PhD scholarships and opportunities
Yanhiyanirra (come to one’s assistance) Quit Pack to Support Smoking Cessation among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People who Smoke: a Feasibility Study.
Closing Date: 30 September 2021 Apply Now
PhD Opportunity
This PhD program funded by the National Heart Foundation and in partnership with Quitline, will test the feasibility of a flexible and potentially low-cost access to evidence-based smoking cessation care to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people quit smoking.
Efficient Geotechnical Risk Management of Scenic Rock Cliffs
Closing Date: 01 October 2021 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
We invite applications for a fully funded PhD scholarship for our new Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project on accurate prediction of rockfall risks and implementation of mitigation measures. Extreme weather events significantly impact the rate and severity of Australian rock cliff hazards, affecting infrastructure and public safety. This research project will focus on the prediction and quantification of the risk along rock cliffs facing major transportation infrastructures and popular recreational areas.
Evaluating a Systems Approach to Integrated Workplace Health and Wellbeing
Closing Date: 04 October 2021 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
The PhD program of research is a unique collaboration between the National Centre Of Implementation Science (NCOIS), a NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence, and Wellbeing SA (Government of South Australia). The proposed studies will focus on contributing to the evaluation of South Australia’s Healthy Workplace Strategy.
Intelligent Grinding Mill Simulation and Design
Closing Date: 31 October 2021 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Comminution is a key operation in mineral processing that utilises grinding mills to reduce the size of ore for further mineral enrichment processing. The aim of this project is to provide a step change improvement in the operational efficiency and service life of grinding mills through the development of advanced numerical models to simulate the grinding mill process.
Zero-Dimensional Symmetry
Closing Date: 31 October 2021 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Symmetry is a fundamental organising principle in mathematics and human endeavour. This project aims to advance our knowledge of zero-dimensional symmetry, a frontier in symmetry research, by developing new theoretical and computational tools.
Naval Ship Response under Extreme Loads
Closing Date: 15 November 2021 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
The central objective of the project is to ascertain the feasibility and the economics of applying a meshless numerical technique, the so-called Finite Pointset Method, based on Lagrangian principles, to generate (numerical) sea states for application to finite element models of naval vessels.
Airway Epithelial Cell-Targeting Nanoparticles to Harness RNA Interference Therapeutics for Respiratory Virus Induced Diseases
Closing Date: 01 December 2021 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
We have developed novel polymer hybrid nanoparticles that specifically target airway epithelial cells. These will delivery respiratory virus RNA targeting siRNAs to specifically degrade viral RNA, halt replication and, in vivo, prevent respiratory virus-induced diseases.
Exploring Cyanobacterial Specialised Metabolism Using Heterologous Expression
Closing Date: 31 December 2021 Apply Now
PhD Opportunity
Microbial natural products have served as a major inspiration for the development of novel pharmaceuticals. Cyanobacteria are a largely untapped phylum that produces a multitude of natural products, including toxins, anaesthetics, antibiotics and sunscreens. A limitation for the exploitation of these molecules is the lack of accessibility in the natural host due to slow growth rates, relatively low production levels, and limited resources to genetically manipulate the cyanobacteria. This project will involve the isolation of cyanobacterial natural product biosynthesis genes, engineering them for heterologous expression in Escherichia coli, and gene knockouts to characterise the enzymology of biosynthesis.
Microbial Genomics for Assessing the Health of Water Resources
Closing Date: 31 December 2021 Apply Now
PhD Opportunity
Disruption of the chemical and physical balance of aquatic microbial communities can result in the proliferation of harmful organisms, including toxic cyanobacteria (“blue-green algae”) and opportunistic pathogens. In all ecosystems, from the human gut to rivers, these tiny organisms are the "first responders" to environmental health and disease. Characterisation of the microbial and biochemical basis for water quality in resilient and impacted ecosystems will be invaluable for establishing future guidelines for water quality and safety. The innovative approach, predictive nature and translational capacity of this research project will enable water quality managers to develop contingency plans to reduce threats to freshwater supplies.
Ramifications of Climate Change on Microbial Ecology in the Pacific Ocean
Closing Date: 31 December 2021 Apply Now
PhD Opportunity
Microbial biodiversity in the tidal zone is responsible for important biological processes such as geochemical cycling and carbon sequestration. Climate change in the Pacific Islands has resulted in the restructuring of these zones affecting local marine ecology.
KAU-TILLIKO PhD Scholarship
Closing Date: 30 June 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
The Kau-tilliko PhD Scholarship is a donor funded scholarship established by Joss De Iuliis following the success of his own innovative land management technics. The research will draw inspiration from an emerging network of people who see the need for regenerative agriculture and sustainable land management in Australia today, and believe that the knowledge and practices of Indigenous Australians will prove invaluable in that process. In the context of climate change, the engagement of Indigenous people and increasing the use of native species are both seen to be vital in the coming years.
P14 – Application of Inclined Channels in Enhancing Early Gangue Rejection through Gravity and Flotation Separation
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. This project will investigate new ways to remove coarse particle gangue from grinding circuits to reduce energy and water consumption.
P15 – Influence of Turbulence on Coarse Particle Detachment from Air Bubbles
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor: Associate Professor Elham Doroodchi - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. This study uses new hydrodynamic techniques to quantify bubble-particle interaction in a turbulent environment, with the aim of determining how and why coarse particle detachment from bubble-multiparticle aggregates may occur in a flotation process.
