Education

Postgraduate education: scholarships

During its current funding period (July 2005 to June 2012) the Cooperative Research Centre for Polymers has provided 30 PhD scholarships for leading-edge research in the areas of polymer science and engineering. The students have been enrolled through the 10 universities that are participants in the Centre. They are the universities of Melbourne, Sydney, USW, Wollongong, South Australia and Queensland, Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology and RMIT University. The range of research conducted by the recruited PhD students within the Centre has been broad and has included polymer chemistry, polymer physics, materials science, materials engineering, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, and related disciplines.

There are no further PhD scholarships available during the period to end of June 2012.

PhD students with the CRC for Polymers have realised great benefits from their involvement in the Centre. Some of their experiences are described in articles accessible through links provides below:

Dr David Nisbet (Monash University), (August 2006 article and June 2008 article)

Dr Dylan Nagle (Queensland University of Technology), click here

Dr Francesca Ercole (University of NSW), click here

Dr Andrew Phillips (Monash University), click here

Dr Kris Frost (RMIT University), click here

Dr Jatin Kumar (University of NSW), click here