Their research projects cover disciplines as varied as ecology, economics, veterinary science, psychology, business and mathematical modelling. Management of invasive animals is a complex process that requires people with differing goals to work towards common conservation and or agricultural outcomes.  Management of wildlife or pest species can involve highly technical science, but also people skills, business acumen and many other issues.

Our PhD students receive scholarship support for up to four years, rather than the more usual three. This enables them to conduct longer-term studies and also to undertake customised skills training in such areas as leadership, experimental design and analysis, communications and intellectual property management.

Our PhD students enjoy a scholarship at the upper end of those available (A$ 25,000 tax free in 2006).  Their projects are also supported financially and logistically by existing CRC research programs.  They have supervisors from industry as well as their host university (CRC Partner universities listed below) and at least once a year they come together to share their experiences.

In many cases our scholarships are supported directly by industry. With industry support, CRC mentoring and more skills training than their peers, we expect our postgraduates to be highly competitive in the job market and to become the research leaders of the future.

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