The scholarship is only for students who:

1. Belong to countries other than Australia or New Zealand and who are not Australian Permanent Residents
2. Enrolling as full-time students
3. Have completed a master’s degree program or are going to complete it in 2013
4. Take up a Master of Philosophy in the academic session 2013 – 2014 from iMQRES

Other requirements:

1. You must reside in Australia during the tenure of the award, unless on leave for approved research
2. You must be beginning full-time enrollment in a higher degree research program in Australia for the first time
3. If you began a higher research degree and discontinued enrollment within six months, you may still be eligible

Recipients of an award may:

1. Be in receipt of other funds for fieldwork
2. Be a recipient of minor awards supplementary to iMQRES or IPRS
3. Receive top-up funding from industry or other sources up to 75 percent of the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) stipend rate

The award will not be available to those students who:

1. Have earlier held an iMQRES scholarship for more than six months
2. Have been enrolled in Australian degree research program for more than six months, held an AUSAID in the last two years or receive funding for any other program from Australian Government-funded scholarships
3. Are recipients of another equivalent scholarship or salary
4. Have completed a research doctoral degree or its equivalent, or higher degree in research at the level or higher than the proposed programme