Bioinformatics
Edith Cowan University
About the Project Project overview: GLP-1/GIP dual agonists such as tirzepatide (Mounjaro) have transformed the treatment of obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic disease. However, gastrointestinal side effects remain a leading cause of treatment discontinuation, and we still know remarkably little about what these therapies do to the gut itself.
- Location
- Joondalup, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 29 September 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Ecology
Western Sydney University
About the Project Why do some plant species build tissues that last for decades, while others invest in rapid growth and short-lived tissues? How do these contrasting strategies influence ecosystem carbon storage, resilience and responses to climate change? Join the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment ( HIE ) at Western Sydney University and help answer these fundamental questions through a PhD in plant functional ecology.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 29 September 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Biological Sciences
University of Technology Sydney
About the Project Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating condition characterised by progressive lung fibrosis (scarring), leading to respiratory failure and lung tissue damage. Current therapies only slow disease progression, highlighting an urgent need for better understanding of disease mechanisms and the development of novel treatments.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Agricultural Sciences
Western Sydney University
About the Project The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE) is offering one postgraduate research scholarship to an ambitious PhD candidate for a 3-year PhD program of research to commence in 2027. The candidate will investigate and generate new knowledge of mechanisms controlling complex mango fruit colour and quality, as well as their interactions with the environment at a crop level.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Quantum Computing
University of Sydney
About the Project SQA PhD Scholarships support outstanding domestic and international students to pursue up to four years of full-time quantum research at one of our partner universities which includes the University of Sydney.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 8 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Fluid Mechanics
University of Queensland
About the Project The transition towards electrified and energy-efficient industrial systems demands new technologies capable of operating at high speed with improved efficiency, reliability, and reduced maintenance. Bearingless pumps represent a promising technology because they eliminate conventional mechanical bearings and shaft seals, thereby reducing frictional losses, wear, and maintenance requirements while enabling fully electrified actuation and control.
- Location
- Brisbane, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 11 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Artificial Intelligence
UNSW Sydney
About the Project DNA is a powerful material for nanotechnology because its sequence, structure and assembly can be precisely programmed. However, its chemical functionality remains largely limited to the four natural bases, limiting its application space in nanotechnology. This PhD project will develop new strategies for attaching functional molecules directly to the DNA backbone, enabling DNA to be densely modified without requiring individually synthesised building blocks.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 30 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Optical Physics
University of Technology Sydney
About the Project Brillouin spectroscopy is a technique for measuring visco-elastic properties of biological materials, with applications to fundamental biology, tissue engineering, and drug-discovery. Raman spectroscopy is a technique that probes sample’s chemical composition. Recently, Brillouin and Raman spectroscopies were combined in a confocal microscopy system to achieve mechano-chemical mapping in 3D.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 31 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Biological Sciences
University of Technology Sydney
About the Project Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a severe and progressive lung disease characterised by excessive scarring, tissue stiffening, and respiratory failure. Current treatments only slow progression, highlighting the urgent need to uncover the mechanisms that drive fibrosis and to develop more effective therapeutic strategies. Our research group investigates how normal tissue repair becomes dysregulated, leading to chronic fibrosis and lung failure.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 31 October 2026
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
UNSW Sydney
About the Project Overview Are you passionate about pushing the boundaries of supramolecular systems chemistry? This interdisciplinary PhD in Chemistry will explore how to read out information from dynamic chemical systems. You’ll work at the intersection of analytical chemistry, data science, and synthetic chemistry, contributing to a transformative approach to supramolecular systems chemistry.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 31 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Behavioural Biology
The University of Western Australia
About the Project Plastic pollution is one of the most widespread and enduring human alterations to all environmental niches across our planet’s surface. The potential for microplastics to negatively impact ecosystems and human health is catastrophic, and rivals that of other global threats, including climate change and ozone depletion. An estimated 12 billion metric tonnes of plastic waste will end up in the natural environment by 2050.
- Location
- Perth, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 30 December 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Artificial Intelligence
Monash University
About the Project AI development and applications for low-carbon metallurgy. A background in data science or computer science at both undergraduate and master’s levels. We will prefer domestic and female students. For initial discussions and further details, feel free to send a CV to shibo.kuang@monash.edu . Your CV needs to outline your academic and industry experience as well as your publication record.
