Data. Funding may be sought for the purchase of datasets relevant to the thesis research.
Fieldwork. Fieldwork expenses essential for the completion of the project can be funded. This may include travel, accommodation, subsistence and other expenses related to data collection and analysis (e.g., vouchers to compensate interviewees and phone cards and phone credit to contact participants).
Survey-related services. External services such as data entry, preparation of survey materials, and postage of survey questionnaires may be funded.
Training courses. Attendance at training courses on research methods or other topics directly related to the student’s thesis can be funded (e.g., research-method courses delivered by the Institute for Social Science Research). The student is responsible for ensuring that any training sought does not duplicate training provided by the UQ Graduate School through the Career Development Framework (CDF).
Software. Computer software that is essential to the completion of the thesis, but which is not already provided by UQ, may be funded. Where there are implications concerning licensing, funding towards this item will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Transcription services. Students may apply for funding to help cover the cost of transcription of audio recordings of interviews or similar. It is strongly recommended that students transcribe at least some of their raw data by themselves, so that they become familiar with the process and the data.
Editing services. Students may also apply for funding to help cover the cost of thesis editing to ensure that the submitted thesis is free from grammatical, typographical or other errors.
Presentation at scientific conferences. Attendance at national and international scientific conferences can be funded, provided that the student actively participates in the conference by presenting materials out of their thesis through an oral or poster presentation. The costs of conference fees, travel, accommodation and subsistence can all be covered. Please note that conference funding will only be approved where students can demonstrate that all essential fieldwork and data-collection activities have been completed and that there will be no additional need to allocate research funds to essential project components. Applications for conference-attendance funding early into the candidature (e.g., those issued prior to the Mid-Candidature milestone) are unlikely to be funded.