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Administrative Details (Not Applicable)

This is an online grant application form for the 2025-26 University of Melbourne–KU Lueven Joint PhD scheme. The submitted applications will be downloaded in PDF format by UoM's RDS team, and sent to KU Leuven soon after the submission deadline.

KU Leuven Principal Investigators (PIs) must also register their application via the link to GetDOCuementeerd.

Eligibility Checklist (Not Applicable)

University of Melbourne Principal Investigator:

I confirm that I am a University of Melbourne academic staff member (minimum Level B) registered to supervise as per the Graduate Research Training Policy (MPF1321), and contracted beyond the envisaged submission date of the PhD candidate(s) (2031).

I confirm that I am an honorary employee whose primary affiliation is with the University of Melbourne, eligible to supervise as per the Graduate Research Training Policy (MPF1321); and my primary employer has entered into an agreement to fund the Melbourne lump sum component of the Project’s collaborative activity.

I confirm that I am an honorary employee whose primary affiliation is with the University of Melbourne, eligible to supervise as per the Graduate Research Training Policy (MPF1321); I am otherwise unaffiliated and participating at my own expense.

Clear

KU Leuven Principal Investigator: *

Response required.

I confirm to have read the supervisory criteria noted on the KU Leuven University Charter.

Clear

You can find the KU Leuven University Charter here:https://research.kuleuven.be/en/career/phd/charter

Principal Investigator – University of Melbourne (Not Applicable)

Applicant *

Title

First name

Last name

Unimelb staff are required to enter their legal first name and last name as recorded in the HR system, not their preferred name.

Applicant Position *

e.g. Lecturer, Biomedical Sciences

Applicant Primary Email *

Must be an email address. Please enter your primary Unimelb email address, which can be checked here: https://sso.unimelb.edu.au/enduser/settings

Faculty/Department/School *

Applicant Role

Career Stage *

Response required.

Applicant Gender *

NB: 'Other' is an optional response field.

Does this application include UniMelb researchers from more than one faculty? *

Response required.

Yes

No

Clear

Do you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander? *

Response required.

Yes

No

Prefer not to say

Clear

Faculty of Arts applicants (Not Applicable)

This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "Faculty/Department/School" on page 1

If the application involves a Principal Investigator from the Faculty of Arts at Melbourne, the proposed project must first obtain Faculty pre-approval prior to submission to the University. As part of this process, the required approval documentation must include details of how the candidate will meet the Faculty of Arts PhD coursework requirements.

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Principal Investigator – KU Leuven (Not Applicable)

Applicant *

Title

First name

Last name

Applicant Primary Email *

Must be an email address.

Faculty *

Research Unit / Department

Institution *

Please select KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN : 215765

Applicant Role

Link to PI's website/profile

Co-Supervisors (Not Applicable)

Co-Supervisor Institution	Co-Supervisors Name	Co-Supervisor Faculty	Co-Supervisor Email	Co-Supervisor Website	Career stage
Other
					Not required for KU Leuven co-supervisors

Must be at least 1 rows

Collaborative Relationship (Not Applicable)

Please include evidence of any previous collaboration or outline the added value of the new collaboration and how it meets the strategic priorities of both institutions:

Word count:

Must be no more than 500 words.

RDS-KU Leuven – Melbourne Joint PhD Projects-2025

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Administrative Details (Not Applicable)

Eligibility Checklist (Not Applicable)

Principal Investigator – University of Melbourne (Not Applicable)

Faculty of Arts applicants (Not Applicable)

Principal Investigator – KU Leuven (Not Applicable)

Co-Supervisors (Not Applicable)

Collaborative Relationship (Not Applicable)

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