Scholarships and awards are available for eligible HDR candidates at UOW. These scholarships include annual stipends, living allowances and tuition fee costs.
Future and current students are encouraged to apply for the 2026 Main Round scholarships to commence in Autumn 2026. Applications are open until 3 October 2025. For more information on how to apply, please visit the scholarship pages below.
2025 Main Round Scholarships are now closed.
A PhD position in Geodynamics is open at the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences (SEALS) of the University of Wollongong (UOW) and Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), France. The successful candidate will join a research team investigating the links between mantle dynamics, the magnetic field and the evolution of complex life.
Faculty: Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Study area: Physics
Student type: Domestic students, International students
Scholarship amount: Successful candidates will receive a tax-free stipend of $35,522 p.a. for the duration of the award. Research support for the successful candidate includes computer equipment, travel to conferences, and travel to visit research collaborators.
The most outstanding applicant will receive the Dr Tony Jordan OAM Award, which provides the recipient with an additional stipend.
Application closing date: 1 March 2025
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). The project aims to investigate key slag properties for slag metal reactions in the ESF. Working within a team of UOW and industry investigators, the candidate will focus on advanced numerical modeling of multi-phase and multi-physics phenomena in the ESF, with opportunities
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
Study area: Engineering
Student type: Domestic students, International students
Scholarship amount: Successful candidates will receive a tax-free stipend of up to $AUD 45,000 per annum for the duration of the award.
Application closing date: 31 Dec 2024
UOW is offering a Domestic PhD scholarship that will be completed within the School of Psychology. The project will be conducted as part of Meaningful Outcomes focused on improving substance use treatment. The scholarship would need to start by the end of January 2025.
Faculty: Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Study area: Psychology & Human Behaviour
Student type: Domestic students
Scholarship amount: Successful candidates will receive a tax-free stipend of $35,522 p.a. for the duration of 3.5 years indexed annually.
Application closing date: Saturday, 30 November, 2024
From environmental research to materials engineering; from honours projects to early-career research: AINSE offers a variety of scholarships to support students in nuclear science, engineering, and related research fields.
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Study area: Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental & Biological Science, Physics
Student type: Domestic students, International students
This is an exciting opportunity to showcase how deep learning can benefit Antarctic research and remote biological monitoring. Working in the Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF) program, this ARC-funded, multi-disciplinary PhD project aims to develop a set of novel low power, extremely accurate, deep learning algorithms to process a stream of data coming from various sensors, including a camera, deployed in Antarctica and extract (visual) information about the environmental conditions (moss he
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Study area: Computer Science & Information Technology, Engineering, Environmental & Biological Science, Maths
Student type: Domestic students, International students
Scholarship amount: Successful candidates will receive a stipend of $34,000 p.a. for 4 years (or full-time equivalent).
Application closing date: 8 December 2024
Effective conservation strategies are essential to safeguard Antarctica, its fragile ecosystem and unique biodiversity which faces growing threats from climate change and human activities. Working in the Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF) program, this ARC-funded, multi-disciplinary PhD project aims to review the literature and propose transparent and interpretable operations research and Artificial Intelligence techniques, with a focus on their application in systematic conservation planning
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Law, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Study area: Business, Computer Science & Information Technology, Environmental & Biological Science, Management, Maths
Student type: Domestic students, International students
Scholarship amount: Successful candidates will receive a stipend of $34,000 p.a. for 4 years (or full-time equivalent).
Application closing date: 8 December 2024
