Hi Everyone, Opportunities exist to apply for a range of targeted PhD scholarships located within the Internet Studies Discipline at Curtin University. The window of opportunity for these is short, so if you’re interested, please email the contact person listed in the specific project pages as soon as you’re able! If folks could share these opportunities with current and recent Masters and Honours completions (and those completing this year), we would be grateful! The projects available: 1. An Ethnography of Influencers and Social Justice Cultures https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4270 2. Analysing Virtual Influencers: Celebrity, Authenticity and Identity on Social Media https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4324 3. Climate Action and the Internet https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4285 4. Digital Disability and Disability Media https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4318 5. Digital Disability Inclusion across the Lifecourse https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4291 6. Digital intimacies and social media https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4286 7. Diversity, Equity and Impact: Exploring the Open Knowledge performance of Universities https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4341 8. Ethical and Sociocultural Impacts of AI/Autonomous Machines as Communicators https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4360 9. Tracking Australia’s Research Response to the COVID Pandemic https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4347 10. The Audio Internet https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4322 To apply for these project opportunities applicants must submit an email to the contact Project lead listed on the project listing. The email must include their current curriculum vitae, a summary of their research skills and experience and the reason they are interested in this specific project. The Project Lead will select one preferred applicant for this project and complete a Primary reference on their behalf. After confirmation from the Project Lead that they will receive a primary reference for this project the applicant must submit an eApplication [ https://study.curtin.edu.au/applying/research/#apply] for admission into the applicable HDR course no later than 1st September 2020. All applicants must send an external referee template [ https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2020/07/RTP202...] to their chosen external reference. All references are confidential and must be submitted by the referee directly to HDRSCH-applications@curtin.edu.au no later than 1st September 2020. Scholarship applications submitted without a primary reference or a completed application for admission will be considered incomplete. For further information on the application process or for more RTP2021 Round 2 scholarship project opportunities visit: https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/hdr-scholarships-funding/rtp-policy/ Thanks for sharing! Cheers, Tama