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

Adelaide University is committed to expanding access to education for all which is why the university provide a range of competitive and assistance scholarships designed to help support graduate research students with living expenses, tuition fees, industry experience, and research-related
Published:October 13, 2025Type:PhD , MastersDeadline:Not Specified

The purpose of this scholarship is to provide assistance with tuition fees for high achieving international students who are commmencing a relevant degree program at The University of Queensland in 2026.
Published:October 13, 2025Type:Masters , PhD , UndergraduateStudy in:QueenslandValue:25% reduction in tuition fees per semesterDeadline:Not Specified
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The Computing and Information Systems PhD Scholarship is offered to high achieving graduates of the University of Melbourne Master of Computer Science who are enrolling in the Doctor of Philosophy – Engineering and Information Technology in Computing and Information Systems.
Published:October 11, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:100% fee remission and up to $70,000Deadline:November 1, 2025

Using a bioinformatics analysis pipeline, this research will investigate whether vaccination responses are affected by the microbiome profile, and whether it changes according to the vaccination sequence, or the age (young adults or elderly) or sex of the vaccinees.
Published:October 10, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:Fully fundedDeadline:December 31, 2026

This scholarship is linked to an NHMRC ideas grant, and to be supported by STEM College/SHBS.
Published:October 10, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaDeadline:December 31, 2026

The UQ International High Achievers Scholarship is funded by The University of Queensland (UQ). Established in 2023, this Scholarship offers students from eligible countries the opportunity to pursue higher education at UQ.
Published:October 10, 2025Type:Masters , PhD , UndergraduateStudy in:QueenslandValue:20% reduction in tuition fees per semesterDeadline:Not Specified

The Scholarship is a tuition fee reduction of A$10,000 for international students who have completed their most recent qualification in Australia.
Published:October 10, 2025Type:Masters , PhD , UndergraduateStudy in:QueenslandValue:A$10,000 tuition fee reductionDeadline:Not Specified

Funded by the Australian Government, Department of Education and Training, the International Research Training Program Scholarship (IRTP) is open to highly ranked, newly commencing Research Degree students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement and research potential. The IRTP covers the t
Published:October 10, 2025Type:Masters , PhDStudy in:New South WalesValue:$37,000 per annum (tax free)Deadline:October 29, 2025

Griffith University awards Australian Government RTP International Fee Offset Scholarships via a competitive application process to international candidates commencing or enrolled in a (HDR) program. The fee offset provided will remove the liability of the HDR candidate to pay program tuition fees f
Published:October 9, 2025Type:Masters , PhDStudy in:QueenslandValue:Tuition fees + Living allowancesDeadline:January 30, 2026

The Commonwealth Government’s Research Training Program (RTP) provides funding to universities to support the research training of both domestic and international higher degree research (HDR) candidates. The funding provided through the RTP offers the provision for universities to administer a
Published:October 9, 2025Type:Masters , PhDStudy in:QueenslandValue:$34,752 per annum (2025 rate)Deadline:January 30, 2026

These scholarships are designed to support postgraduate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students of outstanding research promise undertaking a higher degree by research at ECU. The scholarships are offered on the basis of academic merit and research performance. The scholarship includes a relo
Published:October 9, 2025Type:Masters , PhDStudy in:Western AustraliaDeadline:October 16, 2025

The classic structure-function paradigm of proteins contends that a protein exhibits a single well-defined folded structure that gives rise to its biological function. Nonetheless, a growing number of “metamorphic” proteins have been discovered that interconvert between different folded
Published:October 9, 2025Type:PhDDeadline:Not Specified

This PhD project will research human-machine collaboration to support collaborative surveillance in Security Operations Centres (SOCs) to address “alert fatigue”. With cyber security risks increasing daily, security analysts at SOC must prioritise alerts to ensure that critical security
Published:October 9, 2025Type:PhDValue:$37,684 per annumDeadline:Not Specified

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
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