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Artificial Intelligence
Adelaide University
About the Project Adelaide University, School of Chemical Engineering, Biomanufacturing Research Group Unlock the future of automated biomanufacturing! This exciting PhD opportunity at Adelaide University invites you to develop a Python-based controller for continuous multi-column AKTA systems, integrating agentic AI and/or mechanistic models for real-time decision-making and process optimization.
- Location
- Adelaide, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Artificial Intelligence
Australian National University
About the Project Open position available for PhD student! If you are passionate about the application of AI in engineering science , we invite you to join us to shape the future of photovoltaics (PV) technologies together at the Australian National University (QS ranking 2026: No. 32 World-wide)!
- Location
- Canberra, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Energy Technologies
UNSW Sydney
About the Project Hydrogen fuel cells are a leading clean energy technology for a sustainable, low-carbon future, but nanocatalysts need to be high-performing while using minimal amounts of scarce, expensive Pt. Controlling how Pt atoms are arranged on the surface of a metal nanoparticle is a promising route to highly active fuel cell catalysts.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Behavioural Biology
The University of Western Australia
About the Project Avoiding extinction: predictors of local adaptation in the wild Wild populations are becoming smaller and more isolated; whilst simultaneously having to adapt to a rapidly changing environment and climate. Against this stark dichotomy of adapt or perish, it is imperative that we learn how best to support small, fragmented populations.
- Location
- Perth, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Bioengineering
University of Sydney
About the Project Project Overview : Blood clot formation (thrombosis) remains a major life-threatening complication in patients supported by Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a form of heart-lung machine used in intensive care units. Despite current heparin-coated circuits and systemic anticoagulation, circuit thrombosis still occurs in up to 35% of patients, leading to increased mortality and bleeding complications.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Bioengineering
Monash University
About the Project The Project In the developing embryo, the heart begins as a simple, straight tube that pumps blood inefficiently. As the embryo grows, the heart twists and grows and morphs into a four-chambered organ with intricate cardiac structures. Some of the most important cardiac structures are the heart valves, which increase pumping efficiency by preventing blood from flowing backwards through the heart chambers. How do heart valves form?
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Chemical Engineering
Monash University
About the Project Commission and operate a purpose-built cold experimental fluidized bed model to characterize fluidization regimes, particle segregation, and attrition using industrially-relevant DRI materials. A background in experimental design, familiarity with Data analysis tools (Python/Matlab) CFD-DEM, high performance computing is preferred. We will prefer domestic and female students.
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Bioengineering
Adelaide University
About the Project Help pioneer the next generation of sustainable biomanufacturing by developing a fully continuous precision-fermentation platform for producing and purifying recombinant lactoferrin in Pichia pastoris . Lactoferrin is a high-value bioactive protein with applications across nutrition, health, and biopharmaceuticals —and continuous processing offers a pathway to dramatically improved productivity, consistency, and cost-effectiveness .
- Location
- Adelaide, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Bioinformatics
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
About the Project Project Description Alternative splicing (AS) is one of the most powerful mechanisms generating protein diversity in the human brain. Dysregulation of splicing is increasingly recognised as a major driver of neurodegenerative disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP).
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Sydney
About the Project The overall objective is to better understand the chemical composition of biocrude product from the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of waste cellulosic biomass. The key aim is to improve our understanding of the composition of biocrude and how changes to the HTL processing parameters influence the chemical composition of the biocrude product.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Sydney
About the Project The key aim is to improve our ability to control composition of biocrude and influence the Hydrothermal Liquefactions (HTL) processing parameters to tailor the chemical composition of the biocrude product. The overall objective is to improve the properties of our Industry partner’s, Licella, biocrude product from the liquefaction of waste cellulosic biomass and making further valorisation of whole biocrude or fractions thereof more attractive.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Bacteriology
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
About the Project Project Description Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with no effective cure. Although several causal mutations (e.g. SOD1 , C9orf72 ) have been identified, why some mutation carriers remain symptom-free while others develop severe disease remains unknown. This suggests the existence of genetic and epigenetic modifiers that determine neuronal vulnerability.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Electrical Engineering
UNSW Sydney
About the Project Project Description The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) is widely regarded as the one of the leading Photovoltaics research hubs in the world. Building on its world-leading research, the school attracts leading international researchers in the area of photovoltaic, consistently ranked amongst the leaders worldwide in the photovoltaic field through international peer review.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Electronic Engineering
Australian National University
About the Project Overview An open position exists for a fully funded PhD scholarship in the development of next-generation, silicon-based tandem solar cell technologies. This project will focus on both theoretical and experimental science: applicants will be developing and characterising top cell materials to pair with high efficiency crystalline silicon, using state-of-the-art modelling and experimental infrastructure.
