Integrated Natural Resource Management Science: a joint UQ and CSIRO PhD Program

Research may target a range of environments<br/> and land-use contexts
Research may target a range of environments
and land-use contexts

CSIRO and The University of Queensland have established the Integrated Natural Resource Management PhD Program, a scholarship program for students undertaking postgraduate studies where the focus of their research in on integrated natural resource management science.

Applications and research areas
Assessment criteria
How to apply

The Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) Science PhD program has been developed to address the current unprecedented demand for skills for sustainable, integrated, and efficient management of natural resources.

The program aims to develop and reinforce cross-organisational collaborations between individual researchers and research teams, and to provide individual students with the opportunity for close interaction, mentoring and supervision, with both CSIRO and UQ, especially through the Ecosciences Precinct development in Brisbane.
 
The program will support PhD students to conduct cutting-edge research with strong expertise in a broad range of disciplines through scholarship top-ups.
 
Applications are currently open and close on 

7 December 2012* 

*please note that round 3 in May was cancelled.
 
The value of the scholarships will be set at A$7000 per annum plus up to A$10000 expenses (including travel) per annum.

Applications and research areas

PhD studentships will be awarded in the integrated natural resource management field. Successful applicants will propose research that informs the management of natural resources (e.g. land, water, soil, biological resource base). Research may target a range of environments and land-use contexts (e.g. marine, coastal, terrestrial environments) managed for a variety of purposes (e.g. agriculture, forestry, urban settlement, fisheries, conservation etc). The research can relate to a range of scales, including global change and large-scale processes driving regional responses, but the choice of scale (both spatial and temporal) should be that which informs the management of natural resources.
 
Some examples of research areas that the INRM PhD Program encourages include those relating to:
  • systems modelling and analysis (at a range of scales, including global change)
  • integrated assessment approaches (including those addressing risk)
  • proposals that integrate disciplinary perspectives (e.g. biophysical, social, economic and institutional dimensions of environmental change)
  • policy and institutional alternatives (e.g. governance systems, policy instruments).

Assessment criteria

The Steering Committee will critique applications based on the:
  • alignment of the candidate student's proposed area of research with integrated resource management science and the research priorities of the CSIRO and UQ
  • novelty of the candidate student’s proposed research
  • alignment of a candidate student’s existing scholarship arrangements with the agreed terms of the Program (especially in relation to IP and the Student Agreement)
  • relevant post-graduate qualifications and track-record, and employment experience, especially as evidenced by the applicant’s publication recordquality and appropriateness of the supervision arrangement for the applicant
  • student's undergraduate track records that may include, course marks, conference papers, presentations, publications (the student must be expected to be capable or have gained a 1st class honours degree or equivalent).
  • locus and strength of the UQ-CSIRO collaboration

How to apply

Eligibility: PhD scholarships will only be awarded as top ups to those in receipt of an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or an equivalent university postgraduate award.
 
This Program is intended to support new PhD projects, however, recently commenced projects (less than 6 months since commencement) will also be considered.

To apply, please submit

  1. Completed proposal form (download Integrated Natural Resource Management Science Scholarship application form)
  2. Project plan
  3. Applicant’s academic record
  4. Current CV of applicant, including the contact details of two referees
  5. Brief CVs of supervisors

Further questions about the program may be directed to Professor Marc Hockings

 

 

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