Regarding financial assistance, Australian Postgraduate Awards are available for permanent residents of Australia. Monash Graduate Scholarships are available to residents of Australia and students from other countries. Overseas Postgraduate Research Scheme Awards are available to overseas students. The faculty and the school also offer a number of research scholarships. Scholarships for PhD candidates are awarded for a maximum of three years, although extension for a limited period of up to one year is possible in some circumstances.
All scholarships are subject to annual review and renewal.
Some casual paid employment as tutors or research assistants within the school may be available to appropriately qualified candidates. The amount of such paid employment is strictly limited so as not to interfere with the completion of the degree. Applications for candid- ature and scholarships must be made on standard application forms. Students have considerable flexibility as to when their candidature should commence. However, most students start at the beginning of a new academic year, i.e. late February, because this coincides with the commence- ment of new scholarship awards.