Mathematicians: Below is an advertisement for Postgraduate Fellowships in memory of Scott Russell Johnson. I should explain what the ad really means. For those people without permanent residency in Australia, Macquarie University charges fees in the order of $16000 per year for enrolment in a PhD program. There are a few scholarships at Macquarie available to cover those fees but the rules for those (and the conventions followed by the committee) make it hard for a standard good student with an excellent undergraduate record (or even with a Masters degree) to get one. For a person with permanent residency and a good record (equivalent of First Class Honours in our system), there are generally enough Australian Postgraduate Awards (APAs) to go around. An APA pays a living allowance of around $17000 per year tax free (it lasts 3 years subject to performance and is rarely extended much beyond that). What we are trying to do with the SRJ Memorial Scholarship is two-fold: (1) given that an overseas student has paid the Macquarie fees, this Scholarship will provide $15000 towards a living allowance; (2) for Australian students, this Scholarship will supplement the APA with an extra $5000 per annum. We cannot afford very many of these scholarships at one time, so they are competitive. All postgraduate students are able to get a little extra from tutoring or assignment marking. Overseas students may also be able to obtain a supplement of around $3000 per annum from our Department. Regards, Ross http://www.math.mq.edu.au/~street/ MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY New South Wales 2109 Australia Scott Russell Johnson Memorial Scholarships for PhD Research Applications are invited for Scott Russell Johnson Memorial Scholarships which are offered for full-time PhD studies in the Centre of Australian Category Theory (CoACT) at Macquarie University. Applicants should hold or expect to obtain a First class Bachelor Honours degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate field, and be eligible for admission to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Division of Information and Communication Sciences in the area of Mathematics. The award will be made to the best qualified applicants on the basis of academic merit. The full Scholarship provides a living allowance of $15,000 per annum tax exempt. A supplementary scholarship, up to the maximum allowed, may be awarded to students who already hold an APA or MUPGRA; see <http://www.mq.edu.au/postgrad/schl/2000apasinfo.pdf >. The full scholarship may not be held concurrently with any other equivalent scholarship, and the Scholarship holder will be responsible for any student or other fees payable in relation to candidature. Additional funds for conference travel and thesis production may be available from CoACT. The Scholarship will be initially awarded for a maximum of three years, with the possibility of a one year extension. It is tenable only up to the date of submission of the thesis, subject to satisfactory progress. Conditions related to overseas study, suspension of award, multiple awards, employment, sick, maternity and recreation leave will be the same as those for the Australian Postgraduate Award Scheme. The Scholarship holder shall be free to publish any results arising from the research. Any publications shall acknowledge that the work was done while holding the Scholarship. Applications should be made on the application form available from Postgraduate Studies Section Level 1 Council Building Macquarie University N S W 2109 AUSTRALIA email <pgschol@remus.reg.mq.edu.au> no later than 31 January 2000. For further details contact Professor Ross Street by electronic mail <street@math.mq.edu.au> or phone <+61 (0)2 9850 8921>.