Faculty of Science

Postgraduate research scholarships

From chemistry and veterinary sciences to agriculture or psychology scholarships, we have a wide range of options for international 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 research scholarships for Faculty of Science students in the table below.

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

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility	Open date	Close date
Barry and Joy Lambert Cannabinoid Research Scholarships	$30,000 pa (for up to 3.5 years)	Future or current PhD student at the University Hold an Honours or master's degree Research the therapeutic potential of cannabis and cannabinoids	20 July 2022	2 August 2022
CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarship	Various	Full-time PhD student in Australia See page details	See page details	See page details
DARE PhD Scholarships (Science)	Up to $40,000 p.a. (up to 3 years)	Future full-time 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	Ongoing
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
Faculty of Science HDR Supplementary Scholarships	$5000-15,000 p.a. (up to 3 years)	Domestic/international student Masters by Research or PhD Hold a primary scholarship	N/A	N/A
Faculty of Science Research Tuition Fee Scholarship	Academic course fees (up to 1.75 to 3.5 years)	International student HDR student in the Faculty of Science Holds a scholarship that provides a stipend	N/A	N/A
John A Lamberton Research Scholarship	minimum RTP stipend or $7500 (for up to 3 years)	Masters by Research or PhD student Enroled in Engineering, Medicine and Health or Science Research into natural products and/or relationships between chemical structure and biological activity	15 January 2022 1 August 2022	23 February 2022 26 August 2022
Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics Supplementary Scholarships	$10,000 p.a (up to 3.5 years)	PhD student at the Brain and Mind Centre Recipient of a primary stipend scholarship	20 July 2022	2 August 2022
Science Centenary Fund Scholarship	$5000	Offer to study a PhD in the Faculty of Science Faculty of Science graduate Hold a primary stipend scholarship	N/A	N/A
Scholarship in Phage Therapy for Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Infection	$40,000 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	PhD student in the Faculty of Science Undertake a research project named, ‘Phage Therapy for Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Infection.’	13 May 2022	26 May 2022
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	30 March 2022	04 May 2022

Agnes Campbell Research Scholarship	$28,854 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student PhD in Chemistry Reseach involving Organic Chemistry	29 April 2022	10 June 2022
Henry Bertie and Florence Mabel Gritton Medallist Award	$3000	University of Sydney Medallists Undertaking chemistry research	TBC	TBC
Henry Bertie and Florence Mabel Gritton Research Scholarship	Various	Commonwealth citizen or Australian permanent resident PhD student (chemistry)	TBC	TBC
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Amorphous Materials Characterisation	$35,950 p.a. stipend and tuition fees (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student PhD in Chemistry Research into in structure and properties of amorphous materials	11 July 2022	12 August 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Chiral Nano-optics	$28,854 per annum (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student Research in toptical spectroscopy and nano-optics Hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a Master's degree Strong background in physical chemistry or chemical physics	30 May 2022	24 June 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Computational Chemistry	$28,854 p.a.(up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student Full-time PhD student in the School of Chemistry Research computational chemistry	1 August 2022	31 August 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship Development of Advanced Porous Materials for Hydrogen Storage	$28,854 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic or international student PhD in Chemistry Research into metal organic frameworks and/or other porous materials.	18 May 2022	6 June 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Development of Advanced Porous Materials for Hydrogen Storage	$28,854 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic or international student PhD in Chemistry Research into developing porous materials for hydrogen storage and/or hydrogen generation	18 May 2022	6 June 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Fluorescent Sensing	$28,854 p.a. (up to 1.75-3.5 years)	Domestic/international student Masters or PhD in Chemistry Research into fluorescence sensing systems	2 May 2022	10 June 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Fuel Cell Design	$28,854 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student PhD in Chemistry Research into Fuel Cell Design	26 July 2022	8 August 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Supramolecular Chemistry	$28,854 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	International student PhD with the School of Chemistry Research into transmembrane anion transport	15 March 2022	28 March 2022
The L E R Tonnet and Family Scholarship in Chemistry	$28,854 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Masters by Reseach or PhD students Research in physical chemistry Hold an honours or masters	15 January 2022 1 August 2022	23 February 2022 26 August 2022

