HDR Scholarships, Prizes, and Awards

There are a number of Scholarships available to students who are studying a Higher Degree Research (HDR) at the University of New England.

All Scholarship Applicants must currently be enrolled in a Higher Degree Research course, or have submitted a Candidature Application for a HDR Course, unless otherwise stated.

Domestic Student Scholarships

Scholarships Available for Domestic Students

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Unless otherwise stated scholarships are available annually and applications can only be accepted during scholarship round dates

DVCR Completion Award

5 February 2024

6 May 2024

5 August 2024

4 November 2024

18 February 2024

19 May 2024

18 August 2024

17 November  2024

Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend Scholarship

12 February 2024

12 August 2024

22 March 2024

20 September 2024

International Student Scholarships

Scholarships Available for International Students

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Unless otherwise stated scholarships are available annually and applications can only be accepted during scholarship round dates
Australian Government International Research Training Program Stipend Scholarship

12 February 2024

12 August 2024

22 March 2024

20 September 2024

DVCR Completion Award

5 February 2024

6 May 2024

5 August 2024

4 November 2024

18 February 2024

19 May 2024

18 August 2024

17 November 2024

Strategic Research Scholarship Opportunities

Scholarships Available for UNE Strategic Research Projects

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Image and Sensor Technologies to Categorize Mobility in Beef Cattle

Animal Science School of Environmental and Rural Science (Domestic Candidates)

1 March 202430 June 2025

Australia’s Women Cartoonists

School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (Domestic Candidates)

18 October 202318 October 2024
New Deformations in Quantum Field and Gravity Theories

School of Science and Technology (Domestic Candidates)

1 July 202430 June 2025

Toward a Stoic Tradition: Women's Writing in England, 1600-1800

School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (Domestic Candidates)

18 January 202431 December 2024

Conservation and Genetics of Eucalypts in Endangered Woodlands

School of Environmental and Rural Science (Domestic Candidates)

24 January 202330 February 2024

Ecology and Conservation of the Christmas Island Giant Gecko

School of Environmental and Rural Science (Domestic Candidates)

11 March 202430 April 2024

3D Printing

School of Science and Technology (Domestic Candidates)

1 January 202431 December 2024

Computational Chemistry

School of Science and Technology (International or Domestic Candidates)

1 January 202430 June 2025
Plant-animal Interactions in Horticultural and Natural Systems1 January 202431 December 2024

Bellata Gold Milling PhD.I Project #1:

Photo spectral properties of Durum flour from the “Golden Durum Triangle of Australia"

 Open Until Filled

Traveling Scholarships

Scholarships Available for Travel

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Closing Dates

Unless otherwise stated scholarships are available annually and applications can only be accepted during scholarship round dates

Keith & Dorothy Mackay Postgraduate Travelling Award

5 February 2024

6 May 2024

5 August 2024

4 November 2024

18 February 2024

19 May 2024

18 August 2024

17 November  2024

Mary Dolan Memorial Travelling Scholarship - Archaeological Fieldwork – HASS (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences)

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarships
Scholarships Available for Domestic Students Opening Dates Closing Dates
Unless otherwise stated scholarships are available annually and applications can only be accepted during scholarship round dates

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Degree Research Scholarship

 Open all year round 

Regional Mental Health Scholarships

1 x First Nations PhD Scholarship in Collaboration with Manna Institute

 Open until filled
Honours Scholarships

Scholarships Available for Honours Students

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Closing Dates

Unless otherwise stated scholarships are available annually and applications can only be accepted during scholarship round dates
AINSE Honours Scholarships Refer to website
UNE Donor Funded Scholarships and Awards 
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The A.G. and I.C. McCready PhD Scholarship

Ancient History and Classical Antiquities

$5,000pa1 February 2024Open until filled

J Doyle Memorial Scholarship

School of Environmental and Rural Science

$4,000pa1 February 2024Open until filled
Rod Gerber Memorial Award$1,0001 August 2023Open until filled
J H Bishop Postgraduate Scholarship in Classics and Ancient History $5,000pa9 January 2023Open until filled

Professor John Louis Dillon Memorial Scholarship

Agricultural Economics at UNE Business School

$10,0001 August 2023Awarded
A S Nivison Memorial Scholarship $5,0001 February 2024Open until filled
Sally Muir Agricultural Postgraduate Award 6 February 2024 31 March  2024
Flint Davidson Postgraduate Scholarship - Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences  Awarded
Baillieu Myer Postgraduate Scholarship  Awarded
Bill and Michelle Stewart Postgraduate Scholarship - Music  Awarded
Bill and Michelle Stewart Postgraduate Scholarship - Environmental and Rural Science  Awarded

Many Australian universities, charitable organisations, companies and research institutes offer grants and scholarships. For information on these schemes, please consult the Good Universities Guide.

Alternatively, you can view a list of other scholarship opportunities.

Contact the HDR Team