International Stipend Research Scholarship (HDR)

UniSQ is offering a limited number of stipend (living allowance) scholarships for International students studying, or commencing one of the following programs in 2025:

Doctor of Business Administration (current students only)
Doctor of Education (current students only)
Doctor of Creative Arts (current students only)
Doctor of Professional Engineering (current students only)
Doctor of Professional Studies (current students only)
Master of Research (commencing and current students)
Master of Science (Research) (current students only)
Master of Engineering Research (current students only)
Master of Business Research (current students only)
Master of Professional Studies (current students only)
Master of Laws (Research) (current students only)

Students studying full-time in any of the above programs are preferred.

Please note: Doctor of Philosophy (DPHD) students are not eligible to apply for this scholarship. DPHD students may instead apply for International Stipend Research Scholarship (DPHD).

Applications in all areas of research are welcome. Find your research topic or find and connect with your supervisor helps you match your areas of interest with world-class research opportunities at UniSQ.

Application for entry into the program is a separate process that must be started to be eligible for the scholarship. Application steps can be found here.

Stipend of AUD $33,000 per annum.
The maximum period of the award is three years. Periods of study already undertaken towards the program will be deducted from the period of tenure.

To be eligible applicants must:

have completed a Bachelor Degree with First Class Honours, or equivalent level;
be eligible to be enrolled full-time on-campus in the PhD program at UniSQ;
be an international student, not an Australian or New Zealand citizen or Australian permanent resident;
not have previously held an Australian Government funded higher degree by research scholarship;
not be a sponsored student receiving similar funding from their Government, or other organisations;
must have applied for enrolment or currently be enrolled in a HDR program at UniSQ (except the PhD)

Applicants will be assessed on:

alignment with the University's research priority areas;
academic merit, previous research outputs and research experience of the applicant;
research track record of the proposed supervisory team;
quality of the research proposal.

To apply, please ensure you have digital copies of the below information:

Cover letter;
Supervisor support letter (DOCX 525KB);
Curriculum vitae;
Preliminary Research Thesis Topic Proposal (DOC 48KB).
Education qualifications (testamur and academic transcripts for all undergraduate and postgraduate awards);
List of any research presentations and/or publications
Documentation confirming citizenship.

Application must be made via the UniSQ Scholarship Application Management System by the closing date.

If you require assistance in completing your application please download the Scholarship Online Application Manual (PDF 2.14MB).

30 September 2023

Further information about this scholarship can be obtained from the Graduate Research School at HDR Scholarships.