Psychological Medicine :: PhD Opportunities
The Department of Psychological Medicine welcomes Doctoral students
from a range of clinical and non-clinical backgrounds, who wish
to pursue a research training in mental health topics.
For students working across disciplines it is sometimes possible
to arrange supervision across Otago University campuses and even
between Universities. These arrangements can work well for students
but need careful planning and early consultation with the Associate
Dean for Postgraduate Studies (email postgrad.wsmhs@otago.ac.nz)
is strongly recommended.
Supervision of the PhD degree must be primarily undertaken by
one academic staff member of the University of Otago. However
it is a requirement that students will also have an advisory panel
of others who offer research or clinical expertise in the chosen
field. Members of the advisory panel may be staff at other universities
or in other agencies.
Funding sources
Personal support.
Students are eligible to apply for PhD scholarships through the
University of Otago. There are a number of scholarships available
to postgraduate students.
The regulations, the scholarships and awards currently offered
by the University of Otago as well as other sources of scholarship
funding, are available on the University of Otago website at http://www.otago.ac.nz/study/scholarships/index.html
Interested students should discuss the options for PhD funding
with their potential supervisor. They will also need to contact
the Postgraduate Studies Office at the School. Email postgrad.wsmhs@otago.ac.nz
as early as possible (before the third term of the year preceding
commencement of the PhD).
Most sources of personal support for PhD students funding are
very competitive and close before the end of the academic year
preceding the beginning of the PhD course.
Project support.
PhD projects often require external funding and in recent years
this has come from a wide variety of sources including the Health
Research Council, Cancer Society of New Zealand, Lotteries foundation,
Schizophrenia Foundation, Wellington Medical Research Foundation,
and Kidney Foundation. Please discuss this with potential supervisors.
Facilities
The Department offers designated workrooms for PhD students,
with individual computer workstations. The common-area
facilities at University of Otago, Wellington
hae been completely rebuilt, with a large extension to
library and new teaching facilities.
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