Elvita Eveline Clough Cancer Research Scholarship

This Scholarship has been established to provide financial assistance to PhD students who are undertaking research in prevention, early detection or more effective treatment of breast cancer within the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. The scholarship is funded by the Elvita Eveline Clough Bequest and provides a stipend allowance equivalent to the University of Sydney Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend rate for up to 3.5 years, subject to satisfactory academic performance. Recipients must conduct full-time research focused on breast cancer prevention, early detection, or treatment. Successful newly commencing international recipients may be eligible to be nominated for the University of Sydney International Tuition Fee Scholarship. The scholarship selection is based on academic merit, area of study and research proposal, and previous research experience, with candidates assessed and ranked against paid work experience (20%), publications (60%), and other research outputs (20%).