- Location
- Canberra, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Artificial Intelligence
Australian National University
About the Project If you are passionate about the application of AI in engineering science, we invite you to join us to shape the future of photovoltaics (PV) technologies together at the Australian National University (QS ranking 2026: No. 32 World-wide)! Contact: marco.ernst@anu.edu.au Website: https://www.marcoernst.com/ Our PhD students are publishing in top-tier journals such as Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, etc. Only top students will be considered!
- Location
- Canberra, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Electrical Engineering
Australian National University
About the Project If you are passionate about the photovoltaics, we invite you to join us to shape the future of photovoltaics (PV) technologies together at the Australian National University (QS ranking 2026: No. 32 World-wide)! Contact: marco.ernst@anu.edu.au Website: https://www.marcoernst.com/ Our PhD students are publishing in top-tier journals such as Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, etc. Only top students will be considered!
- Location
- Canberra, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Artificial Intelligence
University of Queensland
About the Project About the project Language barriers can profoundly affect how scientific evidence is produced, synthesised and applied to biodiversity conservation. These barriers are especially important in conservation because many of the world’s most biodiverse regions are also highly linguistically diverse and are located in countries where English is not widely spoken.
- Location
- Brisbane, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Education
Australian Catholic University
About the Project Australian Catholic University (ACU) is offering one full-time PhD scholarship to undertake research investigating children's ability to learn to read new words that do not follow phonics pronunciations rules. Study mode: Full-time for up to 3.5 years Location: North Sydney campus What you'll investigate The successful candidate will work with Dr Signy Wegener on her Australian Research Council-funded DECRA Fellowship.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Civil Engineering
University of Queensland
About the Project Rail studs and squats are increasingly important forms of rail damage affecting railway networks in Australia and internationally. Their prevalence has become a growing concern as modern railways adopt higher traction capabilities and more intensive operating conditions, generating increasingly demanding wheel–rail contact conditions.
- Location
- Brisbane, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Ecology
University of Tasmania
About the Project Highland grasslands are a dominant and crucially important component of Australia’s alpine and sub-alpine ecosystems. These communities support unique biodiversity and have enormous aesthetic and emotional appeal. What is perhaps less obvious, however, is that these communities also support soils that are extremely dense stores of carbon, due to their peaty nature caused by the accumulation of undecomposed plant material.
- Location
- Hobart, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Organic Chemistry
Queensland University of Technology
About the Project What if you could design the molecular blueprint that dictates how a material behaves—down to when it holds together and when it comes apart? We are offering a fully funded PhD project at the forefront of synthetic polymer chemistry and advanced materials design, centred on developing reversible polymer networks and remotely triggered systems.
- Location
- Brisbane, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Chemical Engineering
Curtin University
About the Project The Group of Surface Chemistry and Electrochemistry at Curtin Chemistry, Perth, invites applications for one PhD position focusing on silicon electrochemistry. Applicants should be highly motivated and have an honours or master degree (or equivalent) in chemistry, or other relevant discipline. Applicants do not need to be Australian citizens. Basic electrochemistry knowledge and experience synthesis is preferred, but not strictly required.
- Location
- Perth, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Applied Mathematics
Queensland University of Technology
About the Project We seek a PhD student in applied mathematics to join the Queensland University of Technology node of MACSYS . MACSYS is the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems. The PhD student will work with QUT researchers in the development and deployment of mathematical and computational models that describe experimental data generated within the MACSYS ecosystem.
- Location
- Brisbane, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
Adelaide University
About the Project PhD Scholarship in mRNA Purification and Process Optimization on Oligo dT Chromatography Adelaide University, School of Chemical Engineering, Biomanufacturing Research Group Are you passionate about revolutionizing biopharmaceutical manufacturing? Join our cutting-edge research group at Adelaide University to tackle the challenges of mRNA purification using advanced oligo dT chromatography techniques.
