Overview
Understand the types of scholarships and funding available to support your Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Philosophy (MPhil) or professional doctorate.
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Understand the types of scholarships and funding available to support your Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Philosophy (MPhil) or professional doctorate.
Follow Your Passion For Research
Scholarships give you the financial freedom to focus on your research and get the most out of your studies. We offer a range of scholarships to support your needs. Check if you’re eligible and apply on time.
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Funding Types For Postgraduate Research (Hdr) Scholarships
There’s more than one way to be supported during your research. You can apply for multiple scholarships based on different funding types to support aspects of your research and experience.
Living Stipend
The major scholarships are living stipends. These offer $39.2K a year tax free (2026 rate) in fortnightly payments to help cover your living costs.
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Tuition Fees
Tuition fees cover the cost of your tuition for the duration of your studies.
If you’re a domestic student, you can apply anytime without needing a living stipend scholarship.
If you’re an international student, you'll need a living stipend scholarship to be eligible for a tuition scholarship.
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Top Ups
If you're on a living stipend scholarship, you could be eligible for a top-up scholarship to further help with the cost of living.
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Financial Award
Grants and bursaries are usually given as a one-off award, and you can usually only receive 1 per academic year. You could receive funds to support extra-curricular activities, so it's worth taking the time to find out what you could apply for.
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Travel
If you're going on a trip as part of your studies, we have scholarships that provide a travel allowance to cover your travel costs.
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Major Living Stipend Scholarships
You may be eligible to receive a number of scholarships during your research, but you can only receive 1 base stipend scholarship. You apply for these scholarships as part of your program application.
Be sure to check the rules and requirements before you apply.
A competitive scholarship available for all study areas.
These scholarships:
- are available for domestic and international students
- fund tuition fees, living stipend of $39.2K a year tax free (2026 rate), indexed yearly
- include Single Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC).
Graduate Research School Scholarships are offered in rounds during the year. Make sure you are aware of the round deadlines, as they affect which research quarter you can commence in.
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A competitive scholarship available for specific projects linked to research grants.
These scholarships:
- are available for domestic students
- fund tuition fees, living stipend of $39.2K a year tax free (2026 rate), indexed yearly.
Projects linked to fellowship scholarships are advertised as they become available. Once an applicant is successful, the project is closed.
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A competitive scholarship available for all study areas to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
These scholarships:
- are available for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander students
- fund tuition fees and a living stipend of $49.2K a year (2026 rate), indexed yearly.
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Other Postgraduate Scholarships
We also offer scholarships that are funded by external organisations, UQ faculties, centres, institutes, and donors. These scholarships often align with a particular field of research or purpose.
Eligibility and funding types vary for the scholarships available.
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Graduate Research School Scholarship – Tuition (Uqgrss T)
Available for domestic students only, this is a tuition-based research scholarship available for all study areas. This does not include a living stipend. You apply for this as part of your program application.
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Contact
If you have questions, the Graduate Research School can help.
Email: graduateresearchschool@uq.edu.au Phone: 07 3346 0503
Tips for this scholarship
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- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
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