Maitri Scholarships opportunity for Indian students in STEM-related fields

Published in the Research School of Physics Event Horizon
Vol48 Issue45 13–17 November 2023

 Studies in the STEM-related fields of:

The scholarships are very generous, offering a stipend of over $37K plus $12K relocation allowance, $50K professional development, contribution to tuition ($140K) and admin costs to the university of $12K. The guidelines emphasise that applications that also offer co-contributions, in cash or in kind, will be preferred.

Please refer to the guidelines for detailed information on this program. The term “applicant” in the guidelines refers to the nominating university.

If you are in communication with any students who may be eligible for this opportunity, please let us know as soon as possible.

Our deadline to submit nominations to the College is 19 November 2023.

Potential candidates need to submit an application for admission to ANU as the first step of the process.

The HDR team can provide information to the candidates on how to apply and the documentation that needs to be submitted (CV, academic transcripts, research proposal, evidence of English language ability, a minimum of 2 referees need to be nominated in the application form).

Students need to mention in the application that they wish to be considered for the Maitri Scholars Program – in the Scholarship section of the online application they need to select “Other” and then type in Maitri Scholars Program.

Once the application for the admission has been assessed and the student deemed eligible for admission into the PhD program, a statement addressing the selection criteria (p12-13 of the attached guidelines) will need to be prepared. 

Some criteria will need to be written by the applicant and their supervisor and some by the College or School and some on behalf of the ANU.