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Forrest Research Foundation 2026 PhD Scholarships Open
The Forrest Research Foundation is offering up to five prestigious PhD Scholarships in 2026 to outstanding researchers from around the world to conduct paradigm-shifting research based at any of Western Australia’s five universities. The…
Opening: 10-10-2025 Closing: 19-10-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
High Achieving Teachers Program HAT@ECU Open
Get paid while studying to become a teacher. Exclusive to ECU the High Achieving Teacher Program is an exciting new earn as you learn pathway to a Master of Teaching in either Early Childhood, Primary or Secondary Education. Australia has a shortage …
Opening: 26-09-2025 Closing: 30-10-2025 Domestic Postgraduate Coursework
INPEX Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship Open
INPEX Scholarship Foundation (a non-profit organisation connected with INPEX CORPORATION, Japan’s leading energy exploration and production company) have two scholarships available for 2026 to support Australian students pursuing (or wanting to…
Opening: 21-08-2025 Closing: 31-10-2025 Domestic Postgraduate Research Coursework
Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA) Scholarships 2026 Open
The Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA) is a state government agency which provides funding into minerals research which delivers value to WA. Part of our remit is to provide a range of competitive scholarships to support…
Opening: 13-09-2025 Closing: 31-10-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
2025 Zonta Women in Engineering Scholarship Open
The Zonta Clubs of Peel and Geelong, in conjunction with the Alcoa Foundation, are pleased to announce ten $1,500 scholarships available for women between 18 and 35 years living in either Western Australia or Victoria and studying engineering. The…
Opening: 05-09-2025 Closing: 30-11-2025 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate Research Coursework
Graduate Certificate of Leadership in Mining Workplace Safety Scholarship Open
This scholarship is open to students studying the Graduate Certificate of Leadership in Mining Workplace Safety (S11). It is aimed at advancing post-graduate education in the mining sector in the areas of Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety.…
Opening: 19-12-2023 Closing: 31-12-2025 Domestic Postgraduate Coursework
ECU Business and Law Excellence Scholarship Open
At the School of Business and Law, our aim is to develop strong, capable leaders who will contribute to the real world. We strive for excellence and as one of our core values, we reward students who uphold these values. In recognition of this,…
Opening: 15-04-2019 Closing: 31-12-2025 Domestic Postgraduate Coursework
ECU–University of Portsmouth (UoP) Joint PhD Scholarship Open
The ECU–UoP Joint PhD Program is open to prospective PhD candidates across all disciplines, yet prioritisation will be given to research conducted in the fields of Defence, Cyber Security and Criminology. Through the current scholarship scheme, one…
Opening: 23-09-2025 Closing: 04-01-2026 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
CSIRO Industry PhD (iPhD) Scholarship Open
CSIRO's Industry PhD (iPhD) program brings together an industry partner, a university and Australia’s leading science agency, CSIRO, to co-develop a four-year industry-focused PhD project. PhD students will gain unique skills to focus on…
Opening: 05-09-2025 Closing: 30-06-2026 Domestic Postgraduate Research
Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships Opening Soon
Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships support new undergraduate and postgraduate teaching students to meet the costs of their study in exchange for teaching in government schools or government-run early learning settings for a period of time after…
Opening: 25-11-2025 Closing: 15-01-2026 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate
ECU Master of Bioinformatics Alumni Scholarship Closed
Are you an alumni of the School of Science at Edith Cowan University (ECU) intending to study the Master of Bioinformatics Course? You could be eligible for the Master of Environmental Science Alumni Scholarship (Scholarship) that offers a 15%…
Opening: 01-01-2021 Closing: 07-08-2021 Domestic Postgraduate Coursework
Master of Environmental Science Alumni Scholarship Closed
Are you an alumni of the School of Science at Edith Cowan University (ECU) intending to study the Master of Environmental Science? You could be eligible for the Master of Environmental Science Alumni Scholarship (Scholarship) that offers a 15%…
Opening: 01-01-2021 Closing: 07-08-2021 Domestic Postgraduate Coursework
The Bendat Family Foundation Equity Scholarships Closed
The Bendat Family Foundation Equity Scholarships Program invests in our future nurses, teachers and social workers who aspire to lead positive change and give back to the Western Australian community. Established to widen participation and break…
