Higher Degree by Research Application Portal

A2M2: AI Augmentation in Modern Medicine

Research area: Information and Computing Sciences

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AI for astronomy: Automated modelling and quantification of galaxies and star clusters

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Aug 2026
Closes: 15 Sept 2026

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A Multiphase View of Galaxy Transformation in the Virgo Cluster

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 22 Jun 2026
Closes: 01 Jan 2028

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A Physics-Informed Machine Learning Framework for Geology-Constrained Gravity and Magnetic Inversion

Research area: Earth Sciences
Opens: 01 Aug 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

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Application of TCR sequencing to understand how an individual’s immune system contributes to cancer therapy success

Research area: Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Opens: 27 Feb 2026
Closes: 31 Dec 2026

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Assessing coastal impacts and performance of artificial reefs

Research area: Earth Sciences
Opens: 04 May 2026
Closes: 03 May 2027

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AUSTRALIA’s HIDDEN MINERALS

Research area: Engineering
Opens: 01 May 2026
Closes: 30 Jun 2027

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Avoiding extinction: predictors of local adaptation in the wild

Research area: Biological Sciences
Opens: 01 Jan 2026
Closes: 31 Dec 2027

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Brian Metcalf PhD Project in Biological Chemistry: Exploring Redox Cofactors' Synergy

Research area: Chemical Sciences
Opens: 31 Aug 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

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Brian Metcalf PhD project in Biological Chemistry- Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Research area: Chemical Sciences
Opens: 31 Aug 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

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Can sharing the “mental load” close the leadership gender gap?

Research area: Psychology
Opens: 01 May 2026
Closes: 31 Aug 2026

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Dark Galaxies

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 27 Aug 2024
Closes: 31 Jul 2026

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Development and application of new workflows for data integration in geometrical inversion and model space exploration.

Research area: Earth Sciences
Opens: 20 Apr 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

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Disrupting Copper Homeostasis to Enhance Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy in Mesothelioma

Research area: Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Opens: 01 Oct 2025
Closes: 01 Dec 2026

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Effects of dry needling for balance and postural control in Parkinson's disease

Research area: Health Sciences
Opens: 12 Jun 2025
Closes: 02 Jun 2026

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Explainable AI in medical research

Research area: Biological Sciences
Opens: 18 Aug 2025
Closes: 31 Dec 2029

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Exploring Low-Bit-Depth Representations for Spiking Neural Networks

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 10 Feb 2025
Closes: 10 Feb 2029

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Exploring Personality in AI

Research area: Information and Computing Sciences

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Free-Space Laser Communications

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Jul 2024

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Free-space laser timing and positioning

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 07 Jun 2024
Closes: 12 Dec 2030

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From reef to beach: quantifying eco-geomorphic processes to enhance management of WA marine parks

Research area: Earth Sciences
Opens: 04 May 2026
Closes: 03 May 2027

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Galactic winds across the spectrum: From telescopes to simulations

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Aug 2026
Closes: 01 Jan 2028

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Galaxy Formation in State of the Art Cosmological Simulations

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 31 Jul 2024
Closes: 30 Nov 2029

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Genomic and Phenotypic Characterisation of Inherited Hearing Loss in WA Kids

Research area: Biological Sciences
Opens: 12 Aug 2026
Closes: 30 Sept 2026

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High precision rotation sensors

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 17 Mar 2025
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

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Illuminating Dark Matter and Black Holes

Research area: Physical Sciences

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Intensity Mapping

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Aug 2025
Closes: 31 Dec 2026

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Keeping pace with the torrent in data intensive astronomy

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Aug 2024
Closes: 02 Sept 2029

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Machine Learning Methods for Imaging with Interferometres

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Aug 2024
Closes: 30 Sept 2029

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Measuring motions in the Local Universe, with Next Generation methods and SKA-VLBI

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Aug 2024
Closes: 02 Sept 2029

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Micro-electromechanical technology for harnessing terahertz waves

Research area: Engineering
Opens: 01 Feb 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

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Modelling the sedimentary signature of East Antarctic glacial change

Research area: Earth Sciences
Opens: 02 Mar 2026
Closes: 31 Aug 2026

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Molecular and physiological basis for resilience in temperate seaweed forests

Opens: 01 Aug 2026
Closes: 15 Sept 2026

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Multimodality imaging of the sympathetic nervous system

Research area: Health Sciences

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Numerical simulation of brittle-ductile shear-zones

Research area: Earth Sciences
Opens: 27 Jul 2026
Closes: 16 Sept 2026

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Ocular biomarkers of diabetes and its association with peripheral vascular disease in the lower limb: A window to the sole

Research area: Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Opens: 27 Feb 2026
Closes: 25 Feb 2028

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Optical Springs and Optomechanical Interactions for beating the quantum limit in gravitational wave detectors

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Apr 2025
Closes: 30 Nov 2026

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Outflows and the early stages of high-mass star formation

Opens: 01 Dec 2025
Closes: 30 Jun 2026

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Physics of Galactic Bars

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Jul 2025
Closes: 01 Aug 2027

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Prediction of Observing Conditions at Radio Frequencies

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Aug 2024
Closes: 28 Sept 2029

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Probing the roles bacteria play in infant health: Investigations into the glycobiology of human milk oligosaccharides.

Research area: Chemical Sciences
Opens: 28 Aug 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

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Quantitative Study of the Impact of Advanced Lossy Compression Techniques on Radio Astronomy Science Results

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Aug 2024
Closes: 01 Oct 2029

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Quantum Technologies for Astronomy

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Jul 2024
Closes: 01 Jan 2030

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Radio Astronomy Instrumentation

Research area: Engineering
Opens: 01 Jul 2024
Closes: 01 Jan 2030

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Safe and Quality Care in Older Adults

Research area: Biomedical and Clinical Sciences

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Scaling Resilience: Molecular High-Throughput Adaptation Strategies for Coral Resilience

Research area: Biological Sciences
Opens: 04 May 2026
Closes: 18 May 2027

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Sleep in Residential Aged Care

Research area: Biomedical and Clinical Sciences

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Space filling curve based optimization for multi-D data distribution

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Aug 2024
Closes: 28 Sept 2029

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Spiking Neural Networks for Fast and Efficient Transient Event Detection in Astronomy

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 10 Feb 2025
Closes: 10 Feb 2029

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Spiking Neural Networks for High-Speed Pulsar Detection in Radio Astronomy

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 10 Feb 2025
Closes: 10 Feb 2029

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Spiking Neural Networks for Scalable Source Detection in Large-Scale Radio Surveys

Opens: 10 Feb 2025
Closes: 10 Feb 2029

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Strengthening the enabling environment for adoption and scaling of low emissions on-farm solutions

Research area: Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences
Opens: 01 May 2026
Closes: 30 Oct 2026

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Tackling bacteria head on: Investigating new therapeutic targets for treating important bacterial infections.

Research area: Chemical Sciences
Opens: 28 Aug 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

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Targeting Lipid Metabolism to Improve Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Background

Research area: Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Opens: 01 Oct 2025
Closes: 01 Dec 2026

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The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems

Research area: Engineering
Opens: 01 Feb 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

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The Co-Evolution of Galaxies and their Environment

Research area: Physical Sciences

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The Evolution of Mass, Energy and Structure

Opens: 01 Jul 2025
Closes: 15 Sept 2026

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The HI mass function of galaxies and its variation with environment

Research area: Physical Sciences

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The life cycle of galaxies: gas accretion, star formation, and feedback

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 30 Jun 2026
Closes: 31 Dec 2027

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The properties of galaxies in the early universe

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 01 Jul 2025
Closes: 30 Sept 2027

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Thrombus imaging with PET

Research area: Health Sciences

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Tracing Angular Momentum Transformation in Galaxies From Protohaloes to the Present-Day

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 08 Jul 2025
Closes: 05 Jul 2027

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Understanding the Origins of Galaxy Properties Using Machine Learning

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 29 Jun 2026
Closes: 29 Jun 2028

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Unlocking the potential of marine microbial enzymes for blue biotechnology

Research area: Biological Sciences
Opens: 03 Aug 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

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Vision-Language-Action World Models for Healthcare Robots

Research area: Information and Computing Sciences
Opens: 10 Sept 2026
Closes: 31 Dec 2029

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Visual Grounding

Research area: Information and Computing Sciences
Opens: 11 Aug 2026
Closes: 31 Dec 2027

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