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Scholarship-funded research projects
Explore our research projects with funded living stipend scholarships. You can filter by program type, research area and scholarship type, or use the keyword search field to find projects that suit your interests.
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Developing a delivery mechanism for anti-methanogenic supplements in grazing livestock
Develop and evaluate a delivery mechanism for anti-methanogenic supplements in grazing beef cattle.
- Supervisor
- Dr Sarah Meale
- Location
- Gatton
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Development of a Novel Molecular Manipulation Technique for Multi-Bioanalyte Cancer Profiling
Currently, DNA/RNA and protein detection require different assays to be performed. This research project seeks to to rapidly transform a single immunological interaction into an amplified molecular signal.
- Supervisor
- Dr Kevin Koo
- Location
- UQ Herston Campus
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences, Physical sciences
Understanding soil-water-root interactions in high strength soils
Characterise genetic diversity in wheat genotypes development and yield responses to mitigate high soil strength using non-destructive 3D root imaging systems MRI and CT imaging.
- Supervisor
- Dr Yash Dang
- Location
- St Lucia or Gatton
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Biofilm-based pre-treatment for drinking water treatment
Increasing climate change challenges impact drinking water treatment. This project investigates an eco-friendly and cost-effective biofilm-based pre-treatment to improve drinking water production resilience.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Gilda Carvalho
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Environmental sciences
Co-designing an education package for healthcare professionals to optimise medicine use for people living with dementia
Guidance regarding how to collaboratively navigate deprescribing decision-making in people living with dementia is lacking. This project aims to develop evidence-based deprescribing training for clinicians.
- Supervisor
- Dr Nagham Ailabouni
- Location
- UQ Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Developing National Infrastructure for Federated Learning in Digital Health - NINA
NINA addresses an urgent unmet need in chronic disease, requiring fresh approaches to research and health care. Federated Learning will facilitate data integration across organisations and geography.
- Supervisor
- Professor Clair Sullivan
- Location
- UQ Herston Campus
- Research areas
- Health sciences, Information and computing sciences
Developing the toolbox of compounds that target acid-sensing proteins
Structural and functional examination of the interaction between acid-sensing ion channels and their modulatory compounds.
- Supervisor
- Dr Ben Cristofori-Armstrong
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences
Implementing a life course approach in antenatal and postnatal care settings for prevention and reduction of noncommunicable disease risks in Nepal
Work with stakeholders and co-create tailored implementation strategies to support the delivery of NCD risk prevention and reduction interventions in primary healthcare settings in Nepal.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Abdullah Mamun
- Location
- Toowong
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Investigating the agency of Aboriginal Frontier War Memorials
In producing a series of short documentaries, this project aims to unite conflicting versions of Australian history by investigating the impact of Aboriginal Frontier War memorials.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Fiona Foley
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Creative arts and writing, Indigenous studies
Investigating the physiological and genetic basis of high temperature tolerance in chickpea
This project will investigate the physiological and genetic basis of high temperature tolerance in chickpea
- Supervisor
- Dr Smith
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences