CSIRO Livestock Industries PhD program

CSIRO Livestock Industries has a strong and vibrant postgraduate student training program and offers PhD studentships (scholarships).

• 19 September 2011 | Updated 14 October 2011

Overview

• Locations 
• PhD scholarships
• How to apply 
• Honours projects and vacation scholarships 

There are currently around 70 doctoral and masters students within CSIRO Livestock Industries – either on CSIRO studentships or supervised by CSIRO researchers.

The postgraduate students have an important and integral role in CSIRO's research projects.

Locations

Research in CSIRO Livestock Industries is conducted at five sites in four Australian States:

• FD McMaster Laboratory, Armidale, New South Wales
• Queensland Bioscience Precinct, Brisbane, Queensland  
• Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria
• Australian Tropical Sciences and Innovation Precinct, Townsville, Queensland  
• Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, Perth, Western Australia.
  There are currently around 70 doctoral and masters students within CSIRO Livestock Industries.

PhD scholarships

At two of these sites CSIRO Livestock Industries offers a number of studentships to commence in January 2012.

Applications for studentships have opened in September 2011 and close on Friday, 4 November.

Eligible applicants must be Australian citizens or residents, and should be completing or have completed an Honours degree (or equivalent) in agricultural or veterinary sciences or related disciplines.

The successful candidates will be chosen on academic merit and will be able to choose a project from a number of specific research areas.

Studentships are currently valued at up to A$30 000 per annum and are tenable for three years. Successful candidates will be required to enrol for a doctorate at an appropriate tertiary institution in Australia.

How to apply

To apply for a PhD studentship, view the projects on offer for 2012 and fill out an Application form for a PhD studentship with CSIRO Livestock Industries, selecting your desired project and location.

Visit CSIRO's Positions Vacant web page, click on Job Search then enter VIC01411 in the reference field and go to the page to submit your application.

For more information about studentships and PhD projects, please contact the relevant site coordinators on the following pages, or CSIRO Livestock Industries' Postgraduate Student Training Coordinator, Dr Tim Doran, on 61 3 5227 5788 or Timothy.Doran@csiro.au.

Honours projects and vacation scholarships

Opportunities for research towards Honours degrees are also available at some sites, in conjunction with Deakin, Melbourne, Monash and La Trobe universities in Victoria; the University of New England in New South Wales; and the University of Queensland. For more information, please contact the relevant site coordinator on the following pages.

For availability of vacation scholarships, please see Vacation Scholarships.