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CONSIDERING HONOURS, A PhD OR A POST-DOC?
Here is basic information on becoming a member of the J Lab @ School
of Botany & Zoology, ANU. Read first then, if you have questions, just
email. I've also made a site about living in
Canberra and
being at the
ANU.
Honours Students:
If you want to do
Honours
come
and chat. I won't bite. I can help you design a research project.
PhD Students:
You will be in the
Graduate
Program in Ecology, Evolution & Systematics
run by the College of Science. Australians or New Zealanders with a
1st class honours are guaranteed
PhD
funding (if you have a supervisor) by
the ANU. Your
fees are paid and you get $19 000+ a year (tax free) for 3 to 3.5 years. If you
are a foreign student, you can apply for an
IPRS scholarship.
Unfortunately, these are incredibly competitive. You need a great track
record (i.e.
very high
undergraduate
marks). If you
think you have one then contact me with your CV and grades. I'll give you my honest assessment. Another option is to look for
funding in your own country. Many Latin American and Asian countries have
overseas PhD schemes. Start looking.
Post-doctoral Fellows:
Please contact me directly. Before you do so,
there are three thing:
1. There are no ANU
post-doctoral
fellowships. Unless you see an advert, I can't
afford to hire you. You need to get your own money. Sorry.
2.
Check out funding in your country.
Many governments/benefactors fund
overseas
post-docs. They often encourage it. In Canada,
NSERC provides funding for two years of post-doctoral study overseas. There are
similar schemes run by the E.U. Off hand, I know of schemes run by the Swiss,
Dutch, Swedes and Norwegians. Start looking and come to sunny Australia.
3. Locally the main source of funding is the
Australian Research Council
(ARC).
Any nationality can apply for their 3 year Post-doctoral fellowships (APDs). These come with, depending on your ranking, considerable
research money that you control. You won't be your supervisor's
lackey. You will be a free agent. The downside is that APDs are fiercely
competed for. Our experience is that, unless you are very experiences in
grant-writing, it is necessary to work closely with us if you are to have any
chance of succeeding. Check out Discovery grants on the
ARC website. As a
rule of thumb, you need at least six publications before it is worth applying.
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