Faculty of Science

Postgraduate research scholarships

From geoscience and agriculture to physics or chemistry scholarships, we have a wide range of options for domestic science students.

To find a scholarship that works for you, expand the relevant school and click on the scholarship title links. Alternatively, you can browse the full list of postgraduate scholarships for Faculty of Science students in the table below.

This page includes scholarships for both prospective and current domestic students.

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility	Open date	Close date
AINSE Postgraduate Research Award	$7500 pa	Postgraduate research student RTP scholarship recipient	1 February 2021	15 April 2021
Alexander Hugh Thurburn Stipend and Supplementary Scholarships	Minimum RTP stipend rate + $10,000 (up to 3 years)	Postgraduate research student in the Sydney Institute of Agriculture Applied for RTP Scholarship	December 2020	January 2021
Arthritis Australia Scholarships	See page details	Australian citizen or permanent resident Clinical, scientific or allied health professional Science or medicine graduate Undertake a thesis into arthritis and related disorders	See page details	See page details
Barry and Joy Lambert Cannabinoid Research Scholarships	$30,000 pa (for up to 3.5 years)	Future or current PhD student at the University Honours or master's degree qualified Research the therapeutic potential of cannabis and cannabinoids	N/A	N/A
Bowel Cancer Translational Research Scholarship	$10,000 (for up to 1.75 years)	Master's by research student High academic achiever	28 March 2019	14 May 2019
Bowel Cancer Translational Research Supplementary Scholarship	$10,000 stipend (for up to 3.5 years)	PhD student Hold an honours or master's degree in medicine or science	28 March 2019	14 May 2019
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Postgraduate Scholarships	$10,000 top-up scholarships $2500 travel scholarships	See page details	1 October 2019	11 November 2019
CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarship	See page details	See page details	14 August 2019	31 October 2019
DARE PhD Scholarships	Up to $40,000 pa (up to 3 years)	PhD student Support from your research supervisor Hold an Australian bachelor’s degree with honours or a master’s degree in engineering or science	1 May 2020	30 June 2020
Francis Henry Loxton Stipend and Supplementary Scholarships	Minimum RTP stipend rate + $10,000 (for up to 3 years)	Postgraduate research student in the Sydney Institute of Agriculture Applied for RTP Scholarship	December 2020	February 2021
CUAVA Research Scholarship	Various	MPhil or PhD student within the Faculty of Science or Engineering Research proposal that aligns with a CUAVA project	N/A	N/A
Dr Jennifer Foong Scholarship for Biomedical Research	RTP stipend (for up to 3 years)	PhD student Undertake biomedical research	TBC	TBC
Endocrine Society of Australia Awards, Grants, Scholarships and Fellowships	Various	Conduct research in the field of endocrinology Be a member of the society	Various	Various
John A Lamberton Research Scholarships	RTP stipends or $7000 (for up to 3 years)	Domestic postgraduate research student	TBC	TBC
Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics Supplementary Scholarships	$10,000 pa (for up to 3 years)	PhD student at the Brain and Mind Centre Recipient of a primary stipend scholarship	25 August 2020	24 September 2020
Richard Claude Mankin Scholarship – Water Conservation	RTP stipend rate (for up to 3.5 years)	Master's by research or PhD student Researching in the area of chemistry	28 July 2020	24 August 2020
Science Centenary Fund Scholarship	$5000	Offer to study a PhD Faculty of Science graduate Hold a primary stipend scholarship	N/A	N/A
Sydney Quantum Academy Postgraduate Scholarship	Various	Full-time PhD student at a partner university of the SQA Interested in a field related to quantum science and technology	TBC	TBC
The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Scholarships	Various	Researcher, scientist, cardiovascular nurse, allied health professional or healthcare worker working in cardiology CSANZ member	Various	Various
The McCaughey PhD Scholarship	Minimum RTP	Unconditional offer holder for a full-time PhD Hold an honours in animal sciences or master's degree with a substantial research component Willing to research sheep reproduction Applied and assessed for an RTP scholarship	15 July 2020	10 January 2021
Agnes Campbell Postgraduate Prize	TBC	Postgraduate student in the School of Chemistry	April 2020	May 2020
Bruce Veness Chandler Research Support Scholarship in Food Chemistry No 1	Various	Full-time PhD student in the School of Chemistry Working in food chemistry	TBC	TBC
