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2026 INTERNATIONAL RTP STIPEND AND TUITION FEE SCHOLARSHIPS AT UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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Application Deadline: 31 August 2025 (11:59pm AWST)

LOCATION: Australia

The University of Western Australia (UWA) provides postgraduate research scholarships that support the training of domestic and international students to undertake a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) and to deliver graduates with the skills required to build careers in both academic and non-academic employment.

This stipend scholarship is tenable at The University of Western Australia for up to two years for Masters by Research candidates and three and a half years for Doctoral candidates.

ELIGIBILITY:

Domestic RTP Tuition Fees Offset Scholarship: Automatically provided to all domestic HDR students, without the need for a competitive application process.

International RTP Tuition Fees Offset Scholarship: Awarded to selected international HDR students on the basis of a competitive application process.

To apply for and receive a stipend and/or allowance scholarship, an applicant must:

Meet the requirements for entry to the nominated course;

Be eligible to be enrolled as a full-time and internal student, unless the University approves otherwise;

To be considered for a scholarship, an applicant must meet the HDR course admission requirements.

Meet the UWA HDR English language competence requirements by the application deadline; and

be available to take up an offered scholarship by the commencement date advertised for that round.

Not be in receipt of income from another source to support their general living costs while undertaking their course of study if that income is greater than 75% of their stipend rate. Income unrelated to the course of study (e.g. employment after hours) or income related to the course of study not for the purpose of supporting general living costs is not taken into account (e.g. research support or travel allowance funds);

Meet all eligibility criteria listed in these Conditions; and

Meet all additional criteria advertised on the University’s relevant scholarship web pages.

UWA HDR Stipend Allowance Conditions – 27 June 2024.pdf

Advice for Scholarship Applicants 2026.pdf

Please note that by submitting an application for the 2026 International RTP Stipend and Tuition Fee Scholarships, you will be automatically considered for all other available scholarships included in the round.

BENEFIT:

AUD $37,000

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: MOSES MAPESA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH GRANT

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Application Deadline: Midnight SAST on 31 July 2025

LOCATION:  Africa

The AWHF is pleased to announce the Moses Mapesa[1] Research Grant, established to support African doctoral and master’s students conducting research in the field of natural and cultural heritage. This grant aims to advance scholarly work by providing financial support—particularly for fieldwork-related activities—focused on World Heritage Sites and properties included on national Tentative Lists across Africa.

ELIGIBILITY:

The call is open to students who are:

Currently or will be registered in 2026 in a Doctoral or Master’s programme (Masters 2 for Francophone countries) at an African university and conducting dissertation research in the field of either natural or cultural heritage at an African World Heritage Site, or site listed on a national tentative list,

Fluent in English, French, or Portuguese,

Citizens of an African Union Member State which is party to the 1972 World Heritage Convention.

If a student is awarded a grant, he/she is required to submit a longer research description at the beginning of the grant (along with proof of registration for the degree) and, at the end, a final report with the research results or dissertation/thesis at the final stage as well as a financial report. All documents must be presented in either French, English or Portuguese. The projects MUST be implemented between May 2026 and February 2027 (within 9 months). Please note that students who do not complete the research within the contractual timeframe will be required to reimburse the grant to the AWHF.

The application form (English, French and Portuguese versions) can be downloaded below.

Completed applications should be submitted via the Moses Mapesa Grant 2026/27 Application Link before the deadline. No physical copies will be accepted.

BENEFIT:

Grant amounts will vary depending on research proposals, with a maximum award of USD Five Thousand (5,000.00). The fieldwork research needs to be conducted in no longer than 9 months from the signature of the contract (May 2026 to February 2027).

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