A PhD scholarship is available to work on an Australian Research Council Indigenous grant Barriers and pathways to development of Indigenous traditional medicines.
The selection of applicants for the award of higher degree research scholarships at Griffith University involves consideration of your academic merit and research background. This project aims to explore how Australian regulatory systems can better support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Knowledge (TK) holders to commercialise their traditional medicines. Focusing on the mudjala plant and working with the Kimberley’s Nyikina people, the project should generate new anthropological methods for documenting TK related to traditional medicine, new models for regulating traditional medicinal products, and pharmacological insights into traditional methods of activating the plant. Additional expected outcomes include unlocking the significant, untapped potential for Indigenous Australians to benefit from the development of traditional medicine products regulated by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Expressions of interest are welcome from domestic and international applicants. Indigenous persons are encouraged to apply. Applicants must have completed, or expect to complete, a bachelors degree with honours equivalent to first class honours or a Masters degree (AQF Level 9) incorporating a significant research component of a standard comparable to a bachelor honours degree or be regarded by Griffith University as having an equivalent level of attainment in accordance with Schedule One of the HDR Scholarship Policy.
For further information on the eligibility requirements for the program refer here (https://www.griffith.edu.au/research-study/scholarships/barriers-and-pathways-to-development-of-indigenous-traditional-medicines).
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