Scholarship details
Study levels
Postgraduate and Research
Student type
Future students and Current students
Study area
Justice
Eligibility criteria
Indigenous Australian and Academic performance
Citizenship
Australian
Application dates
- Applications close
- 20 February 2025
What you'll receive
You'll receive:
- a stipend scholarship of $45,000 per annum for a maximum duration of 3.5 years while undertaking a QUT Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or 1.75 years for a Master of Philosophy (MPhil). The duration includes an extension of up to 6 months (PhD) or 3 months (MPhil) if approved for your candidature. This is the full-time, tax-free rate which will index annually
- a tuition fee offset/sponsorship, covering the cost of your tuition fees for the first 4 full-time equivalent years of your PhD studies or the first 2 full-time equivalent years of your MPhil studies
- the opportunity to work with a team of leading researchers, to undertake your own innovative research in and across the field.
Eligibility
You must:
- meet the entry requirements for a QUT Doctor of Philosophy or Master of Philosophy, including any English language requirements
- enrol as a full time, internal student (unless approval for part-time and/or external study is obtained)
- be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and provide a confirmation of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent
- be male/identify as male.
To enrol in a PhD, you’ll need an Honours-level qualification, and for an MPhil, you'll need an undergraduate qualification, with either being in one of the following areas:
- criminology
- justice studies
- law
- social work
- social sciences
- psychology
- anthropology
- sociology or related discipline.
How to apply
Apply for this scholarship at the same time you apply for admission to a QUT research degree.
- The first step is to email Professor Kelly Richards detailing your academic background, your motivation to research in this field and interest in this scholarship, and include your CV.
- If supported to apply, you will then submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) following the advice at How to apply for a research degree.
- In your EOI, nominate Professor Kelly Richards as your proposed principal supervisor, and copy the link to this scholarship website into question 2 of the financial details section.
About the scholarship
The School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology is seeking a full-time master’s or PhD student who identifies as both male and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander to support an innovative study of the motivations of perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA).
The research is funded under the Australian Research Council’s Future Fellowship scheme. It asks about the expressive motivations of CSA perpetrators, with the aim of informing CSA prevention and response measures. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children experience higher rates of CSA than non-Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children. This project therefore includes a focus on understanding Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander perpetrator motivations.
The project will provide an excellent opportunity for an emerging Indigenous scholar to build research skills and networks and to contribute to reducing CSA. For more information about the project, see preventing-child-sexual-abuse-by-understanding-perpetrators-motivations.
The successful applicant will receive funding support in the form of a QUT Indigenous Postgraduate Research Award (IPRA) scholarship. He will be supervised by an experienced team of academics led by Professor Kelly Richards (QUT). Kelly has extensive experience working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, organisations and communities. For example she recently worked with Indigenous Elders on a project documenting the Elders’ work reintegrating ex-prisoners.
The student will have access to culturally-safe support services from QUT’s Carumba Institute. The School of Justice is committed to providing the applicant with opportunities to enhance the skills required to develop a strong academic career. We will offer the applicant a range of sessional appointments and/or casual Research Assistant roles each year he is enrolled and in receipt of the scholarship. The details of the appointments will be negotiated subject to qualifications, experience and availability.
The student will be a member of the QUT Centre for Justice (QUTC4J) and will be embedded within an active Higher Degree by Research (HDR) community and peer network. QUTC4J provides a range of HDR training sessions including an annual HDR Winter School program and a travel bursary support program enabling HDR students to attend conferences to present their research work.
Whilst internal enrolment is preferred, the successful candidate can request external enrolment which will be considered on a case-by-case basis, given the national focus of the project.