The following policy applies to:

• APA's - Australian Postgraduate Awards
• APA(I)'s - Australian Postgraduate Award Industry
• UTS Doctoral Scholarships
• R.L Werner Scholarships
• UTS Faculty of Science Doctoral Scholarships

The above awards offer a thesis allowance that may be claimed within 6 months of submitting your thesis but no later than 2 years after the award has expired.

A thesis allowance is offered to reimburse you from costs associated with the production of your thesis.

The maximum amount that may be reimbursed:

$420.00 Masters thesis

$840.00 PhD thesis

Procedure for Claiming your thesis allowance

To claim your thesis allowance, please write to the University Graduate School within 6 months of submitting your thesis but no later than 2 years from your scholarship expiring.

In the letter, outline the associated costs for the production of your thesis and attach all receipts.

To avoid delays please also nominate a current mailing address so expenditure may send you a cheque.

Once the University Graduate School has received your letter and receipts, an authority will be sent to the UTS Financial Services Unit expenditure department and they will mail you a cheque within 10 working days.

March 2001