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See details of past awardees below.
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2023 scholarship awardee
Elite Editing is very pleased to announce that the Elite Editing Thesis Write-up Scholarship for 2023 has been awarded to Mr Bereket Zeleke Tunkala.
Bereket is in the final year of his PhD study at the University of Melbourne, under the supervision of Prof Brian Leury, Prof Frank Dunshea, Dr Kristy DiGiacomo and Dr Pablo Alvarez Hess. His project focuses on enhancing crude protein utilisation efficiency in ruminants. He developed a method for protein quality quantification in a laboratory set-up and evaluated several options to achieve less ammonia emission from animal feed. He also examined the qualities of underutilised legume species collected from Australian pasture lands. Bereket hopes his PhD project will contribute to the efforts being done on reducing the protein loss related to surplus supply, minimising environmental pollution from ammonia emission, providing new candidates of underutilised legumes as protein forages and enhancing ruminant productivity and profitability from improved use of protein concentrates.
As always, this year’s choice was difficult, with many excellent applicants for the scholarship. Our thanks and best wishes to all who applied.
Previous awardees
2022: Ms Neha Lalchandani
2021: Ms Georgi Toma
2020: Ms Claudia Escobar
2019: Mr Yang Yang
2018: Ms Nadia Bellofiore
2017: Mr Renato Lemgruber
2016: Mr Lain Pardo
2015: Mr Guanyu Chen
2014: Ms Lauren Rice
2013: Mr nnaEmeka Chidiebere Meribe
Scholarship description
The Elite Editing Thesis Write-up Scholarship provides financial assistance for one postgraduate student per year for a period of 12 weeks to free them from other forms of employment and allow them to concentrate solely on the task of writing their thesis.
For students who do not hold another scholarship, the Elite Editing Thesis Write-up Scholarship pays a stipend of $1,000 per fortnight for six fortnights ($6,000 in total), tax free.
For students who do hold another scholarship, the Elite Editing Thesis Write-up Scholarship pays a stipend of $600 per fortnight for six fortnights ($3,600 in total), tax free.
Eligibility
Students must be enrolled full time in a research degree (master’s or PhD) at an Australian or New Zealand university.
Part-time students are eligible to apply for the scholarship only in circumstances where the applicant is able to demonstrate heavy carer commitments or a medical condition that precludes them from studying full time.
Students may be either internal or external students.
Both international and domestic students are eligible to apply. (Any stipend award for international students will be subject to confirmation of a full fee scholarship for the corresponding period.)
Students who hold another scholarship may apply, but in this case would only be awarded a stipend of $600 per fortnight for six fortnights ($3,600 in total), tax free.
For students who do not hold another scholarship, the Elite Editing Thesis Write-up Scholarship pays a stipend of $1,000 per fortnight for six fortnights ($6,000 in total), tax free.
The student must not engage in any forms of paid employment for the duration of the scholarship (unless Elite Editing is notified of any special circumstances that would prohibit this at the time of application).
The student must work on writing their thesis full time (a minimum of 35 hours per week) for the duration of the scholarship (i.e. they must have completed the research stage).
Employees of Elite Editing and their family members are not eligible for the scholarship.
Application process
Applications will open on 1 January and close on 30 June each year.
The scholarship will be awarded prior to 31 July each year.
The successful applicant can specify a start date for the scholarship that is any time within the following 12 months.
The application form must be completed online: https://www.eliteediting.com.au/scholarship-application-form/. (Applications will not be accepted by email or post.)
Elite Editing will assess each application based on the academic merit of the research being undertaken and the financial situation of the student. The successful applicant will be chosen at the sole discretion of Elite Editing.
Frequently asked questions
For the answers to Frequently Asked Questions, please visit the Thesis Write-up Scholarship section of our FAQs page. Please ensure you have read the information on this page carefully and read the FAQs section before contacting us to request further information about the scholarship.
