PhD Scholarship Opportunities

Monash University

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

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Why Monash University
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Monash University is Australia’s largest and most international university. Its extensive educational offering, delivered via our 10 faculties, includes undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses. Monash is a research-intensive university, known for some significant and lasting discoveries that have delivered impact beyond the academic community.

About the role

If successful, you will receive a generous scholarship covering tuition fees and a tax-free stipend at current value of AU$37,000 per annum (up to $47,000 per annum for outstanding students). Additional financial support is available through research and teaching assistance work.

Current Opportunities As a candidate in the CHE PhD program (www.monash.edu/business/che/study-with-us/phd-program), you will receive rigorous training in advanced health economics and related studies. 

You will also enjoy opportunities for conference travel and the potential to undertake international research visits. PhD opportunities are available across all topics of health economics.

You can find project-specific PhD opportunities commencing in July 2024 on the CHE

Entry requirements and scholarship eligibility Applicants should have a 4-year bachelor degree or 2-year master’s degree in economics, econometrics or a related quantitative discipline, demonstrated research experience, and strong academic results.

As a PhD student of the Centre, you will be part of a team of researchers at the cutting edge of impactful international research (www.monash.edu/business/che/our-research/research-expertise) across research themes including: 

• Disadvantage and health (www.monash.edu/business/che/our-research/research-expertise)
• Global and environmental health economics (www.monash.edu/business/che/our-research/research-themes/global-and-environmental-health-economics)
• Economic behaviour, incentives and preferences in health (www.monash.edu/business/che/our-research/research-themes/economic-behaviour-incentives-and-preferences-in-health) and
• Economic modelling of health policies and technologies (www.monash.edu/business/che/our-research/research-themes/economic-modelling-of-health-policies-and-technologies).

What you'll be responsible for

• 🧩 Data Cleaning and Preparation
  

  Extract and clean data ready to use in analysis or to users

• 📶 Data Analysis and Reporting
  

  Analyze data to discover and communicate insights, and offer concrete recommendations for key stakeholders to make critical decisions

• 🔲 SQL and Databases
  

  Use SQL to query databases to extract and process data

Skills you'll need

• 🤓 Learning agility
  

  Identifies and applies strategies to enhance reception, retention and use of newly acquired information, skills, and abilities

• 🧮 Numerical problem solving
  

  Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems

• 🔍 Attention to detail
  

  Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables