Undergraduate vacation scholarships

CSIRO

CSIRO, the largest R&D organisation in Australia, offers vacation scholarships to 3rd year students in a range of disciplines and at various locations. Our research is leading edge and is used by many organisations to solve problems across a wide range of industries.

The scholarships are intended to provide students with the opportunity to work on a real-world problem and to develop future links with a number of Divisions of CSIRO. Undertaking a project has influenced previous scholarship holders in their choice of further study and future career. Many have gone on to under PhD's in CSIRO and to be employed in senior positions in CSIRO, Universities and Industry.

The scholarships are open to students who have completed at least 3 years of Undergraduate study and who have maintained a credit average or better. The scholarship rate is $550 per week. Scholarships are to commence early December 2007 and continue for a period of 8-12 weeks. Presentation skills training is provided as well as an opportunity to participate in a conference with other students and senior scientists.

Details of the 16 projects on offer can be found at: http://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/Job_Details.asp?RefNo=2007/807