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Macquarie University Research Fellowship Scheme, 2012 round (May 2011)

Expressions of Interest are invited for the Macquarie University Research Fellowship Scheme, which provides funding for 3 years of post-doctoral research in an area of research excellence in the University (including Philosophy).   Interested applicants should contact a potential sponsor for their research project from the Philosophy staff. Applicants must have been awarded their PhD on or after 1 March 2006, or submit their thesis by 31 August 2011. Forms and further information can be downloaded here: http://www.research.mq.edu.au/for/researchers/how_to_obtain_research_funding/funding_opportunities/internal

Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA) for Postgraduate Research in Philosophy (MPhil or PhD) (May 2011)

These scholarships are open to Australian domestic students who have first class honours or equivalent. The deadline for applications for scholarships commencing in Sem 2 2011 is 30 June 2011. Form and instructions can be found here: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/scholarships/hdr_scholarships_domestic_candidates_only

Teaching opportunities at Macquarie Semester 1 2011 (January 2011)

The Department has a number of opportunities for casual teaching in Semester 1 2011. Click here for details.

5 new PhD scholarships in Philosophy (January 2010)

The Department has five PhD scholarships available to appropriately qualified applicants to undertake a full time PhD degree in 2010. The scholarships are associated with three separate Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects.

The scholarships are available to domestic and international applicants who have an Australian Bachelor degree with First Class Honours (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline as defined in the project description.

The scholarships offer a tax-free stipend at $22,500 (indexed annually) for a period of 3.5 years (subject to satisfactory progress).

Successful applicants will be based at Macquarie University in the Philosophy Department and in association with the Centre for Cognitive Science and the Centre for Research in Social Inclusion.

Cotutelle and joint PhD candidature supervision arrangements are possible, especially (but not only) with partner universities in France, Germany and the UK.

Successful applicants will be able to take up their scholarship and commence their studies as soon they have satisfied the admission requirements of Macquarie University.

ARC Discovery Project 1: Causation (2 PhD scholarships available)
These scholarships are associated with Prof. Peter Menzies’s project 'Causes that Make a Difference'. Applicants should propose thesis projects that relate centrally to the philosophical investigation of causation.  Enquiries are to be directed to Peter Menzies (peter.menzies@mq.edu.au).

ARC Discovery Project 2: Agency and Addiction (1 PhD scholarship available)
This scholarship is associated with Prof. Jeanette Kennett’s project 'Addiction, moral identity and moral agency: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches’. The successful applicant will be involved in all aspects of the project but especially in testing and refining philosophical accounts of the elements of moral agency and the effects of addiction on agency, character, self-control and responsibility against the findings and predictions of addiction neuroscience, and our own empirical study of users. Enquiries are to be directed to Jeanette Kennett (jeanette.kennett@mq.edu.au).

ARC Discovery Project 3: Philosophical Anthropology / Philosophy of Work (2 PhD scholarships available)
These scholarships are associated with Dr Jean-Philippe Deranty’s and A/Prof. Nicholas Smith’s project ‘Work and Self-development: a philosophical reappraisal’. This project has a strong international collaborative dimension, with leading researchers from France (Christophe Dejours and Emmanuel Renault) also involved. Applicants should propose thesis projects that focus either on conceptions of work in the history of philosophy or on understandings of work that inform the contemporary quality of work debate (especially in Australia). Enquiries are to be directed to either Jean-Philippe Deranty (jp.deranty@mq.edu.au) or Nicholas Smith (nicholas.smith@mq.edu.au).

Closing date for applications: Friday, 26 February 2010

Application form:
http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications

Applications should be forwarded to:
The Scholarship Officer
Higher Degree Research Office
The Research Hub
Level 3, C5C East
Macquarie University NSW 2109
AUSTRALIA
http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/

(last updated: 6/5/11 )