PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in Australia

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Social Sciences Research Programme

Youth Side Hustles

Deakin University

A PhD scholarship is available to work on an Australian Research Council-funded project exploring youth ‘side-hustles’. Read more

The University of Western Australia

ARC Training Centre for Next-Gen Biomedical Analysis - PhD scholarships

The ARC Training Centre for Next-Gen Biomedical Analysis invites exceptional individuals to join our collaborative, industry-driven doctoral program. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Australia PhD Programme

Monash University Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Last chance to apply

Microwave Characterisation and Modelling of Novel Materials for Shielding and Stealth

Monash Engineering is a leading global centre for research consistently placing highly in international ranking lists. We engage with industry and other world leading institutes to carry out pioneering research that benefits society and changes the world around us. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Lowery, Dr K Kashif

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

OPTIMA ARC Training Centre in Optimisation Technologies, Integrated Methodologies, and Applications

Detecting Threats in Temporal Networks - OPTIMA PhD (Australian citizens only)

Supervised by Professor Peter Stuckey, a PhD is available in OPTIMA for an Australian citizen with our industry partner The AiLECS Lab. Read more

Supervisor: Dr CH Hurry

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Technology Sydney Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion

Thrive: Finishing School Well

Statistical Machine Learning and Data Science - PhD and Masters - A highly competitive scholarship to develop new machine learning, statistics and data-driven methods to battle social disadvantage in NSW. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Francis, Prof SC Cripps

24 December 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Stimulated and Quantum-enhanced Brillouin imaging

Supervisor: Assoc Prof IK Kabakova

Brillouin spectroscopy is an important technique for measuring the visco-elastic properties of biological materials, with applications to fundamental biology, tissue engineering, and drug-discovery. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

UTS HDR Scholarship (Development of biomechanical biopsy imaging for tumour tissue screening)

Supervisor: Assoc Prof IK Kabakova

Label-free light microscopy with mechanical specificity is at the frontier of science and technology, promissing to revolutionise biomedical diagnostics and fundamental research. Read more

30 October 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

UNSW Sydney School of Chemistry

Understanding nanoparticle hydrogen fuel cell catalysts using electron microscopy

About the Project. Project Description. Solving the worlds energy crisis is the most pressing need for humanity as we move away from globally harming and unsustainable fossil fuels for energy production. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RT Tilley

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Exploring nutritional supplements to enhance coral reslience

29 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

In order to thrive and endure environmental challenges, corals, like all living organisms, necessitate exceptional nutrition. Although typically situated in nutrient-poor waters, corals possess the ability to extract nutrients from their surroundings to support their well-being. Read more

Supervisor: Dr EC Camp

Last chance to apply

Open Digital Quantum Simulations in Circuit QED Quantum Computing (Sydney Quantum Academy scholarships)

Supervisor: Dr NK Langford

Project. Open Digital Quantum Simulations in Circuit QED Quantum Computing. Read more

27 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Macquarie University Centre for MND Research

Development of new molecular therapies to treat motor neuron disease (MND)

The battle against Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is entering an exciting phase with the development of gene therapies aimed at reducing pathogenic proteins. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof AL Lee, Assoc Prof MM Morsch

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Macquarie University Centre for MND Research

Applied optogenetics to study the influence of neuronal activity on neurodegeneration

Neurodegenerative diseases represent a significant and growing challenge to global health, affecting millions worldwide. Despite extensive research efforts, the underlying mechanisms of neurodegeneration are not fully understood, and there is a critical lack of effective treatments. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof MM Morsch, Prof RC Chung

30 September 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Queensland School of Mechanical Mining

Last chance to apply

Modelling and control of vibration instabilities in railway systems

Vibration Instabilities in Contact mechanical systems occur across a range of applications in railways systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Meehan

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Australia PhD Programme

Quantum PhD Scholarships at Sydney’s top universities

Macquarie University

Quantum PhD Scholarships at Sydney's Top Universities. Are you passionate about conducting innovative research in the field of quantum science and technology? If so, read on. Read more

