Scholarship details
What you'll receive
- An annual stipend paid fortnightly, indexed annually. The annual stipend rate in 2022 is $28,854 (AUD). The scholarship can be used to support living costs.
- Domestic students receive an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Fees Offset.
- International students receive a QUT Tuition Fee Sponsorship.
Eligibility
New applicants to QUT research degrees need to:
- meet QUT’s admission criteria for a research degree, which includes meeting QUT’s English language requirements
- not be in receipt of another living allowance scholarship to undertake the research degree.
Current QUT research students need to have consumed less than the below equivalent full-time study load (EFTSL) to apply:
- less than 1 year EFTLS for enrolled research doctorate students
- less than 6 months EFTLS for enrolled research masters students
How to apply
Future students
These scholarships are awarded through QUT's annual research scholarship round.
Find out how and when to apply for a research scholarship.
Conditions
2023 QUT Postgraduate Research Award Scholarship conditions
About the scholarship
We are building research excellence by supporting students of exceptional research potential with QUTPRAs.
The number of QUTPRAs offered varies from year to year.
Rules for previous years of the QUT Postgraduate Research Award are available for reference:
- 2022 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) (Domestic) rules (PDF file, 318.1 KB)
- 2022 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) (International) rules (PDF file, 321.5 KB)
- 2021 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (Domestic) rules (PDF file, 301.5 KB)
- 2021 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (International) rules (PDF file, 306.7 KB)
- 2020 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (Domestic) rules (PDF file, 375.6 KB)
- 2020 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (International) rules (PDF file, 370.9 KB)
- 2019 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (Domestic) rules (PDF file, 140.1 KB)
- 2019 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (International) rules (PDF file, 140.6 KB)
- 2018 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (Domestic) rules (PDF file, 134.0 KB)
- 2018 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (International) rules (PDF file, 135.0 KB)
- 2017 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (Domestic) rules (PDF file, 106.7 KB)
- 2017 QUT Postgraduate Research Award (International) rules (PDF file, 330.8 KB)