The scholarship is funded by the Premier’s Science Fellowship program; a joint initiative between Curtin University and The WA State government. It is to work on a project developing new analytical tools to support the control and eradication of new pest species that arrive in Western Australia.

A huge amount of resources are spent annually on controlling pest species.  It is challenging to estimate how much effort (and money) is required to effect control and eradication, so we often proceed under a best guess approach.  This project looks to apply newly developed analytical tools to estimate the cost and feasibility of eradication of economically important pest species in Western Australia.

• Future Students

• Faculty of Science & Engineering
  • Science courses

• Higher Degree by Research

• Australian Citizen
• Australian Permanent Resident
• New Zealand Citizen
• Permanent Humanitarian Visa
• International Student

• Merit Based

The scholarship provides a living stipend of $32,500 per year, pro rata indexed, based on full time studies for 3.5 years. An additional $7,000 per year top-up is also available contingent on candidate performance.

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Any applicable PhD courses 

• A strong track record in undergraduate studies;
• Honours or Masters by research
• A background in ecology, evolution, statistics, or related discipline.

Please contact us via the EOI form. Upload a copy of your academic transcript, your CV, and a one page cover letter explaining your interest in the project.

Satisfactory progress through the PhD program

Professor Ben Phillips: ben.l.phillips@curtin.edu.au