Scholarship details
Study levels
Postgraduate, Research and PhD
Student type
Future students and Current students
Study area
Science, technology and engineering and mathematics
Eligibility criteria
Academic performance
Citizenship
Australian, Australian or New Zealand and International
Application dates
- Applications close
- 31 May 2025
What you'll receive
- You'll receive a stipend scholarship of $33,637 per annum for a maximum duration of 3.5 years while undertaking a QUT PhD or 1.75 years if undertaking a QUT MPhil degree. The duration includes an extension of up to 6 months (PhD) or 3 months (MPhil) if approved for your candidature. This is the full-time, tax-free rate which will index annually.
- You will receive a tuition fee offset/sponsorship, covering the cost of your tuition fees for the first 4 full-time equivalent years of your doctoral studies or the first 2 full-time equivalent years of your masters studies.
- As the scholarship recipient, you will have the opportunity to work with a team of leading researchers, to undertake your own innovative research in and across the field.
Eligibility
- You need to meet the entry requirements for QUT's Doctor of Philosophy or Master of Philosophy, including any English language requirements.
- Enrol as a full-time, internal student and commence by 1 January 2026.
- Have a background in material/mechanical/chemical engineering or chemistry or physics or similar field, and:
- First class or second-class division A bachelor honours degree (GPA over 6)
- Master in the relevant field with a research component, preferably having a journal publication as the 1st author.
How to apply
Apply for this scholarship at the same time you apply for admission to QUT's Doctor of Philosophy or Master of Philosophy.
- The first step is to email Prof Cheng Yan providing a CV detailing your academic performance (GPA), research experience and skills, publications/reports, and English language test result if you are an international student.
- If supported to apply, you will then submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) following the advice at How to apply for a research degree.
- In your EOI, copy the link to this scholarship website into Question 2 of the Financial details section.
About the scholarship
The candidate will be supervised by Prof Cheng Yan and an expert team to conduct innovative research on development of advanced sodium-ion batteries, under the support of a newly granted ARC Discovery Project.
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) demonstrate a great potential to replace expensive lithium-ion batteries for energy storage as sodium is low-cost, safe and abundant as compared to lithium. However, the larger radius of sodium ions often leads to a sluggish kinetics process, and they cannot intercalate into commonly used anode materials like graphite.
This project aims to investigate the atomic level sodium storage mechanism in hard carbon via combined experiment and atomistic modelling. This project will not only fill the knowledge gaps in developing high performance SIBs but guide the establishment of sustainable hard carbon manufacture industry.