Planning to embark on doctorate studies in Australia and need PhD scholarships in Australia to finance your studies? Below is a list of ongoing funded PhD in Australia 2026-2027. You can also find fully funded PhD in Australia for international students on this page

Applications are invited from students intending to undertake study in the areas of Architecture, Engineering, Fine Arts (Music excluded) or Classical Antiquity, in a country other than Australia. The number and value of scholarships awarded each year will be determined on merit and subject to
Published:October 9, 2025Type:Masters , PhDValue:$25,000Deadline:November 16, 2025

The School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join an exciting industry-supported project with Codan, a global leader in communications and sensing technologies. This project will explore novel microwave sensor (uWS)
Published:October 9, 2025Type:PhDValue:AUD $80kDeadline:October 31, 2025

If you are a clinician with an interest in blood cancer research, a PhD could take your career to the next level. This competitive tax-free scholarship is $53, 299 pa (2026 rate) for up to 3.5 years. Potential projects range from molecular studies through to clinical care.
Published:October 8, 2025Type:PhDDeadline:November 21, 2025

This is a scholarship will fund the project titled Investigating the Effects of Users' Mental Models in Requirement Engineering and Design of Secure Systems with the aim of examining the influence of users' mental models on requirements engineering, design, development, and adoption of secur
Published:October 8, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$35,886Deadline:April 30, 2026

This PhD scholarship is funded through the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence grant entitled: Optimising the emergency response to save lives: An Aus-ROC Centre of Research Excellence (Aus-ROC CRE). The purpose of the scholarship is to provide a full-time PhD stipend to enable doctoral research tha
Published:October 8, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:Western AustraliaValue:$37,500 p.a. pro rata indexedDeadline:Not Specified

A full-time PhD scholarship is available to work on a joint MRFF project, which focusses on developing a model of person-centric palliative care that is feasible and effective in improving quality of care and quality of life outcomes for young people with rare, untreatable and incurable cancer. P
Published:October 8, 2025Type:PhDValue:$39,206 per annum (2026 rate)Deadline:November 1, 2025

Established as an ACT Government initiative, these placement support grants provide financial assistance to domestic students in nursing or allied health courses, undertaking compulsory clinical placements.
Published:October 7, 2025Type:Masters , PhDValue:$500 to $1,000Deadline:October 14, 2025

Myocardial infarction (heart attack) and stroke remain leading causes of global death and disability. This PhD project is part of a large NHMRC-funded initiative aiming to develop engineered drugs that specifically inhibit clotting in specific sites, and eliminating the risk of major bleeding compli
Published:October 7, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:Victoria, VictoriaValue:$41,000 per year tax freeDeadline:November 30, 2025

Applications are now open for the Western Sydney International EAP Scholarship 2025. All new applications for admission will be automatically considered for a scholarship. If you are successful in receiving an EAP Packaged Offer, your EAP scholarship offer will be outlined in your Of
Published:October 7, 2025Type:Masters , PhDStudy in:New South WalesValue:Tuition Fee WaiverDeadline:Not Specified

The key aim of this project is to optimise cryopreservation protocols for specific reproductive cells by tailoring a number of variables. This has significant potential benefits for assisted reproductive technologies.
Published:October 7, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$36,000 p.a.Deadline:Not Specified

This program is aimed at developing cutting-edge AI solutions that contribute to addressing these fundamental challenges across diverse applications from disease diagnosis and prognosis and the prediction of therapeutic interventions to the development of clinical decision support systems and automa
Published:October 7, 2025Type:Masters , PhDStudy in:New South WalesValue:$39,700 p.a. - $42,483 p.a.Deadline:December 1, 2025

This project aims to research diversity in Australian news media, focusing on experiences of marginalised workers, including Indigenous, LGBTIQA+ and disabled individuals. This research asks: What does ‘doing diversity’ do, and how can it be done differently? We specifically want t
Published:October 7, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:New South WalesValue:$39,700 p.a.Deadline:October 31, 2025

This project is aimed at developing platforms to provide security in the post-quantum era. The project aims to incorporate quantum technologies, including quantum machine learning and quantum-classic hybrid system integration, to enhance the security landscape of mission-critical and safety-critical
Published:October 7, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$35,886 per annum pro rataDeadline:December 15, 2025

This project develops state-of-the-art Combinatorial Optimization (CO) algorithms using machine learning techniques and meta-heuristics (e.g., evolutionary algorithms) to learn the values of constraints.
Published:October 7, 2025Type:Masters , PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$35,886 per annum pro rataDeadline:October 31, 2025

The primary focus of this role is to contribute to an externally funded project, “Advancing Quantum Experiments to Test Reality Beyond Bell’s Theorem” held by Prof. Howard Wiseman, Assoc. Prof. Eric Cavalcanti and Dr Nora Tischler at Griffith University. This grant is particularly
Published:October 6, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:QueenslandDeadline:October 24, 2025

Griffith University is currently looking for a PhD candidate to develop fragment-derived compounds for the treatment of neurodegeneration. The primary focus of this role is to perform fragment/compound screening and design anti-degenerative compounds based on target-fragment interactions. This
Published:October 6, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:QueenslandValue:$34,752 per annum (indexed)Deadline:October 31, 2025

Established in 2024 through a gift from Alumni Friends under the Queensland Commitment scheme and maintained by income generated from an underlying endowment fund. Alumni Friends of The University of Queensland dates back to 1967, when UQ sponsored the formation of an association to foster relations
Published:October 6, 2025Type:Masters , PhD , UndergraduateStudy in:QueenslandValue:$4,000 minimumDeadline:October 31, 2025

Established in 2020 by a donation from Baidam Solutions Pty Ltd. The donation was made under the Create Change Scholarship Match Initiative. The scholarship is maintained by income generated from the underlying endowment fund.
Published:October 6, 2025Type:Masters , PhD , UndergraduateStudy in:QueenslandValue:Up to $4,500Deadline:Not Specified

The Baker Department of Cardiovascular Research, Translation and Implementation at La Trobe University is focussed on world class cardiovascular disease, diabetes and public health research. We are translating our research discoveries into practice, policy and education. For research pr
Published:October 6, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$35,000 per annumDeadline:November 3, 2025

This inaugural Industry PhD scholarship with the Department of Health and La Trobe University will be awarded to an outstanding Maternal and Child Health (MCH) nurse applicant, with a strong interest in health system evaluation and improving MCH practice and policy.
Published:October 6, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$35,000 per annumDeadline:February 27, 2026
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