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Faculty Summer Vacation Research Scholarships 2012/2013

06 July 2012

The Faculty of Science at UNSW is offering a number of highly competitive summer research scholarships to currently enrolled undergraduate students who are considering to continue their studies at postgraduate research level in the future.

This Scheme will enable students to gain valuable research experience. Students will be supervised by our international team of academics at state of the art research facilities at UNSW or through our industrial partners.

Undergraduate students who are interested in a Faculty Summer Vacation Research Scholarship (SVRS) for the summer 2012/2013 are encouraged to have a look at the research pages of CCRC staff and then either contact a potential supervisor directly, or send general enquiries to Steven Sherwood, the Director of the Climate Change Research Centre (s.sherwood@unsw.edu.au).

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