Entrepreneurial Scholar PhD Top-up Scholarship, 2022, University of Queensland, Australia

Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) Entrepreneurial PhD top-up scholarship to support outstanding PhD students, with professional development activities focused on entrepreneurship and research commercialisation. The program includes the Liveris Academy Program, specialised courses in creativity and design thinking, entrepreneurial leadership, strategic management, and research commercialisation, UQ Ventures programs, and a 3-month industry placement to learn the business of research translation. Successful candidates may complete UQ’s Career Development Framework and could qualify for a six-month scholarship extension.

Professional development activities focusing on entrepreneurship and research commercialisation, Liveris Academy Program, specialised courses in creativity and design thinking, entrepreneurial leadership, strategic management, and research commercialisation, participation in UQ Ventures programs, and a 3-month industry placement to learn the business of research translation; completion may lead to a six-month extension of the PhD scholarship.

You are eligible if you meet the entry requirements for a higher degree by research, have been awarded a Graduate School Scholarship or an Earmarked Scholarship to support a Category 1 project grant, be enrolled with the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Principal Advisor must be an AIBN academic), and have sought endorsement from your future Principal Advisor to apply. Students who have previously applied cannot apply again.

Applications are assessed competitively based on previous academic record, publication record, honours and awards, employment history, and a motivational statement addressing specified criteria.