Dr Joan R Clark Research Scholarship	Various	Domestic PhD candidate Researching inorganic chemistry Study overseas	TBC	TBC
Henry Bertie and Florence Mabel Gritton Medallist Award	$3000	University of Sydney Medallist Undertaking chemistry research	11 September 2020	24 September 2020
Henry Bertie and Florence Mabel Gritton Research Scholarship	Various	Commonwealth citizen or Australian permanent resident Master's by research or PhD student (chemistry)	TBC	TBC
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Computational Chemistry	RTP stipend rate (for up to 3 years)	Full-time PhD student in the School of Chemistry Research computational chemistry Hold an honours or master's degree Background in physical chemistry or chemical physics	5 August 2020	3 September 2020
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Thrombosis	RTP stipend rate (for up to 3 years)	Domestic student Full-time PhD at the School of Chemistry or School of Physics Background in chemistry or physics Hold an honours or master's degree	3 September 2020	16 September 2020
Postgraduate Scholarship in Drug Discovery Research	$60,000 pa (for up to 3 years)	Australian citizen or permanent resident Full-time PhD student at the School of Chemistry Hold a bachelor's and honours degree or master's by research	10 August 2020	24 August 2020
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Fragment Screening	$35,000 pa (for up to 3 years)	Domestic student Full-time PhD student at the School of Chemistry Research into fragment screening	15 July 2020	20 August 2020
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Targeted Degradation of Protein Kinases	$40,000	Domestic Full-time PhD with Faculty of Science Researching therapeutic Protein Kinases	14/9/2020	28/9/2020
Surface Coatings Association Australia Scholarship	Various	Master's or PhD student in the School of Chemistry Working in the area of surface coatings Hold a postgraduate scholarship	TBC	TBC
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in the Paleoecology of the Great Barrier Reef in Response to Environmental Changes	$28,092 per annum	Domestic Full-time PhD in the School of Geosciences Be willing to travel to remote field areas such as the Great Barrier Reef	21/09/2020	12/10/2020
DBH Scholarship	Various	Master's by research or PhD student Australian permanent resident, or citizen of a Commonwealth country or Germany	1 January 2020	15 February 2020
Edgeworth David Travelling Scholarship	Up to $7500	Full-time PhD or master's by research student in the School of Geosciences Conducting field studies in the south-western Pacific region Travel overseas	N/A	N/A
George Harris Scholarship (Geology and Geophysics)	$1200	PhD student at the School of Geoscience Researching geology or geophysics Completed 2 years of study	N/A	N/A
Research Scholarship in Spatio-Temporal Data Mining for Mineral Exploration	$35,000 pa (for up to 3 years)	Full-time PhD student at the School of Geosciences Hold an honours or master's degree	1 September 2020	30 September 2020
Christian Rowe Thornett Stipend and Supplementary Scholarships	Minimum RTP stipend rate + $10,000 (for up to 3 years)	Full-time PhD student Conduct research in the field of agriculture	2 December 2019	11 February 2020
Irvine Armstrong Watson Scholarship	$1000	Full-time master's by research or PhD student Research with the Sydney Institute of Agriculture	2 December 2019	11 February 2020
James Vincent Scholarship in Agricultural Microbiology (Supplementary)	$8000	Full-time PhD student in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences RTP scholarship recipient Researching agricultural microbiology	TBC	TBC
Research Scholarship in Hydrological Impacts of Natural Sequence Farming	RTP stipend rate (for up to 3 years)	Domestic full-time PhD student at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences Research the hydrological aspects of natural sequence farming Hold an honours or master's degree Fieldwork in Narrabri NSW	27 August 2020	17 September 2020
Scholarship in Soil Greenhouse Balance of Australian Livestock Production	RTP stipend rate (for up to 3 years)	PhD student in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences Australian citizen or permanent resident, or New Zealand citizen Honors or master's degree in a relevant discipline	10 June 2020	30 June 2020
The Thomas Lawrence Pawlett Stipend and Supplementary Scholarships	Minimum RTP stipend rate + $10,000 (for up to 3 years)	Postgraduate research student in the Sydney Institute of Agriculture Applied for RTP Scholarship	2 December 2019	11 February 2020
William George Murrell Supplementary Scholarship	$10,000	PhD student in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences Researching microbiology Awarded an RTP Scholarship	TBC	TBC
