Honours Scholarship in Indigenous Genomics

This scholarship is to support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students who are interested in using genomics to help communities tackle a Type-2 Diabetes and related cardiometabolic diseases within the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney.
 
This scholarship is valued at $3,500 per annum and is tenable for one year, it will also provide additional interstate travel and bioinformatics conference registration for up to $1,000.

Scholarship details

Value: $3,500 approx. total

Duration: Duration of the program

Application dates

Closed

Open: 03/04/2023
Close: 30/06/2023

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This scholarship is for:

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants

Areas of study:

  • Health services and support

At Institution:

  • University of Sydney

Study level:

  • Honours, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma
  • Postgraduate research

Study Load:

  • Full Time

Location:

  • NSW

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:
– identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person as per University of Sydney’s Confirmation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy 2015;
– be currently enrolled in or having an unconditional offer of admission and commencing full-time in the Data Science or Statistics Honours Program within the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney;
– have achieved a WAM of 65 and above, or equivalent in previous tertiary studies;
– be supervised by the Jean Yang Professor of the University of Sydney, Professor Alex Brown and Associate Professor Jimmy Breen at Black Ochre Data Labs.