ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures Top-Up Scholarship

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures Top-Up Scholarship is a competitive doctoral top-up scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PhD candidates. It provides a top-up stipend and research support funds and is awarded to students who hold or are awarded a living allowance scholarship at or above the Research Training Program rate. Recipients join the Centre's Indigenous-led, transdisciplinary research program and receive training, mentoring and career development opportunities.

$20,000 per annum top-up stipend; $5,000 per annum research support funds; training, mentoring and career development opportunities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons with evidence of status. Applicants must be in receipt of, or apply for and be awarded, a living allowance scholarship of at least the Research Training Program rate. Applicants apply when submitting a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) application and do not need to submit a separate scholarship application.

Submit an expression of interest via the Centre's PhD Scholarships page when applying for a Doctor of Philosophy; applications are assessed competitively based on academic record, publications, honours and awards, and employment history.