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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.
If you'd rather bring your own project, explore our scholarships (including top-up scholarships) and find a supervisor to support your project.
Developing a roadmap to melanoma screening in regional Australia
Develop a roadmap for melanoma screening, upskill health workers, & improve early detection & treatment in rural communities.
- Supervisor
- Professor Monika Janda
- Location
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Developing efficient breeding strategies to improve yield and quality in passionfruit
Develop and use cutting-edge technology to accelerate an efficient method of breeding new varieties of passionfruit for continuous delivery of high-performing and profitable cultivars in Australia.
- Supervisor
- Dr Mobashwer Alam
- Location
- Nambour
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Engineering Nanomembranes for Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide
Advance the understanding of membrane technologies for direct air capture of carbon dioxide, establish the groundwork for fabricating efficient and scalable membranes.
- Supervisor
- Professor Xiwang Zhang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Evaluating clinical AI in real-time
Support the real-time evaluation of clinical AI systems so that they are fit for purpose for use in clinical practice.
- Supervisor
- Professor Ian Scott
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Exploring the anti-methanogenic properties of Northern Australian feedbase plants for livestock
Identify anti-methanogenic compounds in Northern Australian forage plants, supporting low-emission livestock production through natural product discovery.
- Supervisor
- Dr Natasha Hungerford and Dr Sarah Meale
- Location
- HFSP campus at Coopers Plains
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Chemical sciences, Environmental sciences
Expression of therapeutic peptides in plants
Make peptide-based drugs in plants. Plants offer the possibility of producing drugs in a sustainable, eco-friendly way, avoiding harsh chemicals used in traditional drug manufacture.
- Supervisor
- Professor David Craik and Dr Conan Wang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
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
Metaverse as a Business/Teaching Model
Examine human interactions in the interplay between Metaverse as both a business and an education model.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Remi Ayoko and Professor Ryan Ko
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Commerce, management, tourism and services, Information and computing sciences
Optimizing the rumen for lifetime benefits
Better understand rumen development in calves. The project will include both lab-scale and animal studies, developing expertise in molecular biology and imaging.
- Supervisor
- Dr Sarah Meale and Dr Ros Gilbert
- Location
- Gatton
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Environmental sciences
Understanding the mechanisms by which regulatory T cells control self-reactive B cells
Define how regulatory T cells control self-reactive B cells, revealing a new tolerance checkpoint and paving the way for targeted therapies for autoimmune diseases.
- Supervisor
- Dr Pablo Canete
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences