University of Sydney ARC Postgraduate Research Scholarship 2025

The Faculty of Science Australian Research Council (ARC) Scholarship is designed to support research candidates in conducting research that directly contributes to the Australian community. This scholarship is designed to fund high quality students undertaking research aligned with ARC funded research projects. These projects may relate to any field of ARC funded research in the Faculty of Science.

The scholarship may be co-funded by the Faculty of Science and external ARC research grants, or industry-funded projects such as the ARC Discovery Project (DP), ARC Future Fellowships, and Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) with approval from the Associate Dean (Research Education), may be fully funded by the Faculty of Science.

Table of Content

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

Summary

• Application DeadlineJuly 2, 2025
• Value$41,753 p.a.
• Study LevelMasters , PhD
• SponsorThe University of Sydney
• City to studyNew South Wales
• School to studyThe University of Sydney
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

The Scholarship will provide a stipend allowance equivalent to the University of Sydney’s Research Training Program (RTP) stipend rate (indexed on 1 January each year) per annum, subject to satisfactory academic performance as per the below duration:

• up to 1.5 years for a successful Master’s by Research recipient (full-time equivalent),
• up to 3 years for a successful PhD recipient with a possible six-month extension (full-time equivalent).

The Scholarship will also provide academic tuition fees to the successful international recipient, subject to satisfactory academic performance as per the below duration:

• up to 6 research periods for a successful Master’s by Research recipient (full-time equivalent),
• up to 12 research periods for a successful PhD recipient with a possible 2 research period extension (full-time equivalent).

Requirements

You must:

• have an unconditional offer of admission or being currently enrolled to study in a Masters by Research or PhD within the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney
• conduct research related to the ARC projects for which you have applied
• conduct research under the supervision of researchers who hold the ARC grant that funds the project for which you have applied
• hold at least an Honours degree (First Class or Second Class Upper) or Masters degree or equivalent. 

Please Note: An applicant without an unconditional offer of admission may apply and be selected, however, no scholarship offer will be sent until the applicant has an unconditional offer of admission.

Application Deadline

July 2, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to The University of Sydney on sydneyuniversity.formstack.com to apply

For more information, kindly visit University of Sydney scholarship webpage.