RTP International Scholarship

Scholarship Information:

The scholarship provides:

  • A stipend of AUD$32,192.00 (2024 base rate) per annum tax-free for full-time students, paid in fortnightly installments
  • HDR Course tuition fees
  • Family Overseas Health Insurance

Important Information:

  • The duration of an RTP Stipend Scholarship is three years full-time for a doctoral degree, or two years for a research Master's degree. This award cannot be extended.
  • All applications are assessed on academic merit and research potential.

Eligibility Requirements:

To be eligible for a RTP Stipend Scholarship, you must:

  • To be eligible for a RTP Stipend, RTP Fees Offset or RTP Allowance a student must be a domestic student or an overseas student enrolled in an accredited HDR course of study at an Australian HEP.
  • To be eligible for a RTP Stipend a student must not be receiving income from another source to support that student’s general living costs while undertaking their course of study if that income is greater than 75 per cent of that student’s RTP Stipend rate. Income unrelated to the student’s course of study or income received for the student’s course of study but not for the purposes of supporting general living costs is not to be taken into account.
  • To be eligible for a RTP Fees Offset a student must not be receiving an equivalent award or scholarship from the Commonwealth designed to offset HDR fees.

For the full Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship conditions, please see the conditions of the award. Further information about these scholarships can be found on the UNE HDR Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship Policy webpage and in the Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines (Research) 2017.

Opening DateClosing Date
12 February 202422 March 2024
12 August 202420 September 2024

How to Apply:

Applicants must meet UNE’s admission requirements for a PhD program. Please see the entry requirements. Applicants must have applied for candidature if they wish to apply for a scholarship. For more information on submitting a candidature application please see our how to apply/enrol webpage.

To apply for the scholarship please review the below guidelines and complete the application form:

Scholarship and candidature applications can be submitted through AskUNE.

Supervisor Statement of Support

  • All applicants must submit a Statement of Support from their Principal Supervisor. The University will not request statements on your behalf.
  • This statement should be no more than 500 words and should outline alignment of the applicant’s research proposal with the School research priorities and provide a clear indication of the level of support of the student’s project. There is no specific form for the statement of support and it can be submitted direct to Graduate Research School by the supervisor via email to graduate-school@une.edu.au or it may be supplied by the Supervisor to the student for attachment to this application.

Referee Reports

  • All applicants must provide two referee reports. The University will not request reports on your behalf.
  • Referees must be qualified to speak with knowledge about the applicants work during the qualification most relevant to this application and on your capacity for research. If you are also basing this application on relevant work experience/training, at least one referee must be able to comment on relevant experience. Applicants must provide contact details of referees on the scholarship application. Please refer to the Conflict of Interest Policy

Applicants must request their referees to submit their written reports directly to the University using the HDR Referee's Report Form.

For further information please contact Graduate Research School through the AskUNE.