Summer Scholarships Open: Get a taste of what it's like to do a PhD!
Want to get a taste of what it is like to do a PhD?
Our summer research scholar program is an ideal way to find out. Each year we welcome outstanding students from Australia and New Zealand to spend the summer with us, working on exciting research projects.
Choose your supervisor, choose your project, or create your own project!
We offer:
- Full board at Burgmann College from 18th November 2007 until 2 February 2008
- A weekly tax-free allowance of $135
- Return travel to Canberra
Closing date for applications: 31 August 2007
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A summer scholarship with one of our world-class researchers will be of enormous value to you in a future research career. Here's what some of our summer scholars had to say about their experience last year.
Jeff Thompson, a 3rd Year Bachelor of Software Engineering student wanted to find out whether a career in research was a viable option for him. He worked with Dr Alistair Rendell and Warren Armstrong on a project called 'Intelligent Run-Time Environments for Scientific Computing'.
"I've found the program to be a wonderful experience. Not only has it given me something to do during the summer it has also helped flesh out my view of what academia is all about. Working on a fascinating project with such high caliber academics, which was a bit intimidating at first, has given me my answer. A clear yes!" he said.
Kit Rajendran, a 4th Year Telecommunications Engineering student at RMIT University, felt that she benefited most from the experience of real time research. Her project was, 'Use of Beam-forming in a multi-user OFDMA system'.
"Doing this 10 week program helped me to improve my knowledge in an unfamiliar field of engineering, and the experience also increased my confidence to work independently, and to improve my inter-personal, communication, and time management skills. Of course the topic was challenging as I had no previous background knowledge at first, but in the end it was all worth it. I really enjoyed this program and it gets a definite 'thumbs up' from me."
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