The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology currently has thirty (30) fully funded PhD Scholarships on offer across the country. Each scholarship is for three (3 years) and is worth NZD$33,000 per annum (not taxed), plus all student fees. In addition to the scholarship, MacDiarmid Institute PhD students will have access to:
- 3-6 month industry and government internships
- Annual multi-day workshops on specialist topics such as communication, commercialisation and leadership
- Intensive annual multi-day bootcamps (held in remote and beautiful locations) where experts share their knowledge in an important current research area
- Outreach events, working with school teachers or children
- Membership of the MacDiarmid Emerging Scientists Association (MESA), run by students and postdocs, which organises additional activities
For additional information please email Macd-Admin@vuw.ac.nz. APPLY NOW.
The MacDiarmid is a Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Aotearoa, New Zealand is a virtual network of biologists, chemists, physicists and engineers across New Zealand: five universities (Victoria University of Wellington, University of Auckland, Massey University, the University of Canterbury and the University of Otago), along with government innovation agency Callaghan Innovation and GNS Science.