Sydney Law School

Postgraduate research scholarships

We have a range of scholarships for international students undertaking a postgraduate research degree in law.

To find a scholarship that works for you, browse the full list of postgraduate research scholarships for Sydney Law School students in the table below.

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

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility	Open date	Close date
Ivan Roberts Scholarship	$50,000	Bachelor of Laws or Juis Doctor recent graduate Full-time postgraduate student	1 September 2022	27 November 2022
John O'Brien Memorial Research Scholarship in Criminal Law and Criminology	University of Sydney RTP stipend rate	PhD, MCrim (Research) or LLM (Research) student Research criminal law and/or criminology Hold an honours degree or master's degree in law or a relevant discipline.	30 May 2022	31 October 2022
Judge Ralph J Perdriau Postgraduate Research International Scholarship in Common Law	Tuition fees, SSAF, OSHC, stipend	PhD or LLM by research in the Sydney Law School Conduct research in common law Hold an honours or master's degree in law	30 May 2022	31 October 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Law and Transnational Regulation	$28,612 p.a. (up to 3 years)	Full-time PhD student at the Sydney Law School Hold an honours or master's degree Research on the effects of transnational financial regulation in Australia	Ongoing	Ongoing
Reca Stone Postgraduate Scholarship in Legal Theory (Primary)	University of Sydney RTP stipend rate	Full-time PhD student Conduct research in the discipline of legal theory Hold an honours degree or master's degree in law	30 May 2022	31 October 2022
The George and Matilda Harris Scholarship	University of Sydney RTP stipend rate	PhD, MCrim (Research) or LLM (Research) student Willingness to conduct research in law Hold an honours degree or master's degree in law	30 May 2022	31 October 2022
The Julian Small Research Scholarship in Labour Law	University of Sydney RTP stipend rate	PhD or LLM (Research) full-time student Conduct research in the discipline of labour law Hold an honours degree or master's degree in law	30 May 2022	31 October 2022
WA Cooke, Jane Cooke and Alfred Godfrey Scholarship (Primary)	University of Sydney RTP stipend rate	PhD, MCrim (Research) or LLM (Research) full-time student Willingness to conduct research in law Hold an honours or master's degree in law	30 May 2022	31 October 2022
WA Cooke, Jane Cooke and Alfred Godfrey Scholarship (Supplementary)	$10,000	PhD, MCrim (Research) or LLM (Research) full-time student RTP Stipend Scholarship recipient Not been awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Research Scholarship	30 May 2022	31 October 2022
Reca Stone Postgraduate Scholarship in Legal Theory (Supplementary)	$20,000 p.a. (up to 3 years)	PhD full-time student Research in the discipline of legal theory RTP Stipend Scholarship recipient Not been awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Research Scholarship	30 May 2022	31 October 2022
The Walter Reid Scholarship	Up to $10,000	Enrolled in a research degree in the Sydney Law School Undertaking research in law Plan to research overseas	01 Febuary 2023	31 May 2023