University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

Indigenous Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Award value: $26288 annually

Level of study: Postgraduate

Nationality: Australian

The University is offering a PhD scholarship to a student with research interests in governance frameworks for protecting and sharing Indigenous knowledge and culture. The successful candidate will be an integral member of the research team on the UTS Indigenous Knowledge Forum project: Garuwanga: Forming a Competent Authority to protect Indigenous knowledge. This project has successfully attracted ARC Linkage funding for the next three years to work with four Aboriginal Communities from the Kimberley in WA to the Southern Highlands and South Coast NSW to identify, evaluate and recommend an appropriate Competent Authority legal structure so Australia can meet the requirements of the Nagoya Protocol.