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Scholarship-funded research projects
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If you'd rather bring your own project, explore our scholarships (including top-up scholarships) and find a supervisor to support your project.
Micro- and nanoplastics in drinking water: tracking sources, fate, and removal
Investigate micro- and nanoplastics (<10 µm) in drinking water, their sources, and removal, and evaluate filtration systems to improve water safety and inform policy.
- Supervisor
- Dr Elvis Okoffo
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Environmental sciences
Minerals security for food security: mapping ASM-based agricultural mineral supply chains
First global study linking mineral and food security, exploring how local agromineral supply chains from ASM can reduce fertiliser gaps, improve food security, and support self-sufficiency in poor regions.
- Supervisor
- Dr Fitsum Semere Weldegiorgis
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Earth sciences, Economics, Environmental sciences, Human society
Monitoring illicit tobacco in Australia
Apply an integrated wastewater-based epidemiology approach to improve our understanding of the impact of tobacco control and tax policies on illegal tobacco markets in Australia.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Phong Thai
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences
Population projections for migration policy
Contribute to a new micro-simulation model to anticipate the impact of migration policy on the labour market, housing demand, and demographic trends.
- Supervisor
- Aude Bernard
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Human society
Strength in data, power in community: national evaluation of justice reinvestment
Develop and analyse First Nations justice models. In partnership with JRNA, use an Indigenist and community‑led research design to evaluate justice reinvestment in Australia.
- Supervisor
- Dr Krystal Lockwood
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Human society, Indigenous studies, Law and legal studies
4D printing of liquid metal hydrogels for soft bioelectronics
Create programmable liquid metal–hydrogel materials for 4D printing, combining materials engineering, soft robotics, wearable devices, and biomedical interface design.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Ruirui Qiao
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Co-designing mental health and wellbeing outcomes for adolescents with cerebral palsy
This project will co-design and evaluate mental health and wellbeing outcomes with adolescents with cerebral palsy, generating evidence to inform targeted supports and services.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Koa Whittingham
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Health sciences, Psychology
Dying with dignity: caring for people without a home at the end of life
Dying with dignity is often equated with dying at home. This project expects to generate knowledge on what it means to die well in the absence of home from which to approach the end of life.
- Supervisor
- Dr Stefanie Plage
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Human society
Efficient removing fluorinated pollution from complex contaminated matrices
Develop magnetic ion-exchange technology for removing PFAS from complex waters, delivering a robust, scalable solution with clear environmental and economic benefits.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Cheng Zhang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering
Large-scale network design for quantum communication
Develop protocols to enable scalable, reliable transmission of quantum information over long distances.
- Supervisor
- Dr Josephine Dias
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Physical sciences