University of New South Wales provides prestigious Scientia PhD scholarships.

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The University of New South Wales in Sydney Australia provides the highly prestigious Scientia PhD scholarships. These feature an AU$40,000 per annum stipend (tax-free) for four years, plus coverage of all tuition fees, as well as a further AU$10,000 each year to develop your career and support your international research collaborations, plus coaching and mentoring as part of a highly personalised leadership development plan.

One Scientia scholarships is available for a PhD student to work on an interdisciplinary organic synthesis and chemical biology project with Dr Vinh Nguyen (School of Chemistry) and Dr Daniel Hesselson (School of Medicine) as joint primary supervisors. Assoc. Prof. Shelli McAlpine (School of Chemistry) will also provide additional support as secondary supervisor.

Expression of interest to apply for this scholarship here: (file:///C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\%W@GJ$ACOF(TYDYECOKVDYB.pnghttps://www.2025.unsw.edu.au/apply/scientia-phd-scholarships/parkinsons-disease-drug-development-diversity-oriented-synthesis).

More information about the Nguyen group can be found here: (file:///C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\%W@GJ$ACOF(TYDYECOKVDYB.pnghttps://tvnguyengroup.wordpress.com/joining/).

Project description: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a degenerative condition that affects movement, causing tremors and stiffness as well as other non-motor symptoms. There is no cure for PD. Our preliminary work using a novel vertebrate screening platform has identified five possible drug leads to slow or halt PD progression. This project will employ advanced cascade chemical reaction sequences that will produce derivatives of these five drug leads. The chemical efficiency of our approach will enable the production of large numbers of structurally diverse molecules. These compounds will be rapidly evaluated for their phenotyped using an established whole organism PD-relevant bioassay, which will map out structure-activity relationships. This project will offer a student the unique opportunity to engage in multidisciplinary training in both synthetic chemistry and biology. It is anticipated that the student will establish a robust synthesis, and structure-activity relationship of these molecules within a Parkinson’s disease model.

If you are a candidate with prior background and research experience in Organic Chemistry, please send an Expression of Interest via the link above. Enquiries about this should be sent by email with CV + academic transcripts to Dr Vinh Nguyen [t.v.nguyen@unsw.edu.au]. The email subject should be: Application for Scientia PhD scholarship.