Hey you! Yes, you! Fancy picking up an industry / university funded doctorate?
Industry-related Ph.D opportunities are being offered by La Trobe University. The doctoral programme is offered in partnership with industry organisation from the private, government or not-for-profit sectors.
“Students enrolled in the La Trobe Industry PhD undertake a research project that addresses real-world challenges identified by and of critical importance to the industry partner. The PhD student will be embedded within the industry partner organisation for a period of time during the program, as agreed between the partners. During the industry PhD, the student is co-supervised by La Trobe and the industry partner, and his/her PhD scholarship is co-funded by both,” the university’s rubric explains.
Students develop a topic relevant to the industry partner, and both the university and the industry body supervise the doctoral candidate’s progress. Both bodies fund the student, who completes and industry placement embedded within the prtner organisation.
La Trobe says that the benefits of the programme for industry partners and students include access to specialised research expertise, research deliverables tailored to the industry partner’s needs, collaboration opportunities with La Trobe researchers and access to a network of “industry-savvy” La Trobe graduates.
Intellectual property rights are negotiated prior to the start of the project.
Yuquan Du, Senior Lecturer at La Trobe Business School, has urged expressions of interest from companies / organisations involved in logistics. The first area of interest is decarbonisation and the circular economy in transport, logistics, and supply chain, “particularly in data-driven carbon emissions accounting and report, fleet electrification, and investment in green technologies”.
The second area is “digitalisation and investment on, and adoption of, digitial technologies to transfor logistics, supply, and value chaines including a wide range of industry 4.0 technologies such as cloud computing, AI, machine learning, digital twins, blockchain, data analytics, internet of things, and more.
Interested? Well you better act soon – the deadline to apply for Australian domestic students in 31 October 2024.
Find out more here: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/research/graduate-research/choose/industry-community/industry-phd