- Location
- Adelaide, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Bioengineering
Adelaide University
About the Project The School of Chemical Engineering of The University of Adelaide is pleased to offer two prestigious PhD positions focused on transport phenomena in porous media. This research, grounded in applied mathematics, involves the development of exact and asymptotic solutions to non-linear partial differential equations.
- Location
- Adelaide, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Applied Chemistry
University of Sydney
About the Project Scholarships are available for PhD candidates to contribute to the development of advanced hydrogen storage systems in a multidisciplinary research team. With the rapid increase in energy demand and potential drastic effects of climate change there is an urgent need for developing effective energy storage systems to finally enable the large-scale deployment of renewable energy (e.g.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Artificial Intelligence
Monash University
About the Project Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Machine Learning for In Situ Materials Characterisation Host: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University Location: Clayton campus, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 3.5 years, full time Supervisor: Dr Yuxiang Wu ( yuxiang.wu@monash.edu ) Start: 2027, flexible by agreement Stipend: AUD 41,100 per annum, tax free (2027 rate) Course code: 3291 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Scholarship status: Fully funded PhD…
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Metallurgy
Monash University
About the Project Project description Host: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University Location: Clayton campus, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 3.5 years, full time Supervisor: Dr Yuxiang Wu, yuxiang.wu@monash.edu Start: 2027, flexible by agreement Stipend: AUD 41,100 per annum, tax free (2027 rate) Course code: 3291 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Project overview We are seeking an outstanding PhD candidate to investigate the physical metallurgy of…
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Biochemistry
Southern Cross University
About the Project Background: Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas that contributed 35% of the greenhouse gas-driven global warming in 2010-2019. Resolving the sources and sinks of methane is critical for achieving our global ambitions to rapidly reduce methane emissions in the near-term future and to develop effective climate mitigation strategies. About half of global methane emissions come from aquatic ecosystems, primarily wetlands.
- Location
- East Lismore, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Sydney
About the Project Catalysts are a key component of any technology aimed at reducing the energy and carbon footprint of today’s incumbent technologies. Being able to synthesise nanoparticle-based catalysts efficiently and reliably, whilst minimising solvent and auxiliary use is crucial for advancing green catalytic Science and Engineering.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Sydney
About the Project Methane emissions represent one of the most urgent environmental challenges of our time. Over a 20-year period, methane has a global warming potential 86 times greater than that of CO2 on a per-mass basis. Traditional CH4-conversion technologies, like steam reforming (SMR) and methanol synthesis, require large-scale infrastructure, making them impractical for the small, decentralized sources of CH4 found in these sectors.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Biochemistry
Adelaide University
About the Project Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) have played a vital role in mRNA vaccine delivery, such as those used for COVID-19, but their efficiency remains limited, with only about 1–2% successfully escaping endosomes. This highlights the need for new nanoparticle designs to enhance intracellular delivery.
- Location
- Adelaide, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Optical Physics
University of Technology Sydney
About the Project 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. It has a unique advantage of being non-contact and label-free method that makes it especially suitable for in vivo and in situ imaging.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Bacteriology
University of Sydney
About the Project Scholarships are available for PhD candidates to conduct protein engineering and synthetic biology research projects in a multidisciplinary research team - the Lau research group at The University of Sydney ( LauGroup.net ). With ever-increasing demand to feed our growing global population, engineering proteins to optimise carbon fixation may deliver step changes in our ability to grow more efficient and more productive crops.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Electrical Engineering
UNSW Sydney
About the Project Project Description The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) is widely regarded as the one of the leading Photovoltaics research hubs in the world. Building on its world-leading research, the school attracts leading international researchers in the area of photovoltaic, consistently ranked amongst the leaders worldwide in the photovoltaic field through international peer review.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Chemical Engineering
UNSW Sydney
About the Project Project Description The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) is widelyregarded as the one of the leading Photovoltaics research hubs in the world.Building on its world-leading research, the school attracts leading internationalresearchers in the area of photovoltaic, consistently ranked amongst the leadersworldwide in the photovoltaic field through international peer review.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)