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| How can I apply for a scholarship with the ACPFG? | ACPFG offers PhD, Honours and Summer Scholarships. Go to the scholarships page and choose the scholarship type that applies to you. Then read the section ‘how to apply’. |
| I am an international student, what postgraduate opportunities are there for me at ACPFG? | International students can get scholarships to work at ACPFG through their home universities or universities associated with ACPFG. See the International Students Sites for more information at The University of Adelaide, The University of Melbourne, The University of South Australia and The University of Queensland. The ACPFG also offers international scholarships |
| 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. |
| Which crops do 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. |
| Who funds the ACPFG? | The ACPFG 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. |