Find a PhD or MPhil project with a scholarship
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.
Converting waste gases into sustainable protein
Develop acetogenic and methanotrophic fermentation systems to transform waste gases into sustainable microbial protein for feed and food applications.
- Supervisor
- Dr Bernardino Virdis and Dr Gaia Boniardi
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Quantum enabled cell imaging
Develop capabilities of our quantum microscopes and apply them to cutting-edge cellular analysis. A range of exciting topical areas are available, from imaging of the flow of information in neuronal networks, to understanding how bacteria respond to anti-biotics, and fingerprinting of cancer cells.
- Supervisor
- Professor Warwick Bowen and Dr Nicholas Mauranyapin
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Engineering, Health sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Quantum single molecule science
Develop quantum technologies to measure and laser-control protein motions, revealing how protein dynamics drive biological function while enabling new approaches to protein fingerprinting, proteomics, and biomedical sensing.
- Supervisor
- Professor Warwick Bowen and Dr Sam Scholten
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Engineering, Health sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Oscillation identification and control design for power grid with high renewable energy integration
Develop innovative solutions for detecting oscillations, identifying their sources, and proposing effective mitigation strategies to facilitate the large-scale integration of renewable energy resources.
- Supervisor
- Dr Feifei Bai and Associate Professor Ruifeng Yan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
UQ Cyber funded PhD scholarships
UQ Cyber 2.0 offers funded PhD scholarships supporting multidisciplinary research in cybersecurity and privacy, fostering innovation and collaboration to address emerging digital security challenges.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Dongseong (Dan) Kim
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Economics, Education, Engineering, Health sciences, Human society, Information and computing sciences, Law and legal studies, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences, Psychology
DNA sequence deep learning to map genome-wide genetic variants underlying complex traits and disease
Deep learning predicts genetic variant effects on DNA regulation, but scales poorly. We aim to leverage better GPU parallelisation and sub-network isolation to run inference genome-wide, boosting disease-risk prediction and heritability estimation.
- Supervisor
- Professor Loic Yengo and Dr Brad Balderson
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Uncovering the link between pregnancy and methane emissions in grazing cattle via artificial intelligence
Improve understanding of how pregnancy influences enteric methane production, grazing behaviour, and metabolic changes in ruminants. Contribute to development of more accurate methane accounting methods for breeding herds.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Marina Fortes and Dr Kieran McCosker
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences, Environmental sciences, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Unlocking the lanthanome: integrating high-throughput mineral characterisation and protein engineering for sustainable REE recovery
Integrate high-throughput mineral characterisation and protein engineering to create a discovery-to-application pipeline for sustainable rare earth element recovery from ores and waste.
- Supervisor
- Professor Gary Schenk and Dr Paul Evans
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Engineering
Multi-physics modelling of bearingless pumps
Develop advanced multi-physics models of bearingless pumps by coupling thermofluid, electromagnetic, and rotor-dynamic processes to determine and improve stability, efficiency, reliability, and industrial deployment.
- Supervisor
- Professor Paul Meehan and Professor Fredrik Haglind
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Physical sciences
Causal and adaptive learning for agronomic decisions and knowledge exchange in sorghum
Develop and evaluate a causal evidence framework to assess when sorghum agronomic recommendations are justified, the conditions under which they are applicable, and how growers and advisers interpret, adapt, and use them in practice.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Sudhir Yadav and Dr Joseph Eyre
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Economics