Scholarships and awards are available for eligible HDR candidates at UOW. These scholarships include annual stipends, living allowances and tuition fee costs.
Scholarships
Opportunities
PhD in Education: Investigating how professionals learn as they work in increasingly digitalised contexts
Want to do a PhD in Education on a project with world class education researchers? Ready to start by end of August 2024? UOW is offering a Domestic PhD scholarship to work with the team on the: Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project [DP210100164] ‘Investigating professional lives in the digital evolution of work”.
Faculty: Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Study area: Education
Student type: Domestic students
Scholarship amount: Successful candidates will receive a tax-free stipend of $34,000 for the duration of 3.5 years indexed annually.
Application closing date: Friday 12 July 2024
PhD opportunity – Numerical Investigation on Casting of Liquid Products in the Electric Smelting Furnace
An opportunity is available for a PhD candidate to undertake a research project on a low emission ironmaking technology – the Electric Smelting Furnace (ESF), in collaboration with BlueScope Steel at the University of Wollongong (UOW).
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
Study area: Engineering, Physics
Student type: Domestic students, International students
Scholarship amount: Successful candidates will receive a tax-free stipend of $AUD 45,000 per annum for the duration of the award.
Application closing date: Wednesday 31 July 2024
Elevate: Boosting women in STEM
Applications are open for the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering's Elevate: Boosting women in STEM scholarships for students commencing in 2025. Elevate scholarships are provided to women and non-binary people studying undergraduate STEM degrees, postgraduate STEM research degrees, and women and non-binary people looking to upskill in leadership by undertaking a Masters in STEM or degree to improve business acumen.
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Study area: Engineering, Environmental & Biological Science, Computer Science & Information Technology, Maths, Physics
Student type: Domestic students, International students
Scholarship amount: Please see website for further details.
Application closing date: Friday, 30 August 2024
University Postgraduate Award - Personalising the management of breathlessness for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
This scholarship opportunity provides the successful Master or Doctoral candidate with a unique opportunity to explore individualised breathlessness management approaches for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and to receive world-class training and development in a multidisciplinary research team, led by Professor David Currow, high-impact international leader in the research field of symptom management in chronic and progressive conditions.
Faculty: Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Study area: Environmental & Biological Science, Health, Medical Science, Nursing, Psychology & Human Behaviour, Social Sciences & Advocacy
Student type: Domestic students
Scholarship amount: 2024 stipend: $34,000* non-taxable * Stipends are indexed annually.
Application closing date: Sunday 30 June 2024
University Postgraduate Award - Functional and structural dissection of the human replisome
This scholarship opportunity provides the successful Doctoral candidate with the unique opportunity to visualise the structure and function of the human DNA replication machinery and to receive world-class training in a multidisciplinary research team, led by Dr Jacob Lewis and Dr Lisanne Spenkelink, emerging leaders in cryo-EM and single-molecule imaging of biochemical reactions.
Faculty: Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Study area: Physics
Student type: Domestic students, International students
Scholarship amount: Sucessful candidates will recieve a tax free stipend of $34,000 p.a for the duration of the award.
Application closing date: Sunday 30 June 2024
A Flourishing Career Opportunity for Women in STEM
Industry placements and professional development for PhD Candidates.
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Study area: Engineering, Environmental & Biological Science, Computer Science & Information Technology, Maths, Physics
Student type: Domestic students, International students
Scholarship amount: This opportunity comprises of:
- A $9000 internship stipend for 3 months.
- An $1000 support grant to the research group and $10,000 in value for the wider program including leadership, entrepreneurship training and networking events.
- An internship stipend of $18,000 will be paid for those undertaking a 6-month internship. PhD stipends are paused during the internship period.
Application closing date: Open year round