P17 – Computer Modelling Investigation of a Novel Granular Separation Mechanism
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor: Dr Roberto Moreno-Atanasio and Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. This project will develop a computer model to describe a novel method for dry separation of minerals.
P18 – Water-efficient Electrostatic Beneficiation
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor: Dr Peter Ireland - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. This project will explore novel electrostatic mineral processing methods using little or no water, in low gravity. Dry processing is critical to the prospective utilisation of resources on the Moon, Asteroids, and other extraterrestrial environments, as well as arid parts of Earth.
P20 – Flotation Kinetics of Ultrafine Mineral Particles using a Sparger in a Downcomer
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor: Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. This project investigates the enhanced bubble-particle collision kinetics of ultrafine particles in a novel downcomer.
P22 – Counter Current Washing in Flotation of Minerals to Establish the Limits of Cleaning
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor: Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. This project will investigate the benefits of counter current washing of flotation product using the Reflux Flotation Cell.
P24 - Hydrodynamics of Flow Regime Transition in a Reflux Flotation Cell
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor: Dr Subhasish Mitra and Professor Geoffrey Evans - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. This Project aims to examine the flow regime transition in the downcomer region of the reflux flotation cell at a fixed gas flux when the gas bubbles are released as froth from the overflow at different liquid underflow fluxes.
P26 – Ultrafine Recovery of Precious Metals using Nano-scale Permeable Films of Oil
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor: Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. This project will investigate a novel agglomeration technology to transform the recovery of precious minerals.
P29 - Smooth Particle Hydrodynamic Modelling of Moisture Migration under Oscillatory Type Motions
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor: Associate Professor Kenneth Williams - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. This project investigates the fundamental mechanisms of moisture liberation and subsequent motion through particulate ensembles. This will provide advanced knowledge to drive innovative dewatering technology design.
P37 – Ultrafine Particle Deposition and Adhesion with Permeable Hydrophobic Surfaces
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor: Dr Roberto Moreno-Atanasio - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. This project will aim to demonstrate the benefits of using natural fibres to stabilise oil emulsions by allowing fluid to be exchanged across droplets surfaces.
P42 – Guiding RAFT Polymerisation with Molecular Simulations to Control Hydrophobic Mineral Surfaces
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor Associate Professor Alister Page & Laurate Professor Kevin Galvin - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. This project aims to enhance mineral separation by controlling the hydrophobicity of mineral surfaces withnew RAFT polymers.
P47 – Development of Bio-inspired Polymers for Sustainable Mineral Beneficiation
Closing Date: 31 December 2022 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
Supervisor: Associate Professor Grant Webber - The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals is seeking creative and innovative PhD applicants to join our national collaborative Centre, to develop transformational technologies to reduce energy and water consumption and increase metals recovery. In collaboration with researchers at the Universities of Queensland and Melbourne this project will design, synthesise and deploy novel bio-inspired polymers for processing clay-based suspensions to reduce water usage in mineral beneficiation.
Progressive Voices/Movements in Islamic Theology in the (Post-)Secular Society of 21st Century
Closing Date: 31 December 2025 Apply Now
PhD Opportunity
PhD research on “Progressive Voices/Movements in Islamic Theology in the (Post-)Secular Society of 21st Century”
Recently expired PhD Scholarships
Real World Complex Population Health Policy and Program Evaluation and the Role of the Quadruple Bottom Line
Closing Date: 29 August 2021 Apply Now
PhD Opportunity
The PhD program of research is a unique collaboration between the National Centre Of Implementation Science, a NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence, and the NSW Ministry of Health (MOH) led by the Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence. The proposed studies aim to enhance the use of complex evaluation theory and methods and quadruple bottom line principles to population health program implementation and evaluation.
Cyber Security for Autonomous Systems
Closing Date: 30 August 2021 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
To develop techniques to enable secure autonomous execution of network systems while ensuring resilience against powerful threats. Will help to reason about countermeasures to complete missions successfully in highly-contested settings.
Estimating the Topology of Low-Dimensional Data Using Deep Neural Networks
Closing Date: 31 August 2021 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
This project will expand on the superhuman visual capabilities of deep neural networks to allow us to analyse the topology of 3- and 4-dimensional manifolds. While these spaces still count as low-dimensional, 4-dimensional manifolds typically are beyond human visual comprehension. The topology of a manifold describes its essential properties such as the number of connected components, holes, tunnels and cavities of various dimensions. The aim of this project is to achieve a better understanding of these spaces and a computationally efficient approach that can be used for their analysis in real-world applications.
Evaluation of A Time-Efficient School-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Older Adolescents Living with Disability
Closing Date: 31 August 2021 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
This PhD program funded by the Medical Research Future Fund will focus on the effectiveness of a time-efficient school-based physical activity intervention for older adolescents living with disability.
Machine Learning for Grinding Mill Design Optimisation
Closing Date: 31 August 2021 Apply Now
PhD Scholarship
This project aims to apply machine learning in combination with programmable mechanical design modelling software to automatically optimise grinding mill geometries for desired operational outcomes. The machine learning component will address deep reinforcement learning as an innovative technology in this application domain. The project will be conducted in close collaboration with industry partner Bradken in Newcastle.
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