[ASA] AAO Honours/Masters and PhD scholarships

[Andrew Hopkins]

The Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) is pleased to be able
to offer both Honours/Masters Scholarships and PhD Scholarships in 2016.
Full details are available here:
http://www.aao.gov.au/science/research/students/phd-and-honours

Honours/Masters Scholarships:
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The AAO offers a $5000 scholarship for Honours or Masters students
enrolled at any Australian university, for a research project
substantially co-supervised with an AAO staff-member. The deadline for
applications is

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15 March 2016
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Details, including the application forms and application process, are
available here:
http://www.aao.gov.au/science/research/students/phd-and-honours

Any questions about the AAO Honours/Masters Scholarships or the
application process can be directed to the Head of Research and
Outreach, Prof. Andrew Hopkins (ahopkins at aao.gov.au).

PhD Scholarships:
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The AAO is offering up to two AAO PhD Scholarships to students at
Australian universities.

Scholarships are for a period of 3 years, with a possible extension
for a further 6 months. The value of the scholarships will be
$5000 per annum. Annual renewal is conditional upon satisfactory
performance by the student.

The scholarships are open to any student accepted for a PhD programme
at any Australian university who are substantially co-supervised by an
AAO staff member.

The scholarships can support students with backgrounds in astronomy,
physics, engineering or mathematics with thesis research programs in
astronomy or astronomical instrumentation (and related fields).

For further details, including the application forms and procedure,
please see the website:

http://www.aao.gov.au/science/students/phd-scholarship-scheme

The deadline for PhD scholarship applications is:

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15 March 2016
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Please consider whether your incoming students this year, and their
planned projects, would benefit from an association with the AAO, and
discuss the possibility of co-supervision with an AAO staff member. The
research interests of AAO staff and some potential projects that could
be discussed are available at:

http://www.aao.gov.au/science/research/students/phd-and-honours

Any questions about the AAO PhD Scholarship Scheme can be addressed to
the Head of Research and Outreach, Prof. Andrew Hopkins
(ahopkins at aao.gov.au).

Andrew Hopkins

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Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Head of Research and Outreach
Australian Astronomical Observatory
P.O. Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia
ph: +61 2 9372 4849  fax: +61 2 9372 4880