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Domestic Students - HDR Scholarships

The University of Wollongong offers a wide range of research scholarships and awards to eligible Domestic Higher Degree Research (HDR) students. 

These scholarships are in the form of stipends and allowances to assist candidates in meeting their living costs while they undertake their research (please check individual scholarships for allowances and stipend amounts.

In addition, to UOW HDR scholarship opportunities there are external scholarship opportunities as well as discipline specific and industry based scholarships available.

What is a Domestic student?  

A domestic student is an Australian citizen, New Zealand citizen or Australian Permanent resident.

This webpage has information on:

• UOW HDR Scholarship Opportunities
• Other UOW Scholarships
• Sources of External Scholarships including JASON database
• Opportunities for Existing HDR Candidates

UOW Higher Degree Research (HDR) Scholarship Opportunities

• Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
• University Postgraduate Award (UPA)
  • UPA: Women in Non-Traditional Research Areas
  • UPA: Indigenous Australians

Closing Dates for UOW Scholarships:

For Scholarships  commencing Autumn Session - 17th October
For Scholarships  commencing Spring Session - 12th March

> Go to Application Process

 Other UOW Scholarship Opportunities

• Commercialisation Training Scheme Scholarship (CTS) - 2010 Applications Now Open > Go to Information & Application Form
• SMART Infrastructure modelling (within the SMART Facility at UOW)
• Materials Research (Energy or Health) at the Innovation Campus (IPRI/ ACES) - PhD Opportunitites
• The Smart Services (CRC) Closing Date for applications:
  International students - 15 October 2009
  • Smart Services CRC PhD Scholarship - Program Information and Application Form (Australian & International Applicants)
  • Smart Services CRC Masters by Research - Program Information and Application Form (Australian & International Applicants)

 Sources of External Scholarships

• Australian Synchrotron Postgraduate Awards - Closing 23rd December
• Leukaemia Foundation Scholarship Program 2010 (PhD Scholarships for new commencing PhD candidates)  - Closing Date 25th September 2009
  
• Prime Minister's Australia Asia Endeavour Awards - Australian Citizens (Applications Closed - 11th September 2009)
  • Award Information & Eligibility Criteria (.doc 38KB)
  • DEEWR Guidelines (Information for Applicants .doc 387KB)
  • Application Form (.pdf 1241KB)
  • Referee's Report (.pdf 1195KB)
• 2010 Endeavour Awards (Applications Closed - 31^st July)
• Peter Cullen Postgraduate Scholarship - NSW Government (Relevant to Water Management) Applications for 2010 now open.
  
  
• ‘JASON’ (Joint Academic Scholarships Online Network – National Database of Postgraduate

 Opportunities for Existing HDR Candidates

• Centre for Human and Social Capital Research at UOW - Top Up Scholarship

• Leukaemia Foundation Scholarship Program 2010 (PhD Scholarship - Open to students who have completed no more than one year of full-time study) - Closing Date 25th September 2009

• GlaxoSmithKline Australia Postgraduate Supports Grants (Applications Close:  Friday, 28th August 2009).
• Fulbright Scholarships (Domestic Students) - Applications close 31st August 2009
• Australian Academy of Science - Award to Visit National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Closing Date 30th September 2009 for travel in 2010.