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Find a PhD or MPhil project with a scholarship

We offer a diverse range of postgraduate research projects that come with living stipend scholarships.

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.

If you'd rather bring your own project, explore our scholarships (including top-up scholarships) and find a supervisor to support your project.

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First Nations perspectives: Curse and cure of deadly venoms

Engage with First Nations communities to discover and exchange Traditional Knowledge and management of envenomation.

Supervisor
Dr Jared Miles
Location
Dutton Park
Research areas
Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Environmental sciences, Health sciences, Indigenous studies, Language, communication and culture
First Nations perspectives: Curse and cure of deadly venoms

Major hidden source of land-based nutrients affecting Australian estuaries

Investigate organic and particulate nutrients as a hidden driver of water quality decline, aiming to improve predictive models and inform catchment management.

Supervisor
Dr Leslie Huang
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Chemical sciences, Environmental sciences
Major hidden source of land-based nutrients affecting Australian estuaries

Nanotechnologies for Tuberculosis detection and diagnostics

This project will develop nanotechnologies to capture and sequester Tuberculosis (TB) from clinical samples to identify and characterise TB, making it quicker to diagnose drug-resistant TB.

Supervisor
Professor Mark Blaskovich and Dr Sanjaya KC
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences
Nanotechnologies for Tuberculosis detection and diagnostics

Optimal design and allocation of micromobility infrastructure in urban networks

This PhD project will develop optimisation and simulation tools to determine how urban road space should be allocated for micromobility, balancing safety, efficiency and policy goals in multimodal transport networks.

Supervisor
Associate Professor Mehmet Yildirimoglu and Professor Zuduo Zheng
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Built environment and design, Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Optimal design and allocation of micromobility infrastructure in urban networks

Unsteady turbulence dynamics in pulsatile pipe flow

Experiments will reveal how non-sinusoidal pulsation (accelerate–decelerate–hold) reshapes turbulence at high Reynolds numbers in the lab.

Supervisor
Dr Navid Freidoonimehr
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Engineering
Unsteady turbulence dynamics in pulsatile pipe flow

Using causal epidemiological approaches to understanding the causes and consequences of endometrial cancer

Investigate causes of subtypes of endometrial cancer (EC) that have increased over time and will assess survival experience of women after a diagnosis of EC using causal epidemiology frameworks.

Supervisor
Professor Susan Jordan
Location
Herston
Research areas
Health sciences
Using causal epidemiological approaches to understanding the causes and consequences of endometrial cancer

Advanced electrolyser design for efficient CO₂ conversion to multicarbon (C₂+) products

Develop next-generation CO₂ electrolysers for selective production of multicarbon chemicals through advanced reactor, electrode and mass transport engineering.

Supervisor
Professor Xiwang Zhang and Dr Mike Tebyetekerwa
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Chemical sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Advanced electrolyser design for efficient CO₂ conversion to multicarbon (C₂+) products

Membrane and interface engineering for high-performance CO₂ electrolysers

Develop advanced membrane and interface engineering strategies to improve carbon utilisation, stability and efficiency in electrolysers for CO₂ conversion to multicarbon products.

Supervisor
Professor Xiwang Zhang and Dr Mike Tebyetekerwa
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Chemical sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Membrane and interface engineering for high-performance CO₂ electrolysers

Processing methods for point of care portable medical electromagnetic scanners

Develop processing algorithms for portable electromagnetic scanners to enable accurate, non‑invasive detection, localisation, and classification for next‑generation medical sensing.

Supervisor
Dr Sasan Ahdi Rezaeieh and Professor Amin Abbosh
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Engineering
Processing methods for point of care portable medical electromagnetic scanners

Deciphering known and unknown chemical drivers of antimicrobial resistance in environmental mixtures

Quantify known AMR-selective chemicals in complex samples, use iceberg modelling to estimate unknown drivers, and isolate unknown AMR-selective compounds via bioassay-directed fractionation for structural characterisation by high resolution mass spectrometry.

Supervisor
Professor Kevin Thomas and Dr Jake O'Brien
Location
Dutton Park
Research areas
Environmental sciences
Deciphering known and unknown chemical drivers of antimicrobial resistance in environmental mixtures