University of Sydney Australia Postgraduate Scholarship for Engineering Students

The Embrittlement-Tolerant Alloys for Safe Hydrogen Transmission and Storage scholarship is a postgraduate research scholarship that provides a stipend scholarship to support PhD students at the Faculty of Engineering. The scholarship is supported by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) of the University of Sydney as part of an Australian Research Council Linkage Project.

The scholarship is aimed at domestic or international students who have an unconditional offer of admission in a full-time PhD in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Sydney. It requires an honours degree (first class), first class equivalent, or a master’s degree with a substantial research component in materials engineering, mechanical engineering, or physics, and willingness to undertake research into embrittlement-tolerant alloys for safe hydrogen transmission and storage under the supervision of Dr Yi Sheng (Eason) Chen.

Selection is based on demonstrated academic achievement, demonstrated research experience, curriculum vitae, area of study and/or research proposal, a personal statement demonstrating interest in the research project, and an interview. Preference is given to applicants with a minimum overall undergraduate mark of 80 (scale of 100 pass mark of 50) or equivalent. The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) awards the scholarship on the recommendation of Dr Yi-Sheng (Eason) Chen.

The scholarship provides an annual stipend allowance equivalent to the University of Sydney’s Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend rate (indexed on 1 January each year) for up to three years and six-months, subject to satisfactory academic performance and meeting academic progression requirements. No extension is possible, periods of study already undertaken prior to commencement are deducted from the maximum duration, and the scholarship cannot be deferred or transferred to another area of research. The recipient must commence full-time PhD research by 20 October in Sydney.

• Must be a domestic or international student.
• Must have an unconditional offer of admission in a full-time PhD at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Sydney.
• An applicant without an unconditional offer of admission may apply and be selected, however, no scholarship offer will be sent until the applicant has an unconditional offer of admission.
• Must hold an honours degree (first class), first class equivalent, or a master’s degree with a substantial research component in the fields of materials engineering, mechanical engineering, or physics.
• Must be willing to undertake research into embrittlement-tolerant alloys for safe hydrogen transmission and storage under the supervision of Dr Yi Sheng (Eason) Chen.

• Annual stipend allowance equivalent to the University of Sydney’s Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend rate (indexed on 1 January each year).
• Duration: up to three years and six-months for PhD candidates, subject to satisfactory academic performance and meeting academic progression requirements.

1. Apply using the “Apply here.” link.

• Curriculum vitae.
• Area of study and/or research proposal.
• Personal statement demonstrating interest in the research project.
• Interview.