Applications are invited for Laureate Graduate Research Scholarships at Melbourne Law School. Scholarships are awarded to undertake a higher degree by research through Professor Adrienne Stone’s Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship Program on Balancing Diversity and Social Cohesion in Democratic Constitutions.

The Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law aims to address a problem for liberal democracies: the need to reconcile the tensions between the pursuit of diversity and the promotion of social cohesion.

Melbourne Law School (MLS) is Australia’s first all-graduate law faculty. Melbourne Law School was the first faculty in Australia to teach law and awarded this country’s first law degrees.

Course Level: Scholarships are available to undertake research full-time programme.

Study Subject: Scholarships are awarded to undertake a higher degree by research through Professor Adrienne Stone’s Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship Program on Balancing Diversity and Social Cohesion in Democratic Constitutions.

Scholarship Award: Scholarship recipients undertaking research through the Laureate Program will be awarded an annual stipend of AUD$34,682 (tax free), and will be eligible to apply for up to AUD$4,000 project funding over the course of their candidature for approved travel and conference attendance. The scholarship is available for a maximum period of four years, with no extensions possible. A relocation allowance of AUD $2,000 may be granted for candidates who need to move from outside Victoria or AUD $3,000 for candidates who need to move from outside Australia to study at the University of Melbourne.

Scholarship can be taken in Australia

Eligibility: Eligible applicants must:

• Have an Honours 1 or high 2A (or equivalent) undergraduate degree in law;
• Be available to undertake research full-time;
• Not be receiving similar funding or stipend from another Commonwealth programme;
• Not have completed a degree at the same level or at a higher level in the same field of endeavour;
• Not have previously held a Research Training Program Scholarship (RTPS), Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or Australian Postgraduate Award Industry (APAI) unless it was terminated within the first six months of the earlier award.

Nationality: Australian and international students are eligible to apply.

College Admission Requirement

Entrance Requirement: Applicants must have an undergraduate degree.

Test Requirement: No

English Language Requirement: Applicants whose first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of proficiency in English at the higher level required by the University.

How to Apply: Applications for doctoral scholarships must be submitted with clearly identified titles as listed below, and include the following:

• Curriculum vitae
• All prior undergraduate and graduate academic transcripts
• Research proposal (maximum 2,000 words)
• Statement outlining reasons for seeking to participate in the Laureate program (maximum 250 words)
• Information on prior research completed (e.g. Honours thesis, Masters thesis).

Application Deadline: The application deadline is July 1, 2017.

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