Get financial support to kick start your academic journey in Australia. The Edith Cowan University is giving an opportunity to apply for the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child PhD International Scholarships.

Students who wish to apply for online PhD enrolment should contact the relevant program leader before applying. Applications are welcome for full-time study on-campus. The Edith Cowan University International Scholarship programme is open for both domestic and international students.

Edith Cowan University is an Australian public university that offers innovative and practical courses across a variety of disciplines. It has achieved five-star results in at least one measure across 15 different fields of study.

Eligible students will receive an educational fund for the successful candidates for the academic session 2022/2023.

• Eligible Countries: All nationalities are eligible for this Edith Cowan University International Scholarship.
• Acceptable Course or Subjects: Doctoral research program at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, based at the Centre’s Edith Cowan University node, in each of the three key program areas: Healthy Child; Educated Child; and Connected Child.
• Admissible Criteria: To be eligible, applicants must completion of a Bachelor’s degree with Honours or a Master’s by Research degree in an area associated with the relevant program area; Research level English language proficiency (for international applicants, where applicable.

• How to Apply: To be considered for the scholarship opportunity, you are recommended to take admission in a PhD degree program at Edith Cowan University.
• Supporting Documents: Please send the documents below to Olivia Slater
• Qualifications and academic transcripts
• Curriculum Vitae
• Research proposal (maximum 2 pages) including the following: NOTE: applications for the Healthy Child program must be related to the existing project, Supporting children’s digital agency with a self-administered health literacy tool. Applicants must read the attached project overview and contact the program leader for further information.
  • Provisional title
  • Objectives of the project
  • Overview of the topic
  • Proposed methods
  • Selected Digital Child program (Educated Child: learning in diverse settings, or digital technology design to inform learning; or active learning and play in the digital world; Connected Child: data analytics and the digital child; or children online; or commercialisation and the digital child; Healthy Child: existing digital health literacy tool project)
• A brief ½ page statement outlining your experience researching or working in the area of children and/or digital technology
• A brief ½ page statement of your interest in conducting research with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child
• Admission Requirements:  For taking admission, you are required to meet the academic entry requirements of Edith Cowan University.
• Language Requirement: You will need to demonstrate your English competency to enter any of the courses.