Title
Movember Institute of Men’s Health Indigenous PhD Scholarship
College
College of Medicine and Public Health
Opening date
10-03-2025
Closing date
04-04-2025
Scholarship value
$51,500 per annum (2025 rate) tax free
Scholarship duration
3 years
Payment term
Paid Fortnightly
Student type
Indigenous students, Domestic Students
Level of Study
Higher Degrees Research
We are seeking an outstanding candidate for a full-time Indigenous PhD scholarship as part of a national project associated with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning arm of Movember’s newly established Indigenous Social and Emotional Wellbeing portfolio. This exciting project is a partnership between Flinders Health & Medical Research Institute (https://www.flinders.edu.au/fhmri) and the Movember Institute of Men’s Health (https://ex.movember.com/movember-institute).
This PhD scholarship offers a unique opportunity for a high achieving graduate from a public health, psychology, allied health, gender studies, community development, anthropology or sociology background to undertake an evaluative research project relating to Indigenous men’s social and emotional wellbeing. This will be an applied, pragmatic, interdisciplinary research opportunity to undertake either a qualitative or mixed-methods study. It will require an ability to work in a culturally sensitive way with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders and organisations; and a willingness to work with key local, national and international industry partners, such as Movember. The candidate will join a team of Australia’s leading researchers in Indigenous men’s health, health promotion, and social and emotional wellbeing.
Ideally, the candidate will be based at one of the Flinders University campuses in Darwin, Alice Springs, or Adelaide, but other locations could be negotiated upon commencement. The candidate will be supervised by Professor James Smith, Associate Professor Kootsy Canuto, Dr Bryce Brickley, Associate Professor Karla Canuto and/or Dr Melissa Opozda, all within the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University. Details of primary and co-supervision will be dependent upon the nature of the agreed project focus.
The PhD candidate will based in the Discipline of Rural and Remote Health at Flinders University (https://www.flinders.edu.au/content/dam/documents/colleges/cmph/flinders-rural-health/rural-remote-health-sa-nt-brochure.pdf); and also nested within Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI) Health Equity Impact Program (https://www.flinders.edu.au/fhmri/research/heip).
The scholarship includes:
To be eligible for the award of this scholarship a student must:
ADMISSION to HDR
Those who apply for the scholarship opportunity that have not already applied for admission to a relevant HDR must also apply. Instructions on how to apply for admission can be found here: https://www.flinders.edu.au/study/apply/apply-research-degree/how-to-apply
By lodging this separate application, applicants acknowledge:
APPLICATION
Prior to submitting an application for the scholarship, prospective applicants are advised to contact the Project Co-lead, Professor James Smith via email james.smith@flinders.edu.au to discuss your interest and eligibility for the opportunity. The Project lead may invite you to apply and request examples of previous academic work (e.g. publications), and a copy of your CV together with a covering letter outlining your relevant qualifications, experience, research experience and reasons for applying for the scholarship. We also encourage students nearing the completion of honours or who may wish to study part-time to make contact if they are interested in pursuing a PhD in this area.
Applicants will be short-listed and interviews will be held in early April 2025. Outcomes will be released by late April 2025.
The successful candidate will ideally begin by 1 July 2025, subject to negotiation.
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