APS Scholarship

AUSTRALIAN PAIN SOCIETY - PhD Scholarship

The Australian Pain Society (APS) is a multidisciplinary association whose purpose is to advance pain management through education, research, and advocacy for transformational improvements in clinical care.

APS is a registered charity with the Australian Taxation Office.

DEADLINE: This round is now closed

The Australian Pain Society and the Australian Pain Relief Association (APRA) awarded thirteen 3-year PhD Scholarships from 1995 through to 2016. After the completion of the APS/APRA/Seqirus #1 PhD Scholarship, the APS became soley responsible for this program from 2022. 

The award is to enable full time research leading to a Doctor of Philosophy or equivalent:

1. Three years FULL TIME study with generous $40,000 annual stipend (inclusive of GST)
2. At any recognised Australian University
3. The applicant must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident
4. The applicant and their supervisor must be members of the APS; and
5. The funded project can be related to any aspect of the mechanisms, diagnosis or treatment of acute or chronic pain. 

APS PhD #6 Scholarship Documents:

    Annual Report         Conditions of Award a

The Australian Pain Society PhD Scholars Roll

Scholar	Topic	Completed	PhD Scholarship Sponsor
Sherelle Casey	Cannabinoids for neuropathic pain	2021	Seqirus #1-APS-APRA
James Kang	Epigenetic influence in cognitive impairments in chronic neuropathic pain	2019	APS #5-APRA
Sarah Kissiwaa	Pain induced synaptic plasticity in the amygdala	2017	Janssen Cilag #2-APS-APRA
Audrey Wang	The cortical integration of tactile sensation in complex regional pain syndrome	2017	Mundipharma #3-APS-APRA
Amelia Edington	Defining inhibitor binding sites unique to the glycine transporter, GLYT2: A potential target for the treatment of chronic pain	2013	APS #4-APRA
Susan Slatyer	Caring for patients experiencing episodes of severe pain in an acute care hospital: Nurses’ perspective	2013	APS #3-APRA
Zoe Brett	Individual differences in vulnerability to the development of chronic pain following injury	2011	Mundipharma #2-APS-APRA
Debbie Tsui	Preclinical studies in painful diabetic neuropathy	2008	APS #2-APRA
Kathryn Nicholson Perry	Pain Management Programmes in Spinal Cord Injury: Cognitive Behavioural Pain Management Programmes in the Management of Sub-acute and Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Pain	2007	Mundipharma #1-APS-APRA
Anne Pitcher	Conditional comfort: A grounded theory study in nursing approaches to acknowledging and responding to pain in nursing home residents with dementia	2006	CSL #2-APS-APRA
Lara Winter	Antinociceptive properties of the neurosteroid alphadolone	2004	CSL #1-APS-APRA
Samantha South	Antinociceptive pharmacology of morphine and its major glucuronide metabolites	1999	APS #1-APRA

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