Scholarship details
Study levels
Research
Student type
Future students and Current students
Study area
All study areas
Citizenship
Australian or New Zealand and International
What you'll receive
- An annual stipend paid fortnightly to support living costs. From 1 January 2025, the annual stipend rate is $33,637 per annum.
- A maximum duration for the scholarship while undertaking a QUT PhD is 3.5 years and for a QUT MPhil is 1.75 years. This includes an extension of up to six months (PhD) or three months (MPhil), 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 four full-time equivalent years of your doctoral studies or the first two full-time equivalent years of your master degree studies.
- International students also receive Single Overseas Health Cover if eligible.
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
- enrol as a full-time, internal student (unless approval for part-time and/or external study is obtained).
Current QUT research students need to have consumed less than the below equivalent full-time study load (EFTSL) to be eligible:
- less than one year EFTSL for enrolled research doctorate students
- less than six months EFTSL for enrolled research master degree students.
Eligible current QUT research students will receive an invitation to submit their application once the round opens.
How to apply
Future students
These scholarships are awarded through QUT's annual research scholarship round.
Find out how to apply for a research degree and scholarship.
Conditions
Terms and conditions for QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) (PDF file; 340.1 KB)
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.