Queensland Academy of Sport Top Up Scholarships 2026

The UQ and QAS are awarding up to 8 research scholarships (commencement 2024-2027) to fast track sport innovation ahead of Brisbane 2032. Students from a broad range of disciplines are encouraged to apply. While not definitive, current areas of QAS interest include:

• Sports engineering, biomechanics, or high-performance training technology (Note: current project available in iQFOIL sailing applied research)
• Athlete recruitment, pathway, coaching (Able and Para) and classification (Para)
• Data/Modelling/Video Learning approaches to injury prevention and management, performance enhancement and athlete outcomes
• Sport psychology and athlete wellbeing

Confirmed UQ and QAS supervisors are to be nominated with the application. The UQ Central contact can assist with linking eligible applicants with the QAS for co-supervisors and project guidance.

Scholarship holders will be based between the Queensland Academy of Sport (Nathan) and UQ (St Lucia).

• Table of Content
• About University of Queensland, Australia
• University of Queensland Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of University of Queensland Postgraduate Scholarship
• University of Queensland Postgraