Scholarship details
Study levels
Research
Student type
Future students and Current students
Study area
All study areas
Eligibility criteria
Academic performance
Citizenship
Australian or New Zealand
Application dates
- Applications close
- 30 September 2019
What you'll receive
You'll receive:
- a living allowance for three years, indexed annually ($27,596 in 2019). The scholarship can be used to support living costs.
Eligibility
You must:
- meet the admission criteria for a PhD (PDF file, 92.7 KB)
- apply for and be accepted into a PhD or professional doctorate.
This scholarship is not available for masters students.
Faculty criteria
Depending on the faculty you'll be studying in, you will have to meet specific eligibility criteria.
Creative Industries Faculty
- Criteria 1
- Academic record reflecting outstanding performance
- Criteria 2
- Quality of the research project proposal
- Criteria 3
- Strategic alignment with faculty priority areas
- Criteria 4
- Research environment and supervisory team
Faculty of Education
- Criteria 1
- Academic record reflecting outstanding performance
- Criteria 2
- Demonstrated research aptitude and achievement - relevant to opportunity
- Criteria 3
- Strategic alignment with faculty research strengths and priorities
- Criteria 4
- Professional experience relevant to the proposed project
- Criteria 5
- Quality of the research proposal
Faculty of Health
Applicants are assessed against the following three criteria. You must achieve a score of 5-7 against these criteria to be considered for a scholarship.
- Criteria 1
- Academic record and research achievements - relative to opportunity
- Criteria 2
- Research environment and supervisory team
- Criteria 3
- Research project and strategic alignment - relative to stage of candidature
- Applicants are assessed against criteria 1-3. Applicants must meet a score of 5-7 against the faculty scholarship criteria to be considered for a scholarship.
Faculty of Law
- Criteria 1
- Academic excellence exceeding the minimum required for entry
- Criteria 2
- Research or professional experience reflecting outstanding research skills, and/or high quality publications
- Criteria 3
- Quality of research proposal
- Criteria 4
- Strategic alignment with faculty research strengths and priorities
QUT Business School
- Criteria 1
- A high grade point average (GPA)
- Criteria 2
- Demonstration of a high level of research aptitude and skill, beyond the minimum standard required for entry
- Criteria 3
- Strategic alignment with faculty research strengths and priorities
- Criteria 4
- Submission of a high quality research proposal
Science and Engineering Faculty
- Criteria 1
- Grade point average (GPA) of at least 6
- Criteria 2
- Publications and conference or journal patents
- Criteria 3
- Research, lab, field and professional experience
- Criteria 4
- Strategic alignment with faculty research strengths and priorities
- Criteria 5
- English language proficiency level (benchmarked and ranked against an overall score higher than QUT's minimum English test requirements, or a comparison for approved QUT EMI equivalence)
How to apply
Future students
Applications for our annual scholarship round are now open for students starting in 2020.
Apply for a research degree and a scholarship any time between now and 30 September 2019.
You must register your interest for a scholarship when you apply for your course by completing the 'Scholarship application' section of the research degree application form. Indicate on your application that you want to be considered for a scholarship as part of our annual scholarship round.
You'll be considered for all scholarships you're eligible for.
If you have already applied for admission and want to be considered in the annual scholarship round, register your interest by contacting the Research Students Centre.
Read our guide to applying for research scholarships (PDF file, 1.5 MB)
Follow our step-by-step guide to apply for a research degree
Current students
If you're currently enrolled in a research masters, PhD or professional doctorate at QUT, you must apply online through HiQ during our annual scholarship round between 1 September and 30 September.
You'll need to include an up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV) outlining your research achievements.
Read our guide to applying for research scholarships (PDF file, 1.5 MB)
What happens next?
We'll assess applications and make offers in mid-November. If your scholarship application is successful, you'll need to accept the offer by the response date provided in your offer. We expect you to begin your research degree early in the following year.
Eligibility for admission to a PhD is determined by the Research Students Centre. Scholarships applications will be assessed by the faculty you’re applying to study with.
Conditions
Your scholarship will end when you submit your thesis, or at the end of the award's tenure, whichever comes first.
Read the terms and conditions (PDF file, 140.0 KB) for this scholarship.
To keep your scholarship, you must:
- make satisfactory progress in your studies
- remain studying at QUT
- be enrolled as an internal student
- remain studying full-time.
You can't:
- hold another scholarship that is worth more than 75% of the QUT Postgraduate Research Award (Domestic).
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. In 2018 over 100 QUTPRA scholarships were awarded.
Contact us
Research Scholarships
- Phone
- 3138 2932 or 3138 4923
- Fax
- +61 7 3138 1304
- research.scholarships@qut.edu.au
- Location
- Level 4, 88 Musk Avenue
- Kelvin Grove
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Postal address
- Research Students Centre
- GPO Box 2434
- Brisbane QLD 4001