| How can I apply for a scholarship with the ACPFG? | Go to the scholarships page and choose the scholarship type that applies to you. Then click ‘how to apply’ on the right-hand side.
You will need to send a letter of interest, a current copy of your academic transcript and your Curriculum Vitae, with the names and details of at least two professional referees. |
| Does the ACPFG offer scholarships to international students? | No. However international students can get scholarships to work within the ACPFG through their home universities, or universities associated with the ACPFG, such as the University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne and University of Queensland.
We also have some sites offering international scholarships on our links page . |
| What are abiotic stresses? | Abiotic stresses are environmental, as opposed to biological, challenges that plants face. For example, frost, drought and salinity are environmental problems, while insects and weeds are biological challenges. |
| What crops does the ACPFG work on? | ACPFG work focuses on Australia’s most important cereal crops, wheat and barley. The aims of research are to improve the tolerance of what and barley to abiotic stresses. Some work is also done on model species, like rice, Arabidopsis, tobacco and Physcomitrella. |
| Where does the ACPFG get funding from? | The Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics was established in December 2002 after being granted $27 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC), the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and the South Australian Government.
It also received $30 million from the University of Adelaide, The University of Melbourne, Department of Primary Industries (Vic) and the University of Queensland. |