ARC Discovery Program - Everything in its Place: Location, Persistence, and Change - Supplementary Scholarship

The Everything in its Place: Location, Persistence, and Change - Supplementary Scholarship is funded by the Australian Research Council to support a full-time PhD or MPhil student who is undertaking research in metaphysics and/or philosophy of physics relevant to the project and who is in receipt of a major scholarship.

Further information about the project is available at: https://antonyeagle.org/place/

Eligibility: Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia who are acceptable as candidates for a PhD or MPhil degree at the University of Adelaide.

Stipend: The scholarship will be for up to 3.5 years (PhD) or up to 2 years (MPhil) and has a stipend of $5000 (fixed) per annum. It is likely to be tax exempt, subject to Taxation Office approval.

BenefitsTravel allowance - Up to $2500 will be available for travel during candidature to attend conferences or for research purposes.

Sick leave - Up to 10 working days paid sick leave a year (accruable) within the tenure of the award. These periods of leave are not in addition to the normal duration of the award. For medically substantiated periods of illness lasting longer than 10 working days, up to a total of 60 working days paid sick leave that is additional to the normal duration of the award. This leave will only be utilised once the accruable sick leave within tenure has been exhausted.

Parental leave - Paid entitlements of up to 60 working days for the birth parent or primary adoptive parent. Award holders must have been enrolled for a period of over 12 months full-time to access paid parental leave. Award holders who are partners of the birth parent or primary adoptive parent who have been enrolled for a period of over 12 months full-time are able to access up to 10 working days of paid parenting leave. Periods of paid parental leave are additional to the normal duration of the award. Those enrolled for less than 12 months full-time are required to utilise recreation leave or unpaid leave of absence provisions.