Sir Roland Wilson Scholarship

Sir Roland Wilson PhD Scholarship

Available to eligible Commonwealth public sector¹ employees at Executive Levels 1 and 2 (or equivalent).

The APS has partnered with the Sir Roland Wilson Foundation to offer scholarships for high performing eligible Commonwealth public sector employees to complete a full-time doctoral program at the Australian National University.

The Sir Roland Wilson PhD Scholarship program is open to eligible Commonwealth public sector Executive Level employees (or equivalent) to research a topic of strategic importance to the nominating agency or of national significance to the Australian Public Service. 

The Foundation covers the costs of tuition and scholarly development, including a program of events and learning activities and possible access to an international project or conference opportunity, while participating agencies contribute scholars’ salaries and offer professional support for the duration of the three-year program.

For further information, please visit Sir Roland Wilson Foundation PhD Scholarship

Sir Roland Wilson Pat Turner Scholarship

Available to eligible Commonwealth public sector¹ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees at levels APS 4 – SES Band 1 (or equivalent).

In addition to the PhD scholarship program, the Sir Roland Wilson Pat Turner Scholarship program is available to high performing Indigenous eligible Commonwealth public sector employees to complete full-time post-graduate study at either the Australian National University or Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory.

Scholars may pursue either approved post-graduate coursework or a post-graduate research program at Master or doctoral level.

Like the PhD program, scholars will develop research, analytical and leadership skills, and pursue topics of national significance and strategic importance to the Commonwealth public sector.

For further information, please visit Sir Roland Wilson Pat Turner Scholarship.

Timelines and eligibility

Further details, including information on Sir Roland Wilson and Pat Turner, application timelines and full eligibility criteria, are available from the Sir Roland Wilson Foundation website or by contacting the APS Academy team: srwsp@apsc.gov.au

¹Eligibility has been expanded to non-corporate Commonwealth Entities and Corporate Commonwealth Entities, which fall within section 57 of the Regulations. The expanded eligibility criteria excludes Commonwealth companies and entities prescribed as Government Business Enterprises under the PGPA Rule and entities that are exempt or partially exempt from government policy orders (section 22 PGPA Act). For Commonwealth public sector employee eligibility, see the PGPA Act Flipchart and List.