Application Deadline: December 12, 2019
Lambert Initiative is offering PhD Scholarships to international students. The Lambert Initiative, based at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, is committed to advancing cannabinoid-based treatments in mainstream medicine.
Lambert Initiative is Australia’s first research group dedicated to harnessing medicinal cannabinoids to target a range of conditions including paediatric epilepsy, cancer, chronic pain, obesity, neurological, neurodegenerative and mental health disorders.
Degree Level: PhD programme
Fields: Lambert Initiative seek to support a wide range of first-year PhD projects that involve the development and evaluation of cannabis-based treatments across the following areas:
- preclinical and/or clinical
- medicinal and/or analytical chemistry
- electrophysiology
- high throughput screening
- animal and cellular models of disease
- human psychopharmacology
- drug policy
- clinical trials.
Host Country: Australia
Value: $10,000 stipend (for up to three years)
Number of Scholarships: Not known
Eligible Countries: International students
Eligibility Criteria: You must:
- have an unconditional offer of admission for full-time studies in a PhD at the Brain and Mind Centre
- not have completed more than one year of full-time study
- have an honours or master’s degree in medicine, pharmacy or science
- demonstrate an interest in cannabinoid research
- have preclinical or clinical research experience
- be in recipient of a primary stipend scholarship from the University of Sydney.
Application:
To submit an expression of interest, please contact Associate Professor Jonathon Arnold (Associate Director of the Lambert Initiative). Please ensure you provide the following documents combined into a single PDF to upload with your application:
- transcripts
- curriculum vitae
- evidence of preclinical or clinical research
- evidence of your RTP Stipend or equivalent scholarship