MCD Research
Grants and Scholarships
All MCD HDR students
who are Australian citizens or hold a Permanent Humanitarian visa
are eligible to have their tuition fees paid for by the FEE-HELP loan
scheme, repaying the loan through the taxation system when their taxable
income reaches $39,000 (approx - the amount is indexed each year).
FEE-HELP loans receive a 10% discount
for voluntary early repayments.
MCD doctoral students
who have successfully had their research topic approved by a Confirmation
or Upgrade (from MA or MTheol) Panel have their tuition fees paid
by funds from the Commonwealth Research Training Scheme.
In order to facilitate
faculty and HDR student research, the Melbourne College of Divinity
offers a number of internal grants and scholarships: ·
HDR students may apply
for a Conference Travel Grant (up to $2,500) to cover registration
and conference costs for a conference for a peer-reviewed paper has
been accepted to be given: download Application
PDF (with Guidelines).
The MCD office also administers
external grants and scholarships, including: ·
Australian Postgraduate
Awards pay tuition fees, and a non-taxable living allowance for up
to three years: these are open to Australian and New Zealand citizens.
The MCD has been awarded an average of three annually since 2002:
download
Application (PDF) and Information
·
Endeavour International
Student Postgraduate Research Scholarships pay tuition fees and health
insurance costs, but only Overseas Students are eligible: download
Application
(PDF) and Information
·
ARC
Discovery Grant Applications ·
ARC
Linkage Grant Applications
For further information on MCD Research Grants and Scholarships contact:
Director of Research
Melbourne College of Divinity
21 Highbury Grove
Kew VIC 3101
Phone: (03) 9853 3177 Fax: (03) 9853 6695 email:directorofresearch@mcd.edu.au
