1. Background
a. This Scholarship has been established to offer monetary help to a PhD scholar who’s endeavor analysis into Cardio-Periodontology related to the prevention of continual illness.
b. This scholarship is funded by a present from Jerry Schwartz.
2. Eligibility
a. The Scholarship is obtainable topic to the applicant having an unconditional supply of admission to review full-time in a PhD throughout the School of Drugs and Well being on the College of Sydney.
b. Candidates should be prepared to undertake analysis into Cardio-Periodontology related to the prevention of continual illness.
c. Candidates will need to have analysis expertise.
d. Candidates should be supervised by Professor Joerg Eberhard or Professor Clara Chow.
e. Candidates should be a home scholar.
3. Choice Standards
a. The profitable applicant might be awarded the Scholarship on the idea of:
I. tutorial advantage,
II. cowl letter,
III. suggestions from tutorial referees, and
IV. curriculum vitae.
b. Desire might be given to candidates who’ve expertise in cardiology and/or dental care.
c. Shortlisted candidates might be required to attend an interview.
d. The profitable applicant might be awarded the Scholarship on the nomination of a variety committee comprising:
I. researchers from the School of Drugs and Well being, and
II. a School of Drugs and Well being Tutorial Chief.
4. Worth
a. A profitable recipient will obtain a stipend allowance valued at $32,000 every year for 3 years, topic to passable tutorial efficiency.
b. The profitable recipient might apply for an extension of as much as 6 months.
c. The Scholarship should start in Analysis Interval 3, 2021 or Analysis Interval 4, 2021 and can’t be deferred or transferred to a different space of analysis.
d. No different quantity is payable.
e. The Scholarship might be supplied topic to the supply of funding.
5. Eligibility for Development
a. Development is topic to attending and passing the annual progress analysis.
6. Go away Preparations
a. The Scholarship recipient receives as much as 20 working days recreation depart every year of the Scholarship and this can be accrued. Nonetheless, the scholar will forfeit any unused depart remaining when the Scholarship is terminated or full. Recreation depart doesn’t appeal to a depart loading and the supervisor’s settlement should be obtained earlier than depart is taken.
b. The Scholarship recipient might take as much as 10 working days sick depart every year of the Scholarship and this can be accrued over the tenure of the Scholarship. College students with household obligations, caring for sick youngsters or family members, or experiencing home violence, might convert as much as 5 days of their annual sick depart entitlement to carer’s depart on presentation of medical certificates(s). College students taking sick depart should inform their supervisor as quickly as practicable.
7. Analysis Abroad
a. The Scholarship recipient might not usually conduct analysis abroad throughout the first six months of award.
b. The Scholarship holder might conduct as much as 12 months of their analysis outdoors Australia. Approval should be sought from the scholar’s supervisor, Head of College and the School by way of software to the Greater Diploma by Analysis Administration Centre (HDRAC), and can solely be granted if the analysis is important for completion of the diploma. All intervals of abroad analysis are cumulative and might be counted in the direction of a scholar’s candidature. College students should stay enrolled full-time on the College and obtain approval to depend time away.
8. Suspension
a. The Scholarship recipient can’t droop their award inside their first six months of examine, except a legislative provision applies.
b. The Scholarship recipient might apply for as much as 12 months suspension of the Scholarship for any motive through the tenure of the Scholarship. Durations of Scholarship suspension are cumulative and failure to renew examine after suspension will consequence within the award being terminated. Approval should be sought from the scholar’s supervisor, Head of College and the School by way of software to the Greater Diploma by Analysis Administration Centre (HDRAC). Durations of examine in the direction of the diploma throughout suspension of the Scholarship might be deducted from the utmost tenure of the Scholarship.
9. Modifications in Enrolment
a. The Scholarship recipient should notify HDRAC and their supervisor promptly of any deliberate adjustments to their enrolment together with however not restricted to: attendance sample, suspension, depart of absence, withdrawal and course switch, and candidature improve or downgrade. If the award holder doesn’t present discover of the adjustments recognized above, the College might require compensation of any overpaid stipend.
10. Termination
a. The Scholarship might be terminated:
I. on resignation or withdrawal of the recipient from their analysis diploma,
II. upon submission of the thesis or on the finish of the award,
III. if the recipient ceases to be a full-time scholar and prior approval has not been obtained to carry the Scholarship on a part-time foundation,
IV. upon the recipient having accomplished the utmost candidature for his or her diploma as per the College of Sydney (Greater Diploma by Analysis) Rule 2011 Coverage,
V. if the recipient receives another main stipend scholarship. In such circumstances this Scholarship might be terminated in favour of the choice stipend scholarship the place it’s of upper worth,
VI. if the recipient doesn’t resume examine on the finish of a interval of accredited depart, or
VII. if the recipient ceases to fulfill the eligibility necessities specified for this Scholarship, (apart from throughout a interval during which the Scholarship has been suspended or throughout a interval of accredited depart).
b. The Scholarship might also be terminated by the College earlier than this time if, within the opinion of the College:
I. the course of examine shouldn’t be being carried out with competence and diligence or in accordance with the phrases of this supply,
II. the scholar fails to keep up passable progress, or
III. the scholar has dedicated misconduct or different inappropriate conduct.
c. The Scholarship might be suspended all through the period of any enquiry/attraction course of.
d. As soon as the Scholarship has been terminated, it is not going to be reinstated except attributable to College error.
11. Misconduct
a. The place through the Scholarship a scholar engages in misconduct, or different inappropriate conduct (both through the Scholarship or in reference to the scholar’s software and eligibility for the Scholarship), which within the opinion of the College warrants restoration of funds supplied, the College might require the scholar to repay funds made in reference to the Scholarship. Examples of such conduct embody and with out limitation; tutorial dishonesty, analysis misconduct throughout the which means of the Analysis Code of Conduct (for instance, plagiarism in proposing, finishing up or reporting the outcomes of analysis, or failure to declare or handle a severe battle of pursuits), breach of the Code of Conduct for College students and misrepresentation within the software supplies or different documentation related to the Scholarship.
b. The College might require such compensation at any time throughout or after the Scholarship interval. As well as, by accepting this Scholarship, the scholar consents to all features of any investigation into misconduct in reference to this Scholarship being disclosed by the College to the funding physique and/or any related skilled physique.
