Joan Duffield PhD Supplementary Scholarship

The Joan Duffield PhD Supplementary Scholarship is offered by the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) at ANU College of Science to encourage outstanding Australian students to pursue PhD studies in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The scholarship provides a supplementary stipend of $5,000 per annum for one year only, paid fortnightly parallel to the base stipend scholarship. Funding for this Award was provided by Miss Joan Duffield, daughter of Professor Walter Geoffrey Duffield, the inaugural Director of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory at Mount Stromlo. Miss Duffield was a treasured member of the Mount Stromlo community and a long-time supporter of science and astronomy. The award is available to prospective or continuing students (within the first 6 months of commencing the PhD) who are domestic students enrolling full-time in a Doctor of Philosophy program at the Australian National University. Recipients must be undertaking a PhD project within the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and must hold an approved ANU HDR base stipend scholarship at minimum RTP base rate. There is no separate application for this award; all eligible domestic applicants for the PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics with RSAA who receive a base stipend scholarship will be automatically considered.