Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) PhD or MPhil Top-Up Scholarship 2025

The Spinal Cord Injury PhD and Master of Philosophy Top-up Scholarship is open to Australian and New Zealand students to undertake a PhD or Master of Philosophy at QUT comprising translational research to improve the quality of life, approaches to care, or recovery of people with spinal cord injuries. Topics may be situated in any discipline, including but not restricted to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychology, nursing, exercise physiology and social work, or may be interdisciplinary.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNot Specified
• Value$10,000 per year of enrolment
• Study LevelMasters , PhD
• SponsorQueensland University of Technology
• City to studyQueensland
• School to studyQueensland University of Technology
• Eligible CountryAustralia , New Zealand

Benefits

You'll receive a top-up scholarship to the value of $10,000 per year of enrolment, with a scholarship end date that matches your existing HDR living stipend scholarship.

Requirements

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian or New Zealand student studying or applying for a PhD or Master of Philosophy and meet QUT’s admission requirements
• maintain full-time enrolment
• apply and be successful in obtaining a substantive scholarship through the annual scholarship round or via an alternative scholarship opportunity.
  • In certain circumstances, a potential student who has not been offered a scholarship may be considered for a full scholarship in addition to top-up and costs. Contact us for more information.
• be studying translational research that aims to improve the quality of life, approaches to care, or recovery of people with spinal cord injuries including in the fields of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychology, nursing, exercise physiology and social work, or interdisciplinary.

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Application Deadline

How To Apply

Current Students

• For current QUT MPhil or PhD students please submit your application comprising up-to-date CV and brief research proposal (1-2 pages) to [email protected].

New Students

• To be considered for this scholarship, you will need to apply for and be accepted into a MPhil or PhD at QUT, by submitting an expression of interest (EOI). Please refer to QUT's how to apply for a research degree webpage.

The EOI must include:

• an up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV)
• academic transcripts
• a brief research proposal (1-2 pages)
• you must indicate that you are applying for this specific scholarship in question 2 of the 'financial details' section of the application form.

For questions about potential research projects, please contact Prof Toby Pavey, for information on how to apply for this scholarship, please contact [email protected].

For more information, kindly visit Queensland University of Technology scholarship webpage.