Potential Postgraduate Projects

PhD and Masters degree projects are currently available to be conducted at your choice of sites across the CRC network and in faculties and departments best suited to the project area. Flexible opportunities are also available for industry-based professionals seeking high level research qualifications while maintaining their current profession.

Preference will be given to students intending to enroll at the CRC partner institutions: The University of New England in Armidale, NSW; Deakin University, VIC; Murdoch University, WA; The University of Western Australia; and The University of Tasmania.

Exciting opportunities also exist for projects to collaborate with leading commercial and R&D organisations, including Australian Wool Innovation and Meat & Livestock Australia.

The scholarships will provide a tax-free stipend of $30,000 (Masters) or $30,000 (PhD) per annum for two or three years respectively.

The CRC also offers supplementary stipends to students eligible for other government or private agency scholarships, to achieve a stipend total of $30,000.

The Sheep CRC invites you to apply to work on the potential Postgraduate projects listed below. Please click on the project that you are interested in to find out more information and who to contact.
 

• Walk over weighing
• Decreasing lamb difficulties
• Understanding the biology behind high and low meethane emitting sheep
• Low emission grazing systems
• Remote assessment of methane production and energy expenditure by ruminants
• The role of commensal bacteria on the skin of sheep in the development of wool colour
• Investigation of gene regions of large influence on lamb eating quality
• Understanding the biology of Omega3 in lamb
• Quantifying the industry cost of changing community perceptions about animal welfare (Masters or PhD)
• Brown fat, a trait for improved lamb survival?
• Lamb survival - addressing a complex of causes!
• Coming to grips with greasy wool handle

TO DOWNLOAD THE POSTGRADUATE APPLICATION FORM CLICK HERE.