Honours Scholarship in Indigenous Genomics

This scholarship is to support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students who are interested in using genomics to help communities tackle a Type-2 Diabetes and related cardiometabolic diseases within the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney.

This scholarship is valued at $3,500 per annum and is tenable for one year, it will also provide additional interstate travel and bioinformatics conference registration for up to $1,000.

Areas of study: Health services and support At Institution: University of Sydney Study level:

• Honours, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma
• Postgraduate research

Study Load: Full Time Location: NSW

• identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island person as Defined in the University of Sydney’s Confirmation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identity Policy 2015
• be currently enrolled or having an unconditional offer of admission and commencing full-time in the Data Science or Statistics Honours Program within the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney
• have achieved a WAM of 65 and above, or equivalent in previous tertiary studies
• be supervised by the Jean Yang Professor of the University of Sydney, Professor Alex Brown and Associate Professor Jimmy Breen at Black Ochre Data Labs