Scholarship details
Study levels
Research and PhD
Student type
Future students and Current students
Study area
Education
Eligibility criteria
Academic performance
Citizenship
Australian or New Zealand and International
Application dates
- Applications close
- 28 February 2026
What you'll receive
- You'll receive a stipend of $37,010 per annum for a maximum duration of 3.5 years while undertaking a QUT PhD. The duration includes an extension of up to 6 months if approved for your candidature. This is the full-time, tax exempt 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.
- 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 a QUT Doctor of Philosophy, professional doctorate, including any English language requirements.
- enrol as a full‑time, internal student (unless approval for part-time and/or external study is obtained).
- commence your degree before 30 June 2026.
How to apply
- Apply for this scholarship at the same time you apply for admission to a QUT Doctor of Philosophy
- The first step is to email Associate Professor Anna Hogan detailing your academic and research background, your motivation to research in this field and interest in this scholarship, and include your CV.
- 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, nominate Associate Professor Anna Hogan as your proposed principal supervisor, and copy the link to this scholarship website into question 2 of the financial details section.
About the scholarship
This PhD project will investigate how teachers in Australian schools use generative AI and other commercial curriculum platforms to support their everyday curriculum work, including lesson planning, differentiation, assessment design and resource selection. It will examine how these tools shape teachers’ professional judgement, autonomy and workload, with particular attention to whether such technologies meaningfully save time or introduce new forms of labour. The candidate will be supervised by Associate Professor Anna Hogan and work as part of the ARC Discovery Project on commercial curriculum resources and teachers’ work. They will have the opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers in the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, contributing to scholarship on the future of curriculum, teacher professionalism and educational technology.