University of Sydney Sydney Quantum Academy

Quantum PhD Scholarships at Sydney’s top universities

Quantum PhD Scholarships at Sydney's Top Universities. Are you passionate about conducting innovative research in the field of quantum science and technology? If so, read on. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Australia PhD Programme

University of Technology Sydney

Quantum PhD Scholarships at Sydney’s top universities

Quantum PhD Scholarships at Sydney's Top Universities. Are you passionate about conducting innovative research in the field of quantum science and technology? If so, read on. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Australia PhD Programme

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Australia PhD Programme

Quantum PhD Scholarships at Sydney’s top universities

UNSW Sydney

Quantum PhD Scholarships at Sydney's Top Universities. Are you passionate about conducting innovative research in the field of quantum science and technology? If so, read on. Read more

Western Sydney University Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Last chance to apply

BOOSTING C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS BY ALTERING PEP CARBOXYLASE

ABOUT THE PROJECT. The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE) is offering a research scholarship to a highly motivated PhD candidate to work within a research group addressing how to improve the primary carboxylase of C4 photosynthesis. Read more

Supervisor: Dr RS Sharwood

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Curtin University Department of Physics and Astronomy

Last chance to apply

Utilising Sodium Borohydride for Hydrogen Export (2 PhD positions)

The Hydrogen Storage Research Group (HSRG) at Curtin University is involved in an ongoing research project with Velox Energy Materials to develop a solution for exporting hydrogen from Australia as a powder. Read more

Supervisor: Prof CE Buckley

24 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Curtin University Curtin Institute for Energy Transition

Last chance to apply

Ensuring a social license to operate for the use of RNA based bio pesticides for agriculture

The Australia Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Research Program (ITRP) Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection is taking on the global challenge of transforming crop protection technology by delivering non-GM, non- toxic RNAi based fungicides for specific fungal diseases of crops. Read more

Supervisor: Prof PA Ashworth

24 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

UNSW Canberra Defence Trailblazer

Visual Swarming for GPS Denied UAV Operations

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents New Zealand Citizens Onshore international students from Five Eyes Alliance Nations (United States, the United Kingdom, Canada). Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Garratt

29 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

UNSW Canberra Defence Trailblazer

Visual Guidance for Ship Launch and Recovery of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents New Zealand Citizens Onshore international students from Five Eyes Alliance Nations (United States, the United Kingdom, Canada). Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Garratt

29 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Target Motion Analysis from Doppler sensors

29 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents. Industry partner and funding body Saab Australia Defence Trailblazer. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Maclean

Space Domain Awareness Object Characterisation

29 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents New Zealand Citizens. Start date No later than 31 March 2024. Industry partner and funding body Silentium Defence Defence Trailblazer. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ng

Optimization of Superconducting Devices by Mean of Quantum Field Theories

Supervisor: Dr G Tettamanzi

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents New Zealand Citizens Citizens of countries within the Five Eyes Alliance (FVEY). Read more

29 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Multistatic and bi-static localisation of underwater targets

29 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents. Industry partner and funding body Saab Australia Defence Trailblazer. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Maclean

Development of broadband electronic warfare sensors for signal detection and direction finding

29 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Who can apply? Australian & New Zealand Citizens. Industry partner and funding body SRC Aus Pty. Ltd. Defence Trailblazer. Program of study available Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) with the University of Adelaide. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Trong

The University of Western Australia School of Biological Sciences

The evolutionary basis of feeding preferences: A Geometric Framework approach

Despite the essential role food plays in our lives, we have little understanding of how different nutrients work together to impact functioning, or the reasons individuals choose certain combinations of food. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Z Foo, Prof L Simmons

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

UNSW Canberra Defence Trailblazer

Autonomous Data-Driven Modelling for Advanced Satellite Constellation Management

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents New Zealand Citizens Preference is given to international students currently studying in Australia, all nationalities are welcome to apply. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LQ Qiao

29 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)