UQ Summer Research Scholarship Project Submission Form

If you are hosting a project at MRI-UQ please do not use this form.

You may register as many projects as you wish. After submitting a project you will have the option to register more. If you register more than one project, you will be asked to prioritise them for the purpose of allocating the limited FoM-UQ Employability budget.

For assistance, email med.researchsummer@uq.edu.au somsmedrummerscholarships@uq.edu.au

Email address of person filling out form*

Project title*

Brief project description (This may include background, aim, hypothesis and /or approach. This should be specific to the summer project component) Max 1/2 page*

Research Group (Name of group, and a website if you wish (or UQResearcher link))*

Location (Campus, hospital, building)*

Expected workload: Must be between 20 to 36 hours per wk, and 6-10 weeks excluding Christmas-New Year week/s. (only up to 8 weeks will be funded by Employability/Faculty)

How many weeks?*

How many hours per week?*

Earliest start (please specify date DD/MM/YY, or 'Mid-November', or 'to be negotiated')*

Latest finish (Please specify date, or “early February”. Must end by mid-February to allow us to claim funding from the UQ Employability Office and to record the student’s participation for certificates)*

Multiple options for Placement: If you want to describe several options for projects in the description above and let students select which one they are interested in, then this box will be included with "1 placement is available for these project options. Applicants should specify which option you are applying for."

If you are only listing one topic, we'll delete this row.

If you want to supervise more than one project, please list them in separate project templates so they can be advertised separately (subject to available funding).

Multiple options for Placement

Expected outcomes and deliverables: Please highlight what applicants can expect to gain/learn from participating in the project, and what they will be expected to deliver as an outcome of the project. For example, scholars may gain skills in data collection, or have an opportunity to generate publications from their research. Students may also be asked to produce a report or oral presentation at the end of their project.

Expected outcomes and deliverables Max 1/2 page:*

Suitable for: Please highlight any particular qualities that you are looking for in applicants. For example, this project is open to applications from students with a background in chemistry, pre-medical provisional students interested in MD-HDR pathway.

NB: Program is only open to UQ students in 2020-21.

Suitable for:*

Have all ethics and compliance approvals for this project been obtained?*

Yes

They will be obtained before student commencement

Not required

If this project is related to one where agreements between UQ and external parties already exist, please provide details e.g. BDHP with MSHHS

Will the student be located in a hospital department?

Yes

If yes, please attach approval from Head of Department.

(Maximum size: 500 KB )

Will the student have contact with patients?

Yes

Will the student have contact with children?

Yes

Will the student have contact with patient samples? If yes, is it identifiable or de-identified?

Yes

Identifiable

De-identified

Will the student have access to patient records or data?

Yes

De-identified

Identifiable

Your answers will allow us to add specific requirements that the scholar will need to meet such as working with children check, Student IP and confidentiality, Vaccine Preventable Disease Screening and student agreement if required.

Students will be paid the scholarship in two payments, the first in December, and the second in late January-February, subject to the Supervisor confirming the student’s satisfactory participation and progress.

Primary Supervisor (Supervisor title and name)*

Supervisor's contact details

Primary contact, if not supervisor

Before application (Please select if either options apply):

The supervisor MUST be contacted by students prior to submission of an application

The supervisor CAN be contacted by students prior to submission of an application

Faculty of Medicine anticipates a limited budget to fund 70x 6-8 week scholarships, fully funded by Faculty of Medicine (50%) and UQ Employability (50%). We expect that demand for projects will exceed this budget.

If you have extra funds available, you can have as many extra projects you like if you can fully fund them at $360/wk per scholarship.

Do you want to fund an additional 1-2 weeks (max 10wks) for this project at $360/wk? Please provide cost centre and name of budget holder.

How many scholarships are you requesting in total?*

If you are requesting more than one scholarship, what is your priority ranking for THIS scholarship to receive funding?