Opening: 01-03-2024 Closing: 30-03-2024 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate
Destination Australia Scholarships Closed
Destination Australia – an Australian Government initiative have made available 17 scholarships for full time students commencing studies at ECU South West Campus in an eligible Diploma, Bachelor or Postgraduate course in 2024. There are 4…
Opening: 01-03-2024 Closing: 30-03-2024 Domestic International Undergraduate Postgraduate
School of Nursing and Midwifery PhD Scholarship – Climate Change and Older Adults Closed
We are currently seeking expressions of interest to undertake doctoral research examining protective and risk factors for mental health concerns in older adults affected by climate change. This PhD scholarship includes a stipend of $33,000 per annum …
Opening: 22-04-2024 Closing: 01-06-2024 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
Forrest Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 Closed
The Forrest Research Foundation is offering up to five prestigious three-year postdoctoral Fellowships in 2025 to outstanding researchers from around the world to conduct paradigm-shifting research based at any of Western Australia’s five…
Opening: 22-05-2024 Closing: 30-06-2024 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
Centre for Precision Health Masters Scholarship Closed
The Centre for Precision Health (CPH) is seeking Masters by Research candidates to undertake research in the Centre. The scholarship includes a stipend of $6,000 per annum paid in two instalments each year for a maximum of two years full-time.
Opening: 19-02-2024 Closing: 30-06-2024 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
ECU - Orthopaedic Research Foundation of WA Scholarship Closed
Australia has some of the highest rates of ACL reconstructions in the world with projections tipped to exponentially rise over the next decade. ACL injuries result in individual and societal burdens. The individual will be unlikely to fully return…
Opening: 01-07-2024 Closing: 16-08-2024 Domestic Postgraduate Research
Vice-Chancellor's Professorial Research Fellow PhD Scholarship Closed
Opening: 05-08-2024 Closing: 05-09-2024 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
Clare Burton Memorial Scholarship Closed
The Clare Burton Memorial Scholarship was established to honour and continue the work of Dr Clare Burton, a leading researcher, public sector administrator, academic, consultant and writer on employment equity. The gift aims to helps students…
Opening: 10-06-2024 Closing: 09-09-2024 Domestic Postgraduate Research
Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow PhD Scholarship Closed
Nested within the broader scope of Dr Leanda Mason’s EDJI (Equity, Diversity, Justice, and Inclusion based) Ecology research, this transdisciplinary place- based project explores the intersections of queer ecology, non-human entities, and the…
Opening: 14-08-2024 Closing: 30-09-2024 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
CSIRO IPhD Nufarm Scholarship Closed
CSIRO's Industry PhD (iPhD) Program brings together an industry partner, a university and CSIRO to co-develop a four-year industry-focussed PhD project. The shortlisting, selection and recruitment of the PhD student is conducted jointly by…
Opening: 26-09-2024 Closing: 30-11-2024 Domestic Postgraduate Research
School of Science Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning HDR Scholarship Closed
This Higher Degree by Research scholarship is to support work in the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning research field. The successful PhD or Masters by Research candidate will work within ECU's Research Centre for AI and Machine…
Opening: 21-10-2024 Closing: 02-12-2024 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
Local Government Professionals (WA) Scholarship Closed
The School of Business and Law has a strong partnership with Local Government Professionals WA. This Graduate Certificate in Executive Leadership & Management is a bespoke product with a local government context to support the sector, and in…
Opening: 10-12-2024 Closing: 08-01-2025 Domestic Postgraduate Coursework
CSIRO Industry PhD Program (iPhD) Scholarship Closed
The CSIRO Industry PhD Program (iPhD) is a four-year research training program, focusing on applied research that benefits industry by solving real-world challenges. It aims to produce the next generation of innovation leaders with the skills to…
Opening: 01-01-2025 Closing: 03-02-2025 Domestic Postgraduate Research
Minnie Bairstow Scholarship Closed
The Scholarship offers financial help with the cost of accommodation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students. The Scholarship is needs-based (financial) and is multi-year, running for the remainder of a recipient’s course.
