Research scholarships and grants

For students who are interested in creative and challenging projects, and those with bachelor's or master's degree in materials and manufacturing engineering

The scholarship will support research candidates to undertake cutting edge research on advanced digital manufacturing technologies in collaboration with Boeing.

The aim of these scholarships is to work closely with Bupa on exploring 1) the convergence of three key mega-trends, 2) the impact of external forces on the evolution of consumer behaviours in health and wellbeing.

To create a better world for future generations, CSIRO’s Data61 impart a calibre and depth of research that impacts a wide range of industries.

This PhD project aims to develop novel solid CO2 adsorbents that can reduce the energy requirements and the costs associated with the carbon capture from the flue gas streams and CO2 storage.

In this PhD research project, a combined wind turbine and solar panels fitted with an electrolyser (either proton-exchange membrane (PEM) type or other type) will be investigated to generate hydrogen and ammonia in economical and sustainable ways.

You will investigate the concept of conversion of the plant protein production wastes into highly functional food ingredients using green and clean technologies by tailoring their nanoscale structures.

You will investigate the concept of conversion of the plant protein production wastes into highly functional food ingredients using green and clean technologies by tailoring their nanoscale structures.

You will investigate the concept of conversion of the plant protein production wastes into highly functional food ingredients using green and clean technologies by tailoring their nanoscale structures.

This scholarship will support research in the area of geospatial AI (GeoAI), including work in connection with spatial data and deep learning, knowledge graphs, and generative AI.

This project will test new gold-based compounds as alternatives to current ovarian cancer chemotherapies using immunoassays and a novel immunocompetent ovarian cancer mouse model.

Seeking students to engage in interdisciplinary projects exploring the design, development, and/or critical assessment of digital technologies used in social, educational, health, work, and personal contexts.

RMIT-CSIRO Masters by Research Scholarship in Knowledge Graphs and Scientific Workflows.

RMIT-CSIRO Masters by Research Scholarship in Knowledge Graphs and AI.

For students who are interested in materials and manufacturing engineering and investigating cutting edge projects linked to our competitiveness in space.

2-year Masters by research stipend ($33,826 per annum)

The Next Generation Graduates Programs provide students opportunities to collaborate with universities and subject specialists nation-wide. 

This scholarship is designed for University students already enrolled to pursue a PhD or Masters by research in areas relevant to the NHRA, including natural hazards resilience and disaster risk reduction.

This is a joint project between RMIT and CSIRO that includes a stipend plus a top-up scholarship of $10,000 per annum. The successful candidate will use a computational approach to develop 2D materials for sensing of pollutant molecules.

PhD project on developing polymer composites using char produced from tyre pyrolysis. This industry-university collaborative project will require the student to interact with industrial scientists with the opportunity for interstate and international travel. (Lead partner BIOPLANT LIMITED)

This is a strategic STEM College scholarship for RMIT Vietnam School of Science, Engineering and Technology.

The project aims to fabricate soft 2D plasmonic photocatalysts with leaf-like structures and functions for solar-to-chemical energy conversion.

This research contributes to computer vision, machine learning, robotics and optimization methods for automating fault/anomaly detection and cleanliness checks for PV systems using visual/thermal images.

Industrial PhD Aerospace Engineering scholarship in collaboration with the Flight Safety Foundation

Identifying epigenetic mechanisms that drive decline in immune function and the ability to respond to vaccines, infections and cancers in the elderly.

Funded PhD scholarship to create new thermoelectric systems using advanced functional porous materials with a focus on solving real challenges.

The Next Generation Graduates Programs provide students opportunities to collaborate with universities and subject specialists nation-wide. 

Seeking students to develop new approaches to fairness, actionable explainability or socially considerate evaluation of ADM in recommender, search, or other ML based systems.

Seeking students to develop new approaches to fairness, actionable explainability or socially considerate evaluation of ADM in recommender, search, or other ML based systems.

This project aims to understand the key signalling events that leads to the development and progression of cardiovascular disease using innovative microfluidic-based 'organ-on-a-chip' models of the human circulatory system.

Seeking PhD students to work on a fully funded inter-disciplinary project led by Distinguished Prof. Magdalena Plebanski and Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Yi David Ju.

This project investigates crossing restrictive biobarriers with self-assembled lipid nanocarriers.

A project in computer simulations of membrane ion channels in collaboration with a US team funded by the National Institutes of Health.

An exciting opportunity for an outstanding PhD candidate to investigate the molecular mechanisms of potassium channel function.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a PhD candidate to explore the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computer vision technology for advanced manufacturing and robotics applications.

The project will develop novel damage tolerant multifunctional composite materials for safe, durable design of next generation, high performance aircraft and spacecraft structures.

PhD Scholarship funded by 2022 ARC Discovery Project “Adaptive and Ubiquitous Trust Framework for Internet of Things interactions”.

