Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Soil Carbon Field Mapping

About this opportunity

This Scholarship has been established to provide financial assistance to research students who are undertaking research in digital mapping to support on-farm management. The research aims to generate fine resolution soil information to assist agronomic decisions for a farm to meet its productivity and sustainability challenges. The Scholarship is funded by Commonwealth of Australia represented by Department of Industry, Science and Resources as part of the project 'An integrated schema for soil carbon stock estimation and crediting'. The scholarship provides a stipend allowance of $41,753 for up to 11 months to support PhD research within the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney.

11 - 12 mo

1 award

research soil carbon digital mapping agricultural science on-farm management soil information systems sustainability environmental science precision agriculture

Who can apply

Applicant Types

individual

Citizenship

🇦🇺 Australia

Residency

🇦🇺 Australia

Project Locations

🇦🇺 Australia

Region

Australia

How to apply

Institutional approval

Stages

1 single_stage

Required documents

cv · research_proposal · transcripts

Review process

Selection based on academic merit, curriculum vitae, previous research experience via list of publications, area of study/research proposal, and personal statement demonstrating interest in digital mapping research. Awarded on nomination of research supervisor.

Restrictions

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Post-award obligations

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