Scholarships
Computers, Systems and Health Innovation
We are seeking candidates with a strong academic record to undertake a PhD funded by our new NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) in e-Health. The CRE will initially focus on IT safety, consumer e-health and next generation decision support systems. PhD topics will however reflect the broader agenda of the CRE, Candidates may have a clinical or a technical background. We welcome applications from those with a technical background in natural language processing, system modelling and simulation, bioinformatics, machine learning, systems safety, decision support, biosurveillance, social media/computing, virtual reality, human-computer interaction, mobile applications and web search technologies – all of which have direct health application.
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Important: To discuss a scholarship for topics relating to computers, systems and health innovation, please contact:
Dr Farah Magrabi at f.magrabi@unsw.edu.au or call +61(2) 9385 8694
For Local Research Students
UNSW Research Excellence Scholarships ($30-35K)
These are new scholarships for commencing Higher Degree Research Students and they are targeted at University Medallists and Honours students ranked first in their Honours year, more details.
Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA), University Postgraduate Awards (UPA) & National Health Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Scholarships
Please see Graduate Research School web site for all details of the full suite of UNSW scholarships for local students.
How to Apply
In the first instance, all applicants must contact Dr. Farah Magrabi, email: f.magrabi at unsw.edu.au to discuss possible projects in their
area of interest.