Scholarship Allocation Principles Guidelines Roles and Responsibilities Research Students Office March 2012 Page 1 Research Scholarship Allocation Principles Guidelines Roles and Responsibilities Principles 1 The governing principles for awarding of postgraduate research scholarships such as the Australian Postgraduate Award APA the International Postgraduate Research Scholarship IPRS or other scholarships awarded by the University are academic merit and research potential 2 Government funded scholarships will only be allocated in accordance with Commonwealth Scholarship Guidelines 3 Research Scholarships will only be offered to applicants who have an offer of place to a PhD or are currently undertaking a PhD 4 Priority allocation of APAs will be given to those holding a First Class Honours H1 degree awarded in the last 10 years 5 Those applicants without a First Class Honours degree will be assessed by the Faculty RC for Honours 1 Equivalence H1E 6 Only those with H1 or H1E will be included in the Order of Merit list for scholarship award 7 Applicants should only be ranked by Faculties RC if the resources and supervisory capacity required for the research project are available in the host Faculty RC Guidelines Eligibility For an applicant to be included in a scholarship round the following criteria apply Has been offered a PhD place or is currently enrolled in a PhD Must hold a First Class Honours degree or be assessed as Honours One Equivalent Able to undertake study on a fulltime basis Commencement date is within the scholarship year Has not previously held a Commonwealth funded scholarship EFTSL consumed is less than 2 5 including previous study IELTS is a minimum or 6 5 with a minimum of 6 0 in each band or Faculty specific Scholarship Allocation Principles Guidelines Roles and Responsibilities Research Students Office March 2012 Page 2 The closing date for applications is the 31 October of each year If the 31st falls on a weekend applications will be accepted on the following working day Late applications will not be accepted Current students who are not receiving a scholarship may apply and be considered for a scholarship having met eligibility criteria but must submit a scholarship application by the appropriate closing date Honours results A scholarship will only be offered to an applicant whose honours results are confirmed Applicants whose results are provisional or predicted cannot be included in the ranking until final results are available Faculties RC should take this into account when setting dates for Honours assessment meetings in order to avoid putting their student at a disadvantage Faculty RC Research Scholarship Ranking Committee Review and Ranking Scholarships allocated as part of a scholarship round are awarded based on eligibility and ranked order of merit For each round the Faculty RC determine its own Domestic and International Order of Merit list ranked in order of score from highest to lowest In assessing First Class Honours applicants the Faculty RC will consider the applicants Undergraduate GPA and their Honours result In assessing each application and determining Honours One Equivalence and to ensure policy compliance the Faculty RC Committee uses the evidence provided in the application and considers the following Academic achievement through the applicants Undergraduate GPA Honours score and Honours or Masters Examiners reports Awards Prizes and previous scholarships may also be taken into account Research outputs through publication or creative works Research or Professional Experience particularly considering skills developed relevant to the undertaking of a PhD In order to assess the quality of the research environment of the applicant s host Faculty RC the Faculty RC Committee is asked to provide written evidence specifically related to the research environment and the supervisory panel through the completion of the Assessment of Quality Research Environment Form All Faculty RCs provide their lists and supporting documents to the Research Scholarships Ranking Committee through the Research Students Office who collates the lists for discussion determination and allocation Scholarship Allocation Principles Guidelines Roles and Responsibilities Research Students Office March 2012 Page 3 University Research Scholarship Ranking Committee Review and Allocation The Committee reviews each applicant s Assessment of Quality Research Environment Form and considers the evidence provided by the Faculty RC In addition documentation provided by the applicant and the Faculty RC are discussed and considered prior to final ranking An Order of Merit list comprising all eligible applicants is produced Applicants are ranked in order from highest to lowest The list is over ranked by 25 i e UC receives 16 APA s then 20 of those with eligible merit are ranked The Order of Merit list is ratified by the Research Scholarships Ranking Committee The Order of Merit list is confidential and its distr