Plant and Microbial Organic Compounds in Organic Matter (Project 1)	Minimum Australian Government RTP Stipend rate (for up to 3 years)	PhD student in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences Must conduct research to assess whether organic compounds in mineral associated organic matter (MAOM) originate directly from plants or from microbially processed matter Hold an honours or master's degree	8 August 2022	19 August 2022
Plant and Microbial Organic Compounds in Organic Matter (Project 2)	Minimum Australian Government RTP Stipend rate (for up to 3 years)	PhD student in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences Must conduct research into the stability of the organic matter associated with different clay minerals in the presence of plant roots Hold an honours or master's degree	8 August 2022	19 August 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Dairy Science (Designer Milk)	$40,000 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic or international student Masters by Research or PhD in Life and Environmental Sciences Research into the balance of greenhouse gases of dairy production	18 May 2022	14 June 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Dairy Science (genotype x environment interactions)	$40,000 p.a. and SSAF (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic or international student PhD in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences Research into the cause and influences behind major anti-nutritional factors of Kikuyu grass	29 April 2022	29 June 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Feed Grain Quality for Poultry Production	$28,854 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student PhD with SOLES Research into poultry nutrition research for sustainable chicken-meat production	10 August 2022	23 August 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Fragment Based Drug Discovery	$32,304 p.a. (up to 1.75 - 3 years)	Masters by Research or PhD student Researching fragment-based drug discovery Hold an honours or masters degree	3 May 2021	24 May 2021
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Myrtle Rust	$35,629 p.a. (up to 3 years)	Domestic/international student Postgraduate research student in the Faculty of Science Researching the plant pathogen myrtle rust	15 June 2021	28 June 2021
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Poultry Nutrition	$28,854 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student PhD with SOLES Research into poultry nutrition research for sustainable chicken-meat production	10 August 2022	23 August 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Urban Bat Ecology	$5,000 p.a. (up to 3 years)	International student Masters by Research or PhD in Life and Environmental Sciences Research into the social dynamics of urban bats	28 July 2022	10 August 2022
Transitioning Australian Pulses into Protein-based Food Industries	$35,000 p.a. or $10,000 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic or international student PhD at the University of Sydney research Transitioning Australian Pulses into Protein-based Food Industries	14 June 2022	30 June 2022

Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Cancer Evolution Modelling	$28,854 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student PhD with Mathematics and Statistics Research in mathematical biology	5 July 2022	18 July 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Human Evolution Modelling	$28,854 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student PhD with Mathematics and Statistics Research in mathematical biology	5 July 2022	18 July 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Mathematics and Statistics	$35,950 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student Masters by Research or PhD with Mathematics and Statistics Research in mathematics (pure/applied) and statistics	N/A	N/A
Postgraduate Research Stipend Scholarship in Graded Representation Theory	$28,870 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student PhD in Mathematics and Statistics Research in Graded Representation Theory of quiver Hecke algebras	20 July 2022	2 August 2022

Computational materials discovery for new room-temperature superconductors	$30,000 p.a. (up to 3 years)	Domestic/international student PhD in Physics Research into Superconductors	23 June 2022	21 July 2022
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
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Asteroseismology	$35,950 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student PhD in Physics Research into stellar astrophysics	2 August 2022	5 September 2022
Postgraduate Research Stipend Scholarship in Dark Matter Detection	$32,662 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	PhD full-time in the Faculty of Science Research into dark matter detection Must hold an First Class or Second Class Upper Honours degree or Masters degree Primay supervisor must be Dr Ciaran O’Hare	23 May 2022	20 June 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Quantum Control	$35,697 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	Full-time PhD student at the Faculty of Science Researching projects within the Quantum Control Laboratory	22 March 2021	Ongoing
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Quantum Optics Theory	$35,000 p.a. (up to 3.5 years)	PhD with the School of Physics Research into quantum optics	14 July 2022	14 September 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Radio Follow-up of Gravitational Wave Events	$35,950 p.a. (up to 3.6 years)	International student PhD in Physics Research into radio follow-up of gravitational wave events	08 August 2022	19 August 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Sustainability Assessment of Recovery Technologies	$28,854 p.a. (up to 3 years)	Domestic/international student PhD in Science Research into sustainability assessment of recovery technologies	21 July 2022	3 August 2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Solar Research	$28,854 p.a. (1.75 - 3.5 years)	Domestic/international student Masters by Research or PhD with the Solar Research Group	9 August 2022	22 August 2022
Postgraduate Research Supplementary Scholarship in Terahertz Nanophotonics	$5000 p.a. for 1 year	Postgraduate research student in the Faculty of Science Researching chip-scale terahertz nano-spectroscopic devices Background in physics or electrical engineering Primary scholarship holder	22 March 2021	Ongoing
The University of Sydney Nano Institute Student Ambassador Scholarship	$5000	hold a primary stipend scholarship have an unconditional offer or be enrolled full-time in a PhD at the University conduct research in the areas of nanoscale science and technology	TBC	TBC

Francis Henry Loxton Scholarship (Veterinary Science)	Various	Male Studying master's by research or PhD Research in the ares of veterinary science and animal production RTP Scholarship applicant	TBC	TBC
Hugh Hughes Scholarship	Various	Postgraduate research student in veterinary science and animal production Also applied for RTP scholarship	N/A	N/A
James Ramage Wright Supplementary Scholarship	$10,000 (up to 3 years)	Postgraduate research student in the Faculty of Science Researching animal husbandry and animal production Primary scholarship holder	TBC	TBC
TJ Robinson Travelling Scholarship	$5000	Postgraduate research student in veterinary science and animal production Researching animal science	TBC	TBC