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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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Forecasting extreme animal population events: Modelling house mouse plagues in the Australian grainbelt

Improve near-term forecasting, understanding or management of house mouse outbreaks harming agricultural communities using multi-modal climate, earth observation and monitoring data (ecology, statistics, data science, mathematics).

Supervisor
Associate Professor Andries B. Potgieter
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Earth sciences, Environmental sciences, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Forecasting extreme animal population events: Modelling house mouse plagues in the Australian grainbelt

Agentic recommender systems with large language models

Investigate the use of language models as intelligent agents for modern recommendations in various online platforms. The outcome will include contributions to the application of recommender systems that can be widely applied.

Supervisor
Dr Ruihong Qiu
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Information and computing sciences
Agentic recommender systems with large language models

Quantifying Ecological Risks from Flood-borne Contaminants in Nonurban Landscapes

Assess ecological and antimicrobial resistance risks from flood-borne contaminants in nonurban areas, using integrated data analysis to identify exposure pathways, vulnerable species, and risk hotspots.

Supervisor
Associate Professor Sudhir Yadav
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Environmental sciences
Quantifying Ecological Risks from Flood-borne Contaminants in Nonurban Landscapes

"Should I stay or should I go?": Uncovering how cells make major behavioural decisions during vessel formation

In developing embryos, cells choose: divide or migrate. Determine how cells make decisions in zebrafish lymphatic vessels using genetic models, live imaging, and omics.

Supervisor
Dr Kaska Koltowska
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Biological sciences
"Should I stay or should I go?": Uncovering how cells make major behavioural decisions during vessel formation

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
4D printing of liquid metal hydrogels for soft bioelectronics

Advanced electrocatalyst and membrane design for efficient CO₂ electrolysis

Develop high-performance electrocatalyst and ion-exchange membrane for CO₂ electrolysers, enabling operational stability of CO₂ electrolysis.

Supervisor
Dr Feng Li and Professor Xiwang Zhang
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Chemical sciences, Engineering, Physical sciences
Advanced electrocatalyst and membrane design for efficient CO₂ electrolysis

Advanced materials for a sustainable future

Develop advanced mesoporous high-entropy alloys materials to convert plastic waste into value-added chemicals using electrochemical upcycling technology.

Supervisor
Dr Yunqing Kang and Professor Yusuke Yamauchi
Location
St Lucia
Research areas
Chemical sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences
Advanced materials for a sustainable future

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
Co-designing mental health and wellbeing outcomes for adolescents with cerebral palsy

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
Dying with dignity: caring for people without a home at the end of life

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
Efficient removing fluorinated pollution from complex contaminated matrices