Biodiversity

Australian Biological Resources Study

Bursaries  

ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grant Program

The 2008 ABRS bursaries round is NOW OPEN

Applications close 30 September 2008

Please note: applicants that have already submitted applications using the forms previously available on this site need not reapply. These applications will be considered as part of the 2008 ABRS bursaries round.

Please also note: the 2009 bursaries round will be advertised in April 2009. Students who wish to apply for a bursary for travel that will occur prior to 30 May 2009 should apply in the 2008 bursaries round.

ABRS offers small grants to postgraduate students in Australian institutions who wish to travel to national or international conferences relevant to both the student’s research program in taxonomy or systematics and ABRS Research Priorities. A maximum of $1000 is available for an international conference and $500 for travel within Australia. Up to $10 000 in total is available each year for these awards. From 2009, ABRS will invite bursary applications in April each year.

Application form and guidelines

Assessment Criteria and Process

All bursary applications are assessed by the independent ABRS Advisory Committee according to the evidence provided in the application. The criteria used by the ABRS Advisory Committee to select successful bursary applications are:

Assessment Criteria
Relevance of postgraduate research to ABRS Research Priorities
Relevance of proposed conference to the applicant’s research and ABRS research priorities
Amount of matching funding from home institution or other source obtained by applicant

Reporting

ABRS bursary recipients are required to report to ABRS on the outcome of their conference attendance. Bursary recipients must submit:

Funding and research

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