A scholarship is available for a PhD student to assist in creating integrated photonic components for a chip scale optical atomic clock

This PhD scholarship gives the candidate an exciting opportunity to develop dynamic stochastic processes to model temporal evolution in spatial ecology.

This project will systematically map epigenetic changes that promote age-related immune dysfunction, in the context of human vaccination trials, as well as cancer human clinical trials.

Domestic scholarship to recruit a new cohort of domestic students in our HDR program in COBL

RMIT-CSIRO Masters by Research Scholarship in Knowledge Graphs and AI.

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence and research potential to local and international candidates undertaking a research doctoral degree.

New Research Projects with Scholarships (Domestic Students)

RTP Stipend Scholarship (RSS) - domestic applicants only

Undertake two projects to develop scalable, differentially private approaches for distributed machine learning.

Successful (full-time) candidates can receive a scholarship including tuition fee, stipend, and other benefits.

RTP Stipend Scholarship (RSS) - domestic applicants only

RTP Stipend Scholarship (RSS) - domestic applicants only

RTP Stipend Scholarship (RSS) - domestic applicants only

RTP Stipend Scholarship (RSS) - domestic applicants only

RTP Stipend Scholarship (RSS) - domestic applicants only

RMIT makes research scholarships available to research candidates through competitive scholarship rounds. Scholarships are awarded to successful applicants through a merit-based process that considers academic achievement and relevant research related experience that includes the publication of research outputs.

The Next Generation Graduates Programs provide students opportunities to collaborate with universities and subject specialists nation-wide.

We are offering Research Scholarships to support outstanding new PhD students to undertake projects in sustainable finance.

In recognition of Professor Tony Naughton, Head of School Economics Finance and Marketing from 2003 to 2013, the School has established a PhD scholarship for an outstanding student.

In order to overcome the difficulties with classical designs related to the dependence on an assumed statistical model, the number of blocks, sample size, and multi-stratum structures, Bayesian approaches are proposed along with the supersaturated and D-optimal designs in the literature. This project aims to explore the current literature on Bayesian supersaturated D-optimal designs and develop new Bayesian A- or D-optimal designs that are more cost-effective and can be used with multi-stratum structures such as split-plot designs, control type I error around the desired level and improve the power.

RMIT-CSIRO Masters by Research Scholarship in Knowledge Graphs and AI.

The project envisages delving into materials, design, make, user-centric data, disposal/end-of-life options/opportunities and therefore, provide an LCA approach to establish normative definitions for the industry partner. In context the partner industry product range, this research will investigate key aspects of materials, design, and governance issues.

PhD Scholarship in the environmental humanities for an ARC Linkage Project Extinction Imaginaries: Mapping Affective Visual Cultures in Australasia

This PhD scholarship is attached to an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery 2023 project. The project aims to identify whether neighbourhood liveability influences mental and physical health and healthy ageing.

This PhD scholarship is attached to an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage project that will design and launch a digital micro-credential in 21st century skills in collaboration with a number of peak Arts Industry bodies.

Noah’s Ark in partnership with RMIT University School of Education

Industry PhD scholarship related to 3D printing concrete.

A study of the experiences of LGBTIQ religious high-school-aged youth will be a significant part of an ARC.

This project is part of RMIT University node of ARC Research Hub for Australian Steel Manufacturing, hosted by the University of Wollongong (UOW).

The Next Generation Graduates Programs provide students opportunities to collaborate with universities and subject specialists nation-wide.

The Next Generation Graduates Programs provide students opportunities to collaborate with universities and subject specialists nation-wide.

The Next Generation Graduates Programs provide students opportunities to collaborate with universities and subject specialists nation-wide.

The Next Generation Graduates Programs provide students opportunities to collaborate with universities and subject specialists nation-wide.

The Next Generation Graduates Programs provide students opportunities to collaborate with universities and subject specialists nation-wide.

PhD Scholarship in exploring the benefits of prescribing nature-based social activities to reduce loneliness and improve mental health.

RMIT offers two international tuition fee scholarships: the RTP International Fee Offset Scholarship (RIFOS) and the RMIT Research International Tuition Fee Scholarship (RRITFS).

Further financial assistance for PhD program by research students in science, engineering or technology who've been awarded an RMIT Stipend Scholarship (RSS).

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence and research potential to Indigenous candidates undertaking a research doctoral degree.

RMIT has two stipend scholarships available. The RTP Stipend Scholarship (RSS) and the RMIT Research Stipend Scholarship (RRSS).

In recognition of Professor Tony Naughton, Head of School Economics Finance and Marketing from 2003 to 2013, the School has established a PhD scholarship for an outstanding student.

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence and research potential to local and international candidates undertaking a research doctoral degree.