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Postgraduate research scholarships

A wide range of scholarships are available for postgraduate research candidates at Monash University.

Over 400 living allowance or stipend scholarships are offered at the main central selection round, which closes on 31 October each year. Approximately 90 international scholarship winners are also offered fees awards to meet their tuition costs. However, as under the Research Training Scheme (RTS) Australian students are not required to pay fees. Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents and New Zealand citizens need only apply for living allowance or stipend scholarships.

While a number of eligible applicants may not be successful in receiving an offer during this initial selection process, there will be other opportunities to gain a scholarship to undertake a research program at Monash. For example, most faculties offer both living allowance and tuition awards to students who may have narrowly missed out on a scholarship in the university-wide selection round.

  

For enquiries regarding scholarships, please contact:

Ms Liz Kemp
Research Training Coordinator
Faculty of Engineering
Email: Liz.Kemp@eng.monash.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9905 4635

A further small selection round takes place in mid-year, when faculties and academic units nominate high quality students for additional living allowance and tuition awards.

Academic departments also offer scholarships throughout the year including Monash Departmental Scholarships (MDS) or Monash Research Scholarships (MRS). These are funded through research grants and other outside sources.

For more information about scholarships offered by the University, please visit http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/scholarships/summary.html

Monash Engineering departmental scholarships

Monash Engineering offers postgraduate research scholarships in in a variety of areas. Below are some of the current research projects which may have scholarships available, for the right candidate.

Students who miss out on a central scholarship will be automatically considered for faculty and departmental scholarships.

Project Area Ref No Project Title Candidature Contact Status
Arerospace
Engineering 		SCH0057 Development of low-cost multifunctional carbon-fibre composite aerostructures incorporating carbon nanotubes (pdf, 77kb) PhD Prof Brian Falzon  
SCH0058 Fatigue studies on postbuckling composite aerostructures (pdf, 56kb)  
SCH0059 Optimisation of postbuckling composite aerostructures (pdf, 96kb)  
SCH0060 Postbuckling of cylindrical composite structures with geometric imperfections (pdf, 128kb)
SCH0061 Low cost aerostructures incorporating structural health monitoring (pdf, 38kb)  
SCH0062 Multiscale modelling of composite laminates using meshless methods (pdf, 59kb)  
Biological
Engineering 		SCH0052 Development of a novel benchtop synchrotron (pdf, 144kb) PhD/Masters Dr Andreas Fouras  
SCH0053 Digitisation of synchrotron imagery (pdf, 133kb)  
SCH0054 3D x-ray measurement of flow through the heart (pdf, 153kb)  
Chemical
Engineering 		SCH0028 Application of macromolecules and biomolecules on surfaces Prof Gil Garnier  
SCH0027 Improving de-inking of recycled papers PhD/Masters Dr Loi Nguyen  
SCH0002 Film evaporation for concentrating highly viscous food fluids PhD Prof Dong Chen  
SCH0003 Developing and utilizing a mini-food powder production facility to produce industrially  
SCH0004 Relevant particles for functionality testing  
SCH0005 Food particle microstructure and functionality characterisation  
SCH0006 Fluidisation and fluidised bed drying of food particles  
SCH0007 Atomisation of viscous fluid and insoluble material formation during atomization  
SCH0038 Foam granulation for the pharmaceutical industry   Dr Karen Hapgood  
SCH0039 Fluidized bed drying and cooling for dairy powder processing  
SCH0041 Adsorption   Prof Paul Webley  
SCH0030 Structure and flow properties of polymeric dendrimers (pdf, 112kb)   Dr Ravi Jagadeeshan  
SCH0031 Understanding the interaction between elasticity and hydrodynamics in soft matter (pdf, 924kb)  
SCH0035 Realistic simulation of hemodynamics and hemorheology in the microcirculation (pdf, 118kb)  
Geotechnical - Civil
Engineering		 SCH0015 Filtration behaviour of subballast materials under cyclic load   Dr Asadul Haque  
SCH0018 An investigation of fluid/gas transport and geomechanical properties of coal with application to enhanced coalbed methane recovery (ECBM) and carbon dioxide sequestration   Dr Ranjith PG  
Materials
Engineering 		SCH0008 Atomic structure of nanostructured materials (pdf, 68kb) PhD A/Prof Joanne Etheridge
  
SCH0010 Functional polymer-based microenvironments for controlling stem cell function   Dr John Forsythe,
A/Prof Helmut Thissen or
A/Prof David Haylock		  
SCH0029 Postgraduate scholarship in magnesiun research   Dr Colleen Bettles (CSIRO) or
Dr Rimma Lapovok (MU)		  
SCH0032 CRC-P postgraduate scholarship   Prof Wayne Cook  
SCH0037 Nanostructured materials by controlled photopolymerization  
SCH0040 Stimulus responsive polymers - photo and thermally induced plasticity in polymers  
SCH0033 Random magnetocrystalline anisotropy in nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials   Dr Kiyonori Suzuki  
SCH0034 Magnetic hardening in flash-annealed nanocomposite magnets  
         
SCH0036 Magnesium alloys for lightweight vehicles   Dr Jian Feng Nie  
SCH0042 Structure and properties of aircraft alloys subjected to equal channel angular processing (pdf, 26kb) PhD Dr Peter Thomson  
 
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering SCH0011 Microfluidics, MEMS and nanotechnology PhD A/Prof James Friend or Dr Leslie Yeo  
SCH0056 Flagship collaboration fund - postgraduate scholarships (pdf, 88kb)  
SCH0021 Nanovic PhD slot advertisement from Sarah Morgan pulmonary project (pdf, 37kb)  
SCH0022 Graduate research PhD fellowship opportunities (pdf, 153kb)  
SCH0020 Durability analysis and spot weld failure in vehicle structures   Prof Rhys Jones  
SCH0023 Composites technology   A/Prof Wong Kong Chiu  
SCH0043 Aerodynamic flow control   Prof Julio Soria  
SCH0044 Turbulent boundary layer physics and control
  
SCH0045 Turbulent boundary layer drag reduction  
SCH0046 Development of advanced laser-based measurement techniques for turbulence Research  
SCH0047 Low reynolds number unsteady aerodynamics  
SCH0048 Impact and breakup of drops of polymer solutions (pdf, 53kb)   Dr Prabhakar Ranganathan  
SCH0049 Hydrodynamics of flagellar propulsion (pdf, 163kb)  
SCH0050 Probing the microscopic dynamics of deformable interfaces (pdf, 91kb)  
SCH0051 Adsorption of Polymers on Membranes (pdf, 131kb)  
SCH0055 Electrochemical Corrosion of Steels in Caustic Solutions for Alumina Processing
(Only Australian/NZ PR and citizens need to apply) 		  Dr Raman Singh  
SCH0063 Numerical investigation of head injury caused by blasts (pdf, 85kb)   Dr Wenyi Yan  
SCH0064 Heart Patch Strategy to Treat Myocardial Infarction: A Cardiac Biomechanics Study (pdf, 33kb)  
SCH0065 Theoretical investigation of nanoindentation response of nano-composite materials (pdf, 31kb)  
SCH0066 Laser Cladding Technology to Repair Aircraft Components (pdf, 15kb)