Australian Institue of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Scholarships

AINSE are currently receiving applications for the 2025 round of our Pathway Scholarships for Honours and Masters students.

Eligible students who will be enrolled in any Honours program OR Masters program, for some period between 1st January 2025 and 31st March 2025, can now apply for the 2025 AINSE Pathway Scholarship via the AINSE Grants Portal.

We’ve had successful recipients from Charles Sturt in 2023 (FOBJBS, SCME) and 2024 (FOSH, SAEVS).

To be eligible for the AINSE Pathway Scholarship, students must be:

  • Enrolled in an Honours degree OR a Masters degree, at a current financial AINSE Member Institution (CSU is one) for some period between 1st January 2025 and 31st March 2025; and
  • As part of their degree requirements, must submit a research project involving the use of ANSTO facilities, or the analysis of data previously collected from ANSTO facilities, in collaboration with an ANSTO staff member.

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‘Stories behind the Research’ podcast – Michael Elwan

In the latest ‘Stories Behind the Research’ podcast, Michael Elwan shares how personal tragedy shaped his journey into mental health advocacy.

With a profound sense of responsibility and a passion for change, PhD candidate Michael has turned his experiences into a commitment to advancing mental health awareness through both academic and professional work.

In this engaging episode, Michael shares his personal insights and introduces his impactful research on ‘Lived Experience Leadership in Mental Health’.

“If we are in the business of serving people with mental illnesses, then we should not only listen to what they want, but we should actually have them in leadership roles, to direct the organisation, to direct the government, to direct commissioning bodies…”

Listen to Michael now

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Office Of Responsible Gambling PhD and Post-doc Scholarships 2025

The Office of Responsible Gambling invites applications for the 2025 Gambling Research Capacity Grants program.

Gambling Research Capacity Grants aim to improve the quality, diversity and impact of Australian gambling research by supporting talented and committed researchers.

In 2025, the Responsible Gambling Fund is offering two PhD scholarships and a post-doctoral fellowship. Each PhD scholarship is for up to $60,000 per annum for three years. Top-up scholarships of up to $30,000 per annum will be considered for students receiving other stipend funding, such as Commonwealth Research Training Program (RTP) scholarships. The post-doctoral fellowship is for up to $160,000 per annum for three years.

Applications close Friday 28 February 2025 and are expected to be awarded April-May 2025.

https://www.gambleaware.nsw.gov.au/resources-and-education/funding-to-prevent-gambling-harm/gambling-research-capacity-grants

Seeing like a researcher: Masterclass series #9

Seeing Like a Researcher is a masterclass series highlighting the experience, skills, wisdom and advice of Charles Sturt’s research leaders on themes relating to research innovation and professional skills for research.

For our 9th session we are very pleased to welcome Distinguished Professor Sarah O’Shea who will present:  A qualitative research journey – the highs and lows.

Join Professor O’Shea for an insightful session that delves into the intricacies of qualitative research. Through candid reflections and shared experiences, this masterclass explores the journey from designing a qualitative study to addressing ethical considerations, recruitment, and data analysis.
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Join the PGSA to celebrate the end of 2024!

Join us to celebrate the end of 2024!
Whether you are at the end of your study journey or just starting out we would love to see you and hear about your highs and lows of 2024 and what you are looking forward to in 2025!

All PGSA members and non-members are most welcome!

Put on a Santa hat, upload a festive zoom background, make a little something special for lunch and join us to celebrate our last meeting of the year.

PGSA committee member and HDR student, Diane Cass, is going to kick us off with a short presentation on ‘managing our wellbeing over the holiday break’ and then it will be over to you to share your stories and successes from 2024 and some of your plans for the New Year.

There will even be some holiday games and giveaways!

Thursday 12th December 12.30-1.30 AEDT 

Join us on zoom here-   https://charlessturt.zoom.us/j/69895356367  

Seeing like a researcher: Masterclass series

Seeing Like a Researcher is a masterclass series led by Professor Mark Evans. The Series highlights the experience, skills, wisdom and advice of Charles Sturt’s research leaders on themes relating to research innovation and professional skills for research.

We are excited to have Distinguished Professor Geoff Gurr join us for Session 7, Publish or Perish, Publish and Thrive.

Distinguished Professor Gurr is an internationally recognised ecologist who has held academic appointments at Melbourne, New England, Sydney and Charles Sturt as well as visiting professor positions at Sydney, Lincoln University (New Zealand) and Zhejiang University and Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University (China). His work over the last three decades has focused on harmonising agriculture with the natural environment. Read more

Australian Graduate Women 2025 Fellowships

AGW is pleased to announce that in 2025 it will award the following Fellowships

Two (2) Barbara Hale Fellowships: Value $8,000 each

These Fellowships are open to students who, being Australian citizens or permanent residents, are enrolled in a research doctorate in any discipline at any Australian university.

One (1) Georgina Sweet Fellowship in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine: Value $8,000

This Fellowship is open to students who, being Australian citizens or permanent residents, are enrolled in a research doctorate in a STEMM discipline at any Australian university.

Further details including the Application Guidelines and Form can be found on the Australian Graduate Women website.

Closing date 28 February 2025

AgriFutures Scholarship

The Gary Sansom Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship designed specifically to support the AgriFutures Chicken Meat Program industry priorities.

The Gary Sansom Scholarship was established in honour of former AgriFutures Chicken Meat Advisory Panel Chair and Australian Chicken Meat Federation President, Gary Sansom, who himself was a great leader of the chicken meat industry. Mr Sansom was a long-standing supporter of programs encouraging new people into the chicken meat industry and championed several communication and training initiatives vital to the industry.

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Have you completed the GRES?

Our annual Graduate Researcher Experience Survey (GRES) is still open until Friday 6th December. 

We rely on the feedback from our students in the GRES to inform the development and improvement of our services, support and resources for HDR. Your opinion matters to us as it helps us to understand what we are doing well and where we can do better.

Results from previous GRES have led to improved access to training, communication practices and administration processes and increased financial support. It has also informed many of our student outreach activities and training for students, staff and supervisors.

So far, our response rate for this year’s survey is at just over 10%, which means there are many diverse voices and experiences that have not been heard.

We know it is a busy time of year but if you have yet to do so, please take a few minutes to complete the survey.

We look forward to having your voice included!

GO TO THE SURVEY

 

Candidate news and achievements (Oct/Nov)

Welcome to new Graduate Research candidates joining us and congratulations to our current and graduating candidates on your achievements!

(Please note that this is based on reporting up to and including the 9th November. Candidate achievements recorded after that will appear in the next month’s GR News)

If you have news about awards, grants, publications or other achievements please let us know so we can share it.

New candidates

Faculty of Arts and Education

Ceinwen Jones

Tina Martin

Nicola Pitt

Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences

Benjamin Martyn

John Zannes Read more

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