MSD SUMMER RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS 2011-12

The MSD Summer Research Internship program provides an opportunity for coursework master’s students in the Melbourne School of Design, who are undertaking a research project as part of their degree, to write up their research over summer 2011/12 for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.  Successful applicants will be paid a bursary for up to eight weeks and provided with office space and facilities to undertake any additional primary research and prepare their paper for publication. Successful applicants will be expected to conduct research full-time for the duration of the internship, to produce a co-authored paper under the continued guidance of their supervisor.

ELIGIBILITY

• Applicants must be enrolled in a coursework master’s degree in the Melbourne School of Design in 2011.
• Applicants must have completed a 25-point research project as part of their MSD master’s degree.  (It is expected that this research would form the basis for the application; however students who meet this criteria but wish to submit an alternative piece of research, e.g. an essay from another subject in their course, may still apply.)
• The applicant must have completed their 25-point research project by the end of semester 2, 2011. 
• The work to be submitted for publication must have been undertaken as part of the applicant’s MSD coursework master’s degree. 
• The work submitted must be the applicant’s own and cannot be the outcome of a group assignment.

Students enrolled in a research higher degree (PhD, MPhil and other master’s by research degrees) are ineligible to apply.  Students who completed their MSD master’s degree in 2010 or earlier are ineligible to apply.

VALUE AND DURATION

Interns will be paid a bursary of $400 per week for a maximum period of eight weeks, or until submission of the paper to a peer-reviewed journal, whichever comes first.  The maximum value of the internship is $3200. 
Successful applicants will be expected to take up the internship during the period of January to February 2012.  The exact dates of the internship will depend on the supervisor’s availability and can be negotiated.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Applications should be submitted to the ABP Research Office by 5pm, Thursday 1 December 2011.  Successful applicants will be advised after 12 December.

Please read the guidelines and application form for more details on how to apply. If you have any further questions, please contact abp-research (@unimelb.edu.au).