Opening: 13-02-2025 Closing: 24-02-2025 Domestic VET Undergraduate Postgraduate
Bilya Boorn Scholarship Closed
The Bilya Boorn Scholarship was established in 2024 and is a joint initiative of a number of major WA commercial law firms to provide scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to study law at a Western Australian university. A…
Opening: 18-02-2025 Closing: 14-03-2025 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate Coursework
Bob Hawke Aboriginal Teacher Scholarships 2024 Closed
Are you an aspiring secondary school teacher? The Western Australian Department of Education is committed to increasing the number of Aboriginal secondary teachers in public schools. As part of this commitment, the Department is offering two…
Opening: 22-11-2023 Closing: 18-03-2025 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate Coursework
ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child (ECU node) PhD Scholarships Closed
The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child is the world’s first research centre dedicated to creating positive digital childhoods for all Australian children with a research focus on children age birth to 8 years of…
Opening: 14-08-2024 Closing: 21-03-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
National Council of Women STEM Bursary Closed
Nominations are called for the 2025 Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Bursary available to a female student studying a STEM course in Western Australia at TAFE or University level. Applicants must be Australian Citizens.
Opening: 07-01-2025 Closing: 28-03-2025 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate
Wood and Carey Group First Nations Scholarship Closed
Wood and Carey Group First Nations Scholarship has been generously donated to support an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student studying a fulltime Bachelor or Postgrad course (excludes PG by research) within either the School of…
Opening: 01-03-2025 Closing: 30-03-2025 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate Coursework
Western Power Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship Closed
The purpose of the Western Power Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship is to support and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking either an Undergraduate Degree, in either their second year or higher, or…
Opening: 01-03-2025 Closing: 30-03-2025 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate
Dr Maggi Phillips Scholarship in Contemporary Dance Closed
Generously donated by Nanette Hassall AM, former Head of Dance at WAAPA, the scholarship honours the memory of Dr Margaret (Maggi) Phillips who, in collaboration with Nanette Hassall AM, was instrumental in establishing Link Dance Company, WAAPA’s…
Opening: 28-03-2025 Closing: 11-04-2025 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate
PhD Scholarship in Wellbeing Closed
Within ECU, you will join a dynamic research community advancing wellbeing science through 3 projects: (1) SHE Speaks: exploring WA’s women's intergenerational wellbeing and self-care, (2) Co-Designing Prevention: developing 18-24 year old-led…
Opening: 19-02-2025 Closing: 30-04-2025 Domestic Postgraduate Research
Membrane Technology for High-Purity Alumina Production: Water and waste water Processing and salt extraction Closed
This PhD scholarship supports research on applying membrane technology for high-purity alumina (HPA) production, with a focus on water and wastewater processing and salt extraction. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join a…
Opening: 17-03-2025 Closing: 03-05-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
Membrane Technology for High-Purity Alumina Production: Mineral Processing and purification Closed
This PhD scholarship offers the opportunity to research the application of membrane technology in high-purity alumina (HPA) production, focusing on mineral processing and purification. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute …
Opening: 17-03-2025 Closing: 03-05-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
Fire management and biodiversity conservation in south-west forests Closed
An exciting opportunity exists for a PhD project on the fire ecology of threatened mammals in south-western Australia. The project is part of a new strategic collaboration between the School of Science at Edith Cowan University and the WA Department …
Opening: 10-04-2025 Closing: 09-05-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
PhD Opportunity in Implementation Science Closed
The Implementation Science Group within the Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute (NHIRI) at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia is looking for individuals interested in pursuing full-time PhDs under the supervision of…
Opening: 19-02-2025 Closing: 26-05-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
Remote monitoring of recreational fishing activity at FADs and ARs Scholarship Closed
Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) and Artificial Reefs (ARs) provide improved opportunities for recreational fishing. The substantial investment in these enhancements warrants measuring their effectiveness. Contemporary approaches for monitoring…
Opening: 24-04-2025 Closing: 30-05-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Coursework
Roe’s Abalone Scholarship Closed
The Roe’s abalone recreational fishery occurs in subtropical and temperate coastal waters in Western Australia. Recreational fishing for this species occurs alongside commercial fisheries, that are subject to decreasing market demand, and other uses …
Opening: 24-04-2025 Closing: 30-05-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
Youth Futures After Mobility (YFAM): a longitudinal study of mobile transitions Closed
Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship, part of an Australian Research Council funded Discovery Project, Youth Futures after Mobility (YFAM): a longitudinal study of mobile transitions. This project is led by Professor Loretta Baldassar…
Opening: 30-03-2025 Closing: 02-06-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
The Royal Society of Western Australia John Glover Research Support Grants Closed
To reflect Dr Glover’s lifelong objective to advance the natural sciences in Western Australia, the gift has been largely used to establishannual research support grants for students within the spectrum of natural sciences in Western Australia. The…
Opening: 09-05-2025 Closing: 30-06-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
The Rhodes Scholarships - Australia Closed
When different people come together in a shared spirit, an exciting new journey begins. The Rhodes Scholarship is a life-changing postgraduate opportunity to join outstanding young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford.…
Opening: 02-06-2025 Closing: 12-08-2025 Domestic Postgraduate Research
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Allied Health Scholarship Closed
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Allied Health Scholarship was established to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying Allied Health within the School of Medical and Health Science. The scholarship is offered to…
Opening: 28-07-2025 Closing: 29-08-2025 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate Coursework
Future Teachers Scholarship Fund Closed
The Future Teachers Scholarship Fund is designed to provide direct financial support to students of Education during their final year professional experience placement. During this full-time compulsory professional experience placement students…
Opening: 01-08-2025 Closing: 30-08-2025 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate Coursework
David Templeman and Carole Dhu Scholarship Closed
The Hon. David Templeman MLA and Carole Dhu have established a Scholarship which will support 4 students currently enrolled full time in any course at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Eligible students will either currently …
Opening: 01-08-2025 Closing: 30-08-2025 Domestic VET Undergraduate Postgraduate
Dr Susan Holland Scholarship Closed
Dr Susan Holland (nee Beryl Forte, 1948-2009) advocated life-long learning and based her career on the belief that education is a right for all Australians, regardless of age, gender or cultural background. After working many years in new South…
Opening: 12-08-2025 Closing: 30-08-2025 Domestic Postgraduate Research
Elevate: Boosting Diversity in STEM Scholarship Closed
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering’s (ATSE) Elevate: Boosting diversity in STEM will award up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to women and non-binary people in STEM. The Elevate Program aims to…
Opening: 01-05-2025 Closing: 01-09-2025 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate Research Coursework
ARC Grant Teen-informed strategies to counter sexual image abuse and sextortion Closed
Many teens use sexts to explore emerging sexual citizenship. Yet teens-who-sext may experience severe legal consequences, as well as risking shaming, blackmail, school expulsion and psycho-emotional distress. ‘Don’t sext’ is not working: 87% of…
Opening: 01-08-2025 Closing: 01-09-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
PhD Scholarship supported by ARC DECRA Closed
This PhD project will explore how data from ancient coral reef ecosystems can inform future projections of reef fish productivity under climate change. The research will integrate palaeoecological records, ecological modelling, and present-day…
Opening: 10-08-2025 Closing: 15-09-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
The WA Health Minister’s Our Future, Our Way Scholarship Closed
The WA Health Minister’s ‘Our Future, Our Way’ Scholarship supports the efforts of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student undertaking a health-related degree. Valued at $5,000, the scholarship recognises and assists their pursuit of a…
Opening: 01-09-2025 Closing: 26-09-2025 Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate Coursework
Keiran McNamara World Heritage PhD Top-Up Scholarship Closed
The McNamara family has established the Keiran McNamara World Heritage PhD Top-Up Scholarship in honour of Mr McNamara. The Scholarship will assist eligible commencing PhD students to undertake research at one of the five Western Australian…
Opening: 03-09-2025 Closing: 16-10-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research
ECU Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HDR Scholarship Closed
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…
Opening: 03-09-2025 Closing: 16-10-2025 Domestic Postgraduate Research
ECU Higher Degree by Research Scholarships Closed
These scholarships are designed to support postgraduate 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. Successful…
Opening: 03-09-2025 Closing: 16-10-2025 Domestic International Postgraduate Research

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