{"id":6205,"date":"2013-08-13T00:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=6205"},"modified":"2013-08-15T13:21:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T13:21:39","slug":"international-postgraduate-research-scholarships-iprs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=6205","title":{"rendered":"International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"10 reasons to study in Australia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.studyinaustralia.gov.au\/Images\/UserUploadedImages\/244\/ILoad515___source.png\" width=\"391\" height=\"1576\" \/><\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"ctl00_PlaceHolderPageMainContent_PlaceHolderMain_ctl01__ControlWrapper_RichHtmlField\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h1><strong>For Students<\/strong>:<\/h1>\n<p>Applications for an IPRS need to be made directly to participating universities. Contact details for participating universities and general information about courses offered in Australia may be obtained from the\u00a0<a title=\"External link: Study in Australia Webpage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studyinaustralia.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Study in Australia<\/a>\u00a0website.\u00a0<a title=\"Frequently asked questions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.innovation.gov.au\/Research\/ResearchBlockGrants\/Pages\/FrequentlyAskedQuestionsIPRS.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Frequently asked questions<\/a>\u00a0have been provided to assist with your enquiry.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0The objectives of the IPRS\u00a0scheme are to:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>attract top quality international postgraduate students to areas of research strength in Australian higher education providers (HEP) ; and<\/li>\n<li>support Australia&rsquo;s research effort.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>IPRS\u00a0enables international students to undertake a postgraduate research qualification in Australia and gain experience with leading Australian researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Scholarships are open to international students of all countries (except New Zealand) and are available for a period of two years for a research masters degree or three years for a research doctorate degree. The scholarship covers tuition fees and health cover costs for scholarship holders, and health cover costs for their dependants. From 2011, commencing IPRS recipients will be able to apply for an\u00a0<a id=\"Australian Postgraduate Awards\" title=\"Australian Postgraduate Awards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.innovation.gov.au\/research\/ResearchBlockGrants\/Pages\/AustralianPostgraduateAwards.aspx\">Australian Postgraduate Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 330 IPRS places are awarded to HEPs each year at a cost of around $20m per annum. Section 46 of the\u00a0<em><a title=\"External Site: Comlaw Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comlaw.gov.au\/Details\/C2013C00029\" target=\"_blank\">Higher Education Support Act 2003<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0<em><a title=\"External Site: Comlaw Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comlaw.gov.au\/Details\/F2012L02535\" target=\"_blank\">Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines (Research) 2012<\/a><\/em>\u00a0provide the legislative basis for the provision of funding to this scheme. The department is currently consulting with the sector and stakeholders on changes to the guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The allocation of IPRS\u00a0funding\u00a0to participating\u00a0universities\u00a0is based on a formula that is reflective of their overall research performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important note: Applications for an IPRS need to be made directly to participating universities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Universities are responsible for the management of IPRS applications, the selection process and offers. International students and researchers need to approach their chosen university for direction about how to apply for an IPRS. Contact details for participating universities and general information about courses offered in Australia may be obtained from the\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"External link: Study in Australia Webpage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studyinaustralia.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Study in Australia<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0website.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Guidelines, conditions and process for determining IPRS grant amounts<\/h2>\n<p>The requirements for the IPRS are in Chapter 3 of the\u00a0<em>Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines (Research) 2012<\/em>\u00a0which can be downloaded from the Australian Government&rsquo;s Federal Register of Legislative Instruments at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a title=\"External Site: Comlaw Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comlaw.gov.au\/Details\/F2012L02535\" target=\"_blank\">Legislative Instrument Compilation &#8211; F2012L02535<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Evaluation:\u00a0<\/strong>The department has\u00a0finalised\u00a0the\u00a0<a title=\"International Postgraduate Research Scholarships Program Evaluation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.innovation.gov.au\/research\/ResearchBlockGrants\/Pages\/InternationalPostgraduateResearchScholarshipsProgramEvaluation.aspx\">evaluation of the IPRS\u00a0scheme<\/a>\u00a0as part of its 2009-2010 work program.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p>For more information, please email\u00a0<a title=\"Email the Research Block Grants team\" href=\"mailto:RBGrants@innovation.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\">RBGrants@innovation.gov.au<\/a>\u00a0with \u00ab\u00a0IPRS\u00a0\u00bb as the subject line.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Students: Applications for an IPRS need to be made directly to participating universities. Contact details for participating universities and general information about courses offered in Australia may be obtained from the\u00a0Study in Australia\u00a0website.\u00a0Frequently asked questions\u00a0have been provided to assist with your enquiry. \u00a0The objectives of the IPRS\u00a0scheme are to: attract top quality international postgraduate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scholarship-bourses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6238,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6205\/revisions\/6238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}