The scholarships and other funding opportunities listed here are for current research degree students. If you are a future student, please visit Australian or international applicants.

All living allowance scholarships are associated with a research project, usually for full-time studentsIf you are a current student who would like to apply for a living allowance scholarship please speak to your supervisor or Research Degree Coordinator in the first instance.  

Where a year is not listed in the closing date, the same date applies every year.

University Wide Scholarships

Scholarship name Discipline area Eligibility How to apply Closing date
Ability Grants Any   PDF file (78kb) Anytime
Completion scholarships Any   RTF file or Word 28 February and 1 August
Fee-relief scholarships Any   Application form (PDF 64KB) Various, depending on research period
International Travel Grants Any   Application form 24 March 2023
Maurice de Rohan International Scholarship Any   Application form TBA
The Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize Any Thesis Prize will be awarded to the most outstanding research thesis passed and leading to a Doctor of Philosophy  Students for the award will be nominated by institute directors, directors of research centres or deans research (or equivalent)  
Vacation Research Scholarships Any UniSA Honours students Vacation Research Scholarships Mid September
Vice Chancellor and President's Scholarship To be Determined   Currently under review to align with Project Based PhD model To be Determined


Area-specific scholarships

For more university wide area-specific scholarship available to research degree students see:

Scholarship name Discipline area Eligibility How to apply Closing date

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Master of Research Grant

UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences (Nursing and Midwifery)

Awarded to a financially disadvantaged *Aboriginal student enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood, Primary or Primary and Middle streams) and studying full-time

Please express your interest about the grant to the RBRC Director via rbrc@unisa.edu.au or call 08 8302 2129 Applications open 01/03/2022 until filled
BPW Adelaide Heather Southcott Memorial Grant Pharmacy and Medical Science $5000 Apply online On hold for 2022
Chris Adams UniSA Research Grant Brain tumour research $5,000 Student Portal My Scholarships Application opens from 13/10/2021 to 07/11/2021
Dr Terry Farquharson Pharmacy PhD Top-Up Scholarship PhD program in Pharmaceutical Science (or related field)

Be enrolled (full time or part time) in a PhD program in Pharmaceutical Science (or related field)

Student Portal My Scholarships accessed via your myUniSA student portal Applications Close 26/03/2023
Emily Trott Ovarian Cancer PhD Top-Up
Scholarship
Ovarian cancer $5000 per year for 3 years More info On hold for 2022
Gould Experimental Science Grant Science (including the social sciences) UniSA Honours & PhD students Personal written statement Applications Close 19/03/2023
Graham Arnold Travel Grant Corporate Social Responsibility and/or International Management and International Business $5,000 More info Not being offered in 2021
Jennifer McKay Innovative Socio Legal Research Grant Innovative socio-legal research $1,500 Student Portal My Scholarships Application opens from 01/03/2022 to 18/03/2022
Marcia Nicholl Research Top Up Scholarship Female student who commence as PhD or Master of Research Up to $24,000 to be paid as a top-up stipend Apply through My Scholarships, accessed via your myUniSA student portal Application opens from 22/08/2022 to 09/09/2022
Ruth Rentschler Research Grant
Leisure management (tourism, sport or arts management) $4,000 Apply online On hold for 2022
Saab Defence Technology PhD Top-Up
Scholarship
Modelling and Analysis, Cyber Security, Mixed and Augmented Reality,
 Autonomous Systems
$10,000 per year More info Application opens from 03/02/2021 to 15/03/2021.
SIDA Foundation PhD Scholarship Interior Design $5,000 per annum for 3 years More info Not being offered in 2022
Sydney Ball Friends of the South Australian School of Art International Travel Grant UniSA Creative $4000 Please direct any queries to

CTV-Research@unisa.edu.au

The end of October
UniSA Education Futures, Timely Submission Scholarship Division of Education Arts and Social Sciences $4,000 More info August
Zero Waste SA Pam Keating Memorial Scholarship Sustainable design and behaviour Honours, Masters degrees N/A Varies, around end March

 

Overseas opportunities for research degree students

The scholarships and other funding opportunities listed below are for current students. If you are a future student, visit Australian or international applicants. If you are a current research degree student wishing to apply for an APA or USAPA scholarship, please visit how to apply.

See also funding information for researchers for details of Australian and international funding opportunities for researchers.

This list is not exhaustive and there may be more opportunities available – we recommend you do some internet searching of your own!


Research opportunities

Scholarship Indicative research area
Australia to America Educational Fellowships Business, health sciences, information technology, engineering and the environment
Australia-Israel Scientific Exchange Foundation Any
Australia-Korea Foundation Scholarship Program Research in a field of study important to the Australia-Korea relationship
Environmental Research and Education Foundation, USA Information technology, engineering and the environment
Erasmus Mundus Programme Any
European Molecular Biology Laboratory Australia Life sciences
Finnish Government Scholarships Any
German Academic Exchange Service scholarships and funding Education, arts and social sciences; Information technology, engineering and the environment
International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management Water
Japanese Government Scholarships Any
Macquarie Group Stanford Fellowship Business
Mexican Government Scholarship Program Any
Study in Holland Any
Swiss Government Excellence Research Scholarships Any
Taiwan Fellowship Education, arts and social sciences (Taiwan and Chinese specific)
Studying in switzerland Any

The Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize

Emeritus Professor Ian Davey

Emeritus Professor Ian Davey

The Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize fund supports a prize to acknowledge the most outstanding research thesis by a University of South Australia research degree student leading to a Doctor of Philosophy degree. The award aims to encourage the recipient to travel overseas and undertake research. See a list of past awardees.

 


Prize criteria

The Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize will be awarded to the most outstanding research thesis passed and leading to a Doctor of Philosophy in the preceding calendar year. The prize is a prestigious honour and may not be awarded in a year should the selection committee consider there is no meritorious student.

Students for the award will be nominated by institute directors, directors of research centres or deans research (or equivalent), by the end of December, for presentation at a graduation ceremony in the following year.

The prize will be normally awarded to a thesis of excellence that is:

  • passed without changes or only with minor changes of an editorial nature
  • noted for the quality, international standing and location of the examiners and the content of their reports
  • accepted or most likely to be accepted for publication
  • likely to have a significant impact on communities beyond the University

 

Selection committee and management of the award

The selection committee consists of the following members who will recommend the winner to the Vice Chancellor and provide a brief report to the Foundation Committee:

  • The Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President: Research and Enterprise, or like member of the Senior Management Group
  • The Dean of Graduate Studies, or like member of the University
  • Emeritus Professor Ian Davey, or in the event of his unavailability, a senior respected University researcher
  • The selection committee is convened by the Scholarshis and Candidature Manager.

The Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize fund will be managed and administered by Student and Academic Services Scholarships and Candidature team.

 

Value

The Ian Davey Research Thesis prize is $5,000.

The Foundation Committee will determine the level of the prize recognising that the intention is for the prize to be awarded in perpetuity.

Contributions to the fund may be accepted from various sources but the name of the prize shall remain unchanged.

 

About Emeritus Professor Ian Davey

The Ian Davey Research Thesis Prize fund exists thanks to the generosity of Emeritus Professor Ian Davey

Emeritus Professor Ian Davey retired from the University of South Australia in 2006, having served as Pro Vice Chancellor (Research & International) from 1994 to 2003 and Pro Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) from 2004 to 2006. Prior to joining UniSA, he was the inaugural Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Adelaide from 1991 to 1994 and Chair of its Research Committee from 1987 to 1990. 

His academic background is in social and demographic history with a particular interest in the impact of industrialisation on childhood experience. He was President of the Australian & New Zealand History of Education Society in 1987, Chair of the Deputy & Pro Vice Chancellors Research Committee in 1997 and a member of the Commonwealth Government's Research Quality Framework Development Advisory Group in 2006.  

Professor Davey was also an inaugural member of the South Australian Premier's Science & Research Council and has served on the boards, of both Luminis and ITEK, the commercial arms of the University of Adelaide and UniSA. He has also been on the boards of TGR Biosciences, the Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, the History Trust of South Australia and numerous Cooperative Research Centres. 

Approved by Research Degrees Committee, 4 May 2006
Approved by Academic Board