Higher Degree by Research Application Portal

2027 Domestic HDR Scholarship Round (including UWA International graduates) 

Research area: Research areas (all)
Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Scholarships

Research area: Research areas (all)
Opens: 01 Jan 2026
Closes: 31 Dec 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipResearch allowance

Advanced CFD Studies for Chemical Engineering Processes

Research area: Engineering
Opens: 12 Jan 2026
Closes: 01 Dec 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Alexander Juett Fellowship - PhD Top-up Scholarship in Agriculture

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarshipTravel allowance

Australian Goldfields History Scholarship

Research area: History, Heritage and Archaeology
Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Baillieu HDR Top-Up Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarship

Beatrice Mary & William Harvey Lee Travel Scholarship in Horticulture (Fruit)

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityTravel allowance

Bill and Paula Fraser PhD Scholarship in Medicine

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Breast Cancer Research Travel Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityTravel allowance

Bruce and Betty Green Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipResearch allowance

Charles & Annie Neumann PhD Scholarship in Agriculture

Research area: Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences
Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipResearch allowance

Co-creating communication approaches to support emissions reduction in agriculture

Research area: Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences
Opens: 01 Apr 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Constance Horsfall Research Scholarships in Education

Research area: Education
Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarshipResearch allowanceStipend scholarship

Dawkins PhD Top-up Scholarship in Pathology

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarshipResearch allowance

Domestic RTP Fee Offset Scholarship

Scholarship OpportunityTuition fee scholarship

Edward and Frank Moss PhD Scholarship in Agriculture

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipResearch allowance

Ernest and Evelyn Havill Shacklock Research Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

F. Mosey Travel Scholarship - Mechanical Engineering

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityTravel allowance

F.S. Shaw Memorial Postgraduate Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarship

Graduate Women WA Women in Science and Mathematics Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityResearch allowance

Hackett Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Research area: Research areas (all)
Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipTravel allowance

Harnessing terahertz radiation using micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)

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

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

High-Pressure Studies on Stimuli-Responsive Materials

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 31 Jul 2026
Closes: 31 Dec 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Hunka-Alter HDR Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Industry PhD Scholarship – Digital Finance CRC

Opens: 01 May 2025

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipOther allowanceTuition fee scholarshipResearch allowance

Industry PhD Top-up Scholarship – Digital Finance CRC

Opens: 01 May 2025

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarship

Jean Rogerson Postgraduate Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipTravel allowance

John Clauscen Murray HDR Scholarship in Bowel Cancer Research

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarship

Judith Arnold PhD Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Ken Clements PhD Scholarship

Research area: Economics
Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarshipTravel allowance

Kwongan Foundation PhD Top-up Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarship

Margaret and Herbert Horsfall Memorial Bursary in Fine Arts

Opens: 08 Oct 2026
Closes: 08 Nov 2026

Scholarship OpportunityTravel allowance

Mary Margaret Lee HDR Travel Scholarship in Music (Piano)

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityTravel allowance

Micro-electromechanical systems for manipulation of terahertz waves

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

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA) 2027 PhD Scholarships round

Closes: 02 Nov 2026

Scholarship Opportunity

Muriel Horsfall Research Scholarship in Education

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipTravel allowance

Next generation infrared sensing and imaging technologies

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

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Next generation optical MEMS technologies complemented with metamaterial functionalities

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

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Orthopaedic Research and Education Fund PhD Scholarship

Opens: 09 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarship

Paul Hasluck HDR Scholarship for Conservation of Native Flora

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipTravel allowance

RADAR: Reducing avoidable hospital transfers from residential aged care

Research area: Health Sciences

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarship

Reef fronted coastal dynamics, shoreline change & coastal risk in WA marine parks

Research area: Earth Sciences
Opens: 01 Jun 2026
Closes: 01 Dec 2026

Scholarship OpportunityTuition fee scholarshipStipend scholarship

Robert & Maude Gledden Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipResearch allowance

Rosa Mary & Harvey Lee Travel Scholarship in Horticulture (Floriculture)

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityTravel allowance

Rural and Regional University Postgraduate Award

Research area: Research areas (all)
Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Samaha Research Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Seadragon conservation in Southern Australia (ecology)

Research area: Biological Sciences
Opens: 01 Jun 2026
Closes: 11 Sept 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Seadragon conservation in Southern Australia (genomics)

Research area: Biological Sciences
Opens: 01 Jun 2026
Closes: 11 Sept 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Sir Eric Smart HDR Scholarship for Agricultural Research

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipTravel allowance

Special Circumstances University Postgraduate Award

Research area: Research areas (all)
Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Stan Perron PhD Scholarship in Child Health

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Stan Perron PhD Top-up Scholarship in Child Health

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarship

Sustained Sport Participation After Childbirth: A Longitudinal Study of the Psychosocial Pathways to Sport Re-engagement

Research area: Health Sciences
Opens: 01 Sept 2026
Closes: 25 Sept 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

The Elizabeth Clark PhD Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

The University Club of Western Australia Research Travel Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityTravel allowance

Towards Solid-State Nuclear Clock

Research area: Physical Sciences
Opens: 08 Oct 2026
Closes: 22 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

Vision-Language-Action World Models for Healthcare Robots

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

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship

War Widows' Guild of Western Australia Scholarship for Breast Cancer Research

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipResearch allowance

Wilbur and Violet Wright PhD Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarshipResearch allowance

William Lambden Owen Postgraduate Scholarship

Opens: 01 Oct 2026
Closes: 31 Oct 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend top up scholarshipResearch allowance

Youth Care / Population and Global Health PhD scholarship

Closes: 30 Jun 2026

Scholarship OpportunityStipend scholarship