Externally Funded Scholarships

Name

Area

Description

Value

Closing Date

CQC2T Women in Stem PhD Scholarships (Centre for Quantum Computation & Communication Technology)

Science, Engineering

CQC2T has just launched a new top-up scholarships available to successful female candidates that have secured a PhD.

• A Unique opportunity to join a world-leading research Centre, led by Prof Michelle Simmons, 2018 Australian of the Year

• Help to develop quantum computing technologies that have the potential to change the future

• Work with leading researchers at UNSW

As a successful candidate, you will be supported by a mentor at UNSW, given access to a wide range of resources to assist with the development of your career and provided with top-up funding to support your education journey.

LEARN MORE
Visit cqc2t.org/cqc2t-women-in-stem-scholarships or
email coo@cqc2t.org

PhD top-up scholarships $5,000 per annum for up to 3 years

Applications for the first round close on the 11th January 2021. Multiple intakes will be considered throughout the year. Please contact Alison Taylor at coo@cqc2t.org  for further information on submission deadlines.

CSIRO Top UP Scholarship

CSIRO priority research areas

PhD Top-Up Scholarships are available to PhD students who have gained (or are expected to gain) first or upper second class honours or equivalent in relevant research areas. Students must also expect to receive a Research Training Program scholarship (RTP) or equivalent scholarship commencing in the year of the CSIRO scholarship.

Applications are being sought in nominated priority research areas for the 2022 program and will support a number of new PhD Top-Up Scholarships.

$10,000 per annum

Applications close 1 November 2021. 

For details on the opportunities available, please visit CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarships

The Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC) Postgraduate Scholarships

Engineering, Law, Business, Criminology (FASS)

The Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC) aims to inspire the next generation of cyber security professionals by supporting innovative, industry-driven research into pressing cyber security problems. In addition to receiving scholarships, successful students from our participating universities may also work with some of the best cyber security researchers in Australia.

The CSCRC offers Postgraduate Scholarships of up to $50,000 a year for outstanding PhD and Masters (by Research) students in the following areas of research and development:

Resilient Systems
IoT Systems
Next Generation Authentication Technologies
Emerging Threats
Platform and Architecture for Cyber Security as a Service
Security Automation and Orchestration
Privacy Preserving Data Sharing in a Hyperconnected World
Real-Time Monitoring of Cyber Security Threats
Cyber Law and Policy

Please send expressions of interest to CSCRC

Up to $50,000 per annum 

Please email CSCRC for further details

Please email CSCRC for details

Data 61 PhD Scholarship

Engineering, Science

As part of Australia’s leading digital research powerhouse, we inspire Data61 PhD students to contribute to a data rich community that informs, impacts and continually evolves.

For more information, visit Data 61. 

Varies (please visit the website)

Application rounds are held two to four times each year, and candidates wishing to apply for a Data61 Scholarship should have already made contact with a Data61 supervisor to discuss a research project, and have written agreement from the Data61 researcher to supervise their PhD project.

For more information, visit Data 61 Scholarship Program. 

Forrest PhD Scholarships

All disciplines

Forrest PhD Scholarships are offered to students who have exceptional academic profiles and who have the desire, drive and imagination to undertake doctoral research of the highest standard. Academic excellence is a neccessary but not a sufficient, condition for winning a Forrest PhD Scholarship. You also need to demonstrate deep curiosity about your chosen field of study, a strong desire to communicate to others your enthusiasm for knowledge and discovery, a commitment to use this knowledge to have a positive impact on the world around us, and the drive and determination to succeed even when faced with obstacles and setbacks.

Up to 10 Forrest Scholars will be selected from international and Australian applicants who demonstrate an outstanding academic ability to undertake research work with the potential to change the world we live in.

For further details of the scholarships, go to: https://www.forrestresearch.org.au/scholarship

$50,000 per annum

Applications for Forrest PhD Scholarships are open until 31 October 2021.

For further details on how to apply, go to: https://www.forrestresearch.org.au/scholarship

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Grains Industry Research Scholarship

Agronomy, soils, climate studies, diseases, pests

The Grains Industry Research Scholarships are available to undertake post graduate research in areas of priority for the GRDC and the Australian grains industry. To be eligible for a GRS, applicants must secure a base University scholarship such as the Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship or equivalent. Successful applicants will receive a top up scholarship of up to 75% of their base scholarship in addition to an annual operating budget up to $10,000 (excluding GST).

For more information, visit Grains Industry Research Scholarships.

Top Up Scholarship of up to 75% of base scholarship, and annual operating budget of $10,000

Please refer to Grains Industry Research Scholarships for application dates

Joint UNSW / NSW Rural Health Research Alliance

PhD Scholarship in Health Services Research

Health, Science, Medicine

UNSW and the NSW Rural Health Research Alliance are offering a PhD scholarship to a motivated candidate who wishes to undertake higher degree research (HDR) on a project examining interventions/strategies to reduce preventable visits to hospital in rural communities and improve the quality of outpatient and community care.

Scope of project focus might include, but not limited to:

• Understanding how Emergency Department (ED) data reflects population health and service gaps

• Upstream drivers of ED Demand and models of care to address same

Eligibility:

To be eligible for the HDR scholarship, PhD applicants must:

• Meet UNSW’s minimum admission criteria for a PhD and be accepted for admission to UNSW.

• Be Domestic or an Australian resident

• Be from a rural area or prepared to move to rural NSW and be based out of UNSW’s rural clinical school for a significant proportion of their candidature

• PhD Candidate’s progress will be reviewed annually and must maintain satisfactory progress while holding the Scholarship.

Consideration will be given to part-time applicants, although full-time applicants are preferred.

Evidence of previous research study (e.g. honours or masters degrees) is desirable for entry into a HDR scholarship, although not essential as equivalent experience gained via research in health services or related fields, such as public or population health, health economics, epidemiology or biostatistics, will be considered.

Enquiries:

Dr Linda Ferrington:  l.ferrington@unsw.edu.au
Dr Alex Stephens:    Alexandre.Stephens@health.nsw.gov.au

The scholarship amount awarded to full-time HDR students is $28,092 per annum, tax exempt and indexed annually. PhD scholarship duration is three and a half years fulltime equivalent.

Start Date: on the date the last party signs this agreement.

End Date: 20 June 2029

To apply for the PhD scholarship, please submit a current curriculum vitae, including two referees, and a cover letter detailing your research experience and why you’re a good fit for the scholarship to:

Cara Elvidge (c.elvidge@unsw.edu.au)

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Area

Description

Value

Closing Date

Royal Society of NSW Scholarships

Science

Three scholarships of $500 plus a complimentary year of Associate Membership of the Society are awarded each year in order to acknowledge outstanding achievements by young researchers in any field of science. Applicants must be enrolled as research students in a university in either NSW or the ACT (on 1 January of the year of nomination).

For more information, please visit the Royal Society of NSW.

$500 plus a complimentary year of Associate Membership of the Royal Society of NSW

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