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.
