We are seeking a PhD candidate, with stipend top-up funding available, to work on a project examining the implications of climate change for waterway health in unregulated river systems in Victoria. 

The candidate’s project will investigate climate change impacts on hydrology and ecological outcomes for unregulated rivers across Victoria. The project will analyse hydrological data across the state, developing climate scenarios and approaches to assess ecological outcomes. The project will identify broad trends across the state and particular ecological areas of risk.

The candidate will be supervised by Dr Avril Horne, Dr Rory Nathan and Dr Nick Bond (Latrobe University). The candidate will have support from Fiona Spruzen and Paul Reich within the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP). 

Eligibility 

Students entering the PhD program in the Melbourne School of Engineering in 2019 and enrolled on a full-time basis. Candidates must be eligible to apply for an Australian Government Research Training Program Stipend Scholarship, and be highly competitive for that award. Australian and international students are eligible to apply. Applicants will be assessed on their scholarship score and relevant previous experience. Candidates with ecology or environmental science backgrounds are preferred, and quantitative skills would be particularly useful.

Value 

Top-up scholarship of $7,000 p.a. in addition to AGRTP scholarship of $27,082 p.a. DELWP will also provide considerable in-kind support in the form of staff time and data sets. The scholarship tenure is 3.5 years depending on progress and continuing eligibility.

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