KE Bullen International Conference Scholarship	Up to $3500	Full-time PhD student in applied mathematics Completed first annual progress report Presenting at a major overseas academic conference	TBC	TBC
Philipp Hofflin International Research Travel Scholarship	$7000	Full-time maths PhD student Completed first year annual progress report Travelling to an overseas host institution to undertake research for up to two months	TBC	TBC
CSIRO Alumni Scholarship in Physics	$6000	See page details	1 October 2019	29 November 2019
Hunstead Student Support Scholarship	$5000	PhD or master's by research student in the School of Physics Researching astronomy Hold an honours or master's degree in a relevant discipline Demonstrate financial hardship Supported by your supervisor	Ongoing	Ongoing
Nanoparticle-Based Biomolecule Detection Systems Research Scholarship	Minimum RTP stipend rate (for up to 3 years)	Full-time PhD student Research nanoparticle-based biomolecule detection systems Hold an honours or master's degree	27 August 2020	24 September 2020
Plasma Surface Modification for Biomedical Devices Research Scholarship	Minimum RTP stipend rate (for up to 3 years)	Future PhD student Research plasma surface modification Background in physics, chemistry, engineering, materials science or biomedical sciences	27 August 2020	24 September 2020
The Edna Briggs Scholarship in Physics	up to $6000	PhD or master's by research student in the School of Physics	15 May 2020	15 June 2020
The Hunstead Merit Award for Astrophysics	$5000	PhD student with a primary supervisor at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy Domestic student Undergraduate degree from another university	N/A	N/A
Campbell Perry International Research Scholarship	$6000	Full-time PhD student in the School of Psychology Hold a primary scholarship from the University that provides a stipend allowance Planning to travel overseas for your PhD in 2021	March 2021	April 2021
Lucy Firth Sydney University Postgraduate Scholarship	$10,000	Australian citizen or permanent resident PhD student in the School of Psychology	March 2021	April 2021
The Tanya Sackville Memorial Scholarship in Clinical Psychology	$12,5000 (approx.)	Australian citizen or permanent resident MCP or MCP/PhD student Enrolled in MCP units Demonstrate financial need	1 February 2021	1 March 2021
Winifred O'Neill Sydney University Postgraduate Scholarship	$3500	Australian citizen or permanent resident Postgraduate research student in the School of Psychology	March 2021	April 2021
Betty Rosalie Richards Clinical Residency Scholarship	$42,000 (for up to 3 years)	Master of Veterinary Studies or Master of Veterinary Clinical Studies student, or Postgraduate research student in veterinary science and animal production	N/A	N/A
Combined Master's in Veterinary Studies/Clinical Studies Scholarship	$43,000 (for up to 3 years)	Australian citizen or permanent resident Studying Master of Veterinary Studies and Master of Veterinary Clinical Studies	N/A	N/A
Francis Henry Loxton Scholarship (Veterinary Science)	RTP Stipend Rate (for up to 3 years)	Male Studying master's by research or PhD Research in the ares of veterinary science and animal production RTP Scholarship applicant	1 November 2020	18 November 2020
Hugh Hughes Scholarship	Minimum or 50% of RTP stipend rate or $10,000 (for up to 3 years)	Postgraduate research student in veterinary science and animal production Also applied for RTP scholarship	1 November 2020	18 November 2020
James Ramage Wright Supplementary Scholarship	$10,000 (for up to 3 years)	Postgraduate research student in the Faculty of Science Researching animal husbandry and animal production Primary scholarship holder	1 November 2020	18 November 2020
Lionel Marcellus Lonsdale Scholarship	Minimum or 50% of RTP stipend rate or $10,000 (for up to 3 years)	Postgraduate research student in veterinary science and animal production Researching diseases of domestic animals and treatment Also applied for RTP scholarship	1 November 2020	18 November 2020
Marjorie Gwendolin Turner Scholarship	Minimum or 50% of RTP stipend rate or $10,000 (for up to 3 years)	Postgraduate research student in veterinary science and animal production Also applied for RTP scholarship	1 November 2020	18 November 2020
The Jean Walker Trust Fellowship	Minimum or 50% of RTP stipend rate or $10,000 (for up to 3 years)	Postgraduate research student in veterinary science and animal production Researching animal diseases Also applied for RTP scholarship	1 November 2020>	18 November 2020
TJ Robinson Travelling Scholarship	$5000	Postgraduate research student in veterinary science and animal production Researching animal science	1 November 2020	18 November 2020