scholarships in Environment
Summer Research Scholarships in Botany and Zoology
Summer Research Scholarships in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Summer Research Scholarships in Medicine and Health Sciences
Summer Research Scholarships in Earth Sciences
Applications

Application period for the scholarships is between 1 July - 31 August each year. Students who wish to be considered for a Summer Research Scholarship in upcoming academic years should send their applications by no later than 31 August of the present years direct to the relevant contact officer, along with references from two academic referees. Applications are not considered complete, and cannot be assessed, without the referees’ reports.

Referees are requested to simply send a letter (or email) of support for the student’s application to the program. These are to be sent directly to the relevant contact officer, stating clearly that the reference is in connection with a Summer Research Scholarship application, and which thematic/administrative area the student is applying to.

Students can submit Summer Research Scholarship applications to as many participating areas at ANU (please see below list) as they wish, they must, however, indicate on each application the other area(s) to which they are applying and rank in numerical order their preference for each area. Supporting documentation (transcripts and references) must be included with each application (photocopies of original transcripts will be accepted for additional applications).