Scholarship details
Study levels
Research and PhD
Student type
Future students
Study area
Creative industries, Creative practice, communication and design and Information technology
Eligibility criteria
Academic performance
Citizenship
Australian or New Zealand and International
What you'll receive
You'll receive:
- a stipend scholarship of $33,637 per annum for a maximum duration of 3.5 years while undertaking a QUT PhD. The duration includes an extension of up to 6 months if approved for your candidature. This is the full-time, tax-exempt rate which will index annually.
- a tuition fee offset/sponsorship, covering the cost of your tuition fees for the first 4 full-time equivalent years of your doctoral studies.
- the opportunity to work with a team of leading researchers, to undertake innovative research in and across the field.
Eligibility
You need to meet the entry requirements for a QUT Doctor of Philosophy, including any English language requirements:
- enrol as a full-time, internal student in April 2025
- have a background in industrial or interaction design and/or IT/human computer interaction and an honours degree or equivalent.
How to apply
Application closing dates vary:
- international applications close 31 July 2024
- domestic applications close 31 August 2024.
Apply for this scholarship at the same time you apply for admission to a QUT Doctor of Philosophy.
- The first step is to email Professor Thea Blacker
detailing your academic and research background, your motivation to research in this field and interest in this scholarship, and include your CV. If supported to apply, you will then submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) following the advice at How to apply for a research degree. In your EOI, nominate Professor Thea Blacker a s your proposed principal supervisor, and copy the link to this scholarship website into question 2 of the financial details section.
About the scholarship
This project aims to address the urgent problem of isolation, dislocation of families by distance and lack of “intergenerational closeness” by developing ways to build stronger bonds between geographically distributed families using tangible, embodied and embedded interfaces (TEIs). TEIs combine physical artefacts and digital information, allowing interactions across a variety of spaces, and in combination with other activities and experiences.
Students will investigate how either tangible or screen equipped devices can enable intergenerational closeness through co-designing, prototyping, building and evaluating systems with geographically distanced participants.