Australian Catholic University (ACU), in collaboration with the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS), is offering a fully-funded PhD scholarship focused on enhancing talent detection in Olympic sports. The successful candidate will explore the relationship between coaches’ intuition and standardized testing, aiming to refine talent identification methods.
To be eligible for this PhD scholarship, applicants must demonstrate a strong interest in talent identification, skill acquisition, and coaching science. They should have a background in exercise and sport science, psychology, or clinical exercise physiology. Ideal candidates will have experience working with athletes, writing peer-reviewed publications, and conducting talent identification testing with youth athletes.Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a public university in Australia, established on 1 January 1991 through the amalgamation of four Catholic tertiary institutions: Catholic College of Education Sydney, Institute of Catholic Education Victoria, McAuley College Queensland, and Signadou College of Education Australian Capital Territory.
Established in 1991, Australian Catholic University is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the large city of North Sydney (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants), New South Wales. This institution has also branch campuses in the following location(s): Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Strathfield, Adelaide and Rome. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Department of Education and Training, Australia, Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a very large (uniRank enrollment range: 30,000-34,999 students) coeducational higher education institution formally affiliated with the Christian-Catholic religion. Australian Catholic University (ACU) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as pre-bachelor degrees (i.e. certificates, diplomas, associate or foundation degrees), bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 28 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on students' past academic record and grades. International applicants are eligible to apply for enrollment.