CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarships

CSIRO’s Postgraduate Scholarship Program provides enhanced opportunities in science and engineering for outstanding graduates enrolling each year at Australian tertiary institutions as full-time postgraduates for research leading to the award of a PhD. Scholarships are being offered in 51 priority research areas.  Students are co-supervised by researchers in an Australian university and CSIRO. 

Top up Postgraduate Scholarships are available to postgraduate students who have gained (or expect to gain), first class honours or equivalent in relevant research areas.  They must also expect to receive an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or equivalent scholarship commencing in the year of the scholarship. Full scholarships are also available in certain circumstances.

There are three research areas offered for postgraduate students in the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL). OAAHL helps protect Australia’s multi-billion dollar livestock and aquaculture industries, and the general public, from emerging infectious disease threats. It is a high-containment facility designed to allow scientific research into the most dangerous infectious agents in the world.  For more information please see our website at www.csiro.au/en/Research/Facilities/AAHL.

Applications will be assessed on:

• Quality and relevance of the student project
• Academic calibre of the student
• Availability of appropriate university supervision