AUT Doctoral Scholarships - Faculty of Culture and Society (Fees)

Closing date

2024-03-01

Eligibility

Regulations

  • Applicants must meet English language proficiency requirements as stated in the Academic Calendar (http://www.aut.ac.nz/calendar) at the time of application. 
  • Applicants must meet the normal admission criteria for the doctoral programme and have received an Offer of Place (OOP) for the doctoral programme at AUT within the Faculty of Culture and Society.
  • Recipients of this scholarship will have an excellent academic record, strong academic references and have demonstrated the potential for high quality research. AUT Doctoral Scholarship Applicant Ranking
  • Scholarships are awarded on academic merit and recipients of this scholarship will normally have the equivalent of first class honours. Previous study should include research methodology paper(s) and an independent research project, including the writing of a report on that research. 
  • The applicant’s proposed field of study must be one where the University can offer supervision. Applicants should contact potential supervisors prior to application to confirm the availability of supervision for their proposed research. 
  • Preference will be given to new applicants to the doctoral programme at AUT, including those currently in provisional candidature. 
  • Applicants who have applied unsuccessfully in past rounds may reapply only if there is a change to the information submitted.

About the fund

Background

AUT provides doctoral scholarships to highly achieving doctoral research students to AUT in order to encourage and stimulate doctoral studies in areas of the University’s research capability.

Purpose

The Faculty of Culture and Society will offer AUT Doctoral Scholarships (Fees).
Application is open to all eligible applicants. Applicants may be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents, or International students. Applications open one month prior to the closing date.
Grades for the qualifying degree must be available at the time of application. Students awaiting grades must apply in the following round.

Value

$0 - $430

Tenure of award

All AUT PhD scholarships are tenable for up to three years. Support for a Professional Doctorate will be for up to two years only.

Note:  If a candidate is already enrolled in the PhD programme at AUT, the number of months between first enrolment and the scholarship closing date with a three month grace period will be deducted from the full period of support.
Annual renewal is dependent on satisfactory progress as demonstrated by meeting the milestones outlined in the AUT Postgraduate Handbook.

Application process

How to apply

Applications must be submitted via the online AUT Scholarship Application portal and open one month prior to any of the three closing dates.

  1. The three contestable rounds are open to all eligible applicants i.e. applicants may be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents, or International students.
  2. Grades for the qualifying degree must be available at the time of application. Students awaiting grades must apply in the following round.

REGULATIONS

Application Form - March Round

The following will need to be uploaded and submitted with the on-line Application Form:

  • Academic transcript(s) for any previous tertiary study that was completed at a university other than AUT
  • A brief C.V. (maximum three pages)
  • A two page proposal outlining the intended research using the template provided with the online application form.  The applicant will be asked to provide the following details: 
    • Proposed Topic/Title
    • Rationale and significance of the study 
    • Key Question/hypothesis/problem/issue to be Investigated:
    • Design of the study; the methodology and research technique(s) to be employed in the study
    • Research benefits
    • References

Note:  the proposal must be two pages only (1,000 words) plus a maximum of one page for any references.  If a longer document is provided you will be asked to revise the document to meet the requirements. 

Reference statements:  

Two academic reference statements are required for all applicants other than those whose qualifying programme was completed at AUT.  AUT applicants will be required to provide one referee only. Applicants must not submit referee’s reports directly; nominated referees will be sent a request directly from the On-line application system. Please advise your referees that they will be receiving an email requesting a reference statement. Applicants can submit the application without referees’ statements. However, the application will be considered ineligible and will not be released to selection panels without the required reference statements.

It is not possible to submit incomplete scholarship applications through the online application process. In order for the application to be submitted applicants must complete all sections and request the required support statements. Incomplete applications will not be forwarded to the selection panel.

Selection

Recipients will be selected by the Faculty Scholarships Committee.

Notified

All applicants will be notified by the University Scholarships Office as soon as possible after the panel have met.

Requirements

See Regulations document from the link on this page.

Who else has information about this fund

University Scholarships Office

Other information

Applicants for the AUT Doctoral Scholarship - Faculty of Culture and Society (Fees) will be considered for a Full Fee Scholarship comprising tuition fees and compulsory student levies (domestic equivalent).

No stipend is attached to the scholarship.

Contact details

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