Medical Awards—Regulations

The medical awards in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences encompass those scholarships and fellowships funded from specified bequests to the faculty.

General

1. In the absence of specific alternative regulations approved by the University, all medical awards must conform with the regulations which follow.

2. Each award is made in one of the following categories, tenable at the location indicated:

(a) postdoctoral fellowship (UWA);

(b) medical fellowship or scholarship (overseas);

(c) medical and dental scholarship (UWA);

(d) biomedical scholarship (UWA); and

(e) bachelor of Medical Science Scholarship (UWA).

3.(1) The awards are made by the Scholarships Committee of the Academic Board (the Scholarships Committee) on the recommendation of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

(2) Awards are made on the basis of academic merit, research history and research potential.

(3) The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences will take appropriate advice as necessary from any other faculty or school in association with which an award holder intends to carry out his or her proposed research.

(4) If in any year that an award in any category is to be made there is no applicant of sufficient merit, no awards will be made in that year.

4. If no award is made in any year, or if the value of the awards does not exhaust the available income, the unexpended income is carried forward and becomes part of the income available for awards in subsequent years and may be used to finance one or more additional awards in any year.

5. In any year that a new award is to be made, availability is advertised and applications must be submitted to the Registrar by the date fixed and notified in the advertisement.

6.(1) An award holder is not permitted during the tenure of an award to engage in any work other than that for which the award was made unless the additional work is undertaken with the permission of the head of the school concerned.

(2) The head of school will be responsible for ensuring that excessive part-time employment is not undertaken to the detriment of the award holder's studies.

7. Except as provided in paragraph 21(b), an awardee is not permitted to hold any other major award.

8. Support and travel grants may be made in accordance with the guidelines approved by the Higher Degrees Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

9. An awardee is permitted to take recreation leave of four weeks annually at a time mutually acceptable to the awardee and his or her supervisor.

10. Each awardee must acknowledge in any publication resulting from work completed under an award or awards the support provided by the award or awards.

Postdoctoral Fellowships

11. Candidates for postdoctoral fellowships must have doctoral degrees or equivalent research experience or have completed and submitted a PhD thesis for examination.

12. A postdoctoral fellowship will normally be tenable for two years at the University.

13. The terms and conditions of each postdoctoral fellowship are the subject of a written agreement between the fellow and the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

14. Within a period of three months from the completion of a postdoctoral fellowship, the fellow must submit to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences a full report on the research undertaken during the fellowship.

Overseas Medical Fellowships and Scholarships

15. Candidates for overseas medical fellowships and scholarships must be graduates in medicine of this University.

16. Overseas medical fellowships and scholarships are tenable for one year at a recognised research institution overseas.

17.(1) The terms and conditions of each award are determined by the Scholarships Committee and are the subject of a written agreement between the award holder and the University.

(2) Benefits may include salary and/or relocation expenses in terms of guidelines approved by the Higher Degrees Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

18. Within a period of three months from the completion of an award, the award holder must submit to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences a full report on the research undertaken during the tenure of the award.

Medical and Dental Scholarships

19. Candidates for medical and dental scholarships must be graduates in medicine or dentistry of this or another recognised tertiary institution, who are registered to practise within Australia.

20. An awardee must be enrolled as a full-time candidate for a higher degree in this University.

21. Medical and dental scholarships are awarded as either:

(a) a full scholarship; or

(b) a supplementary scholarship.

22.(1) A full scholarship is awarded initially for a period of up to two years for a master's degree and three years for a PhD subject to an annual assessment of satisfactory progress.

(2) A scholarship for a PhD candidate may be extended by up to six months where the research has been delayed due to circumstances beyond the student's control.

(3) The tenure of a supplementary scholarship is equivalent in all respects to the primary award.

23.(1) The value of full medical and dental scholarships is equivalent in all respects to that of a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Medical and Dental Postgraduate Research Scholarship.

(2) The value of a supplementary scholarship is determined by the Scholarships Committee on the recommendation of the Higher Degrees Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Biomedical Scholarships

24. Biomedical scholarships are awarded in accordance with the regulations governing Australian Postgraduate Awards as published on the web site:

http://www.research.uwa.edu.au/schols/apaconditions.html

Bachelor of Medical Science Scholarship

25. An award holder must be enrolled full-time for the degree of Bachelor of Medical Science in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences in accordance with the regulations governing the degree.

26. The period of tenure is one year.

27. The value of a scholarship is determined by the Scholarships Committee on the recommendation of the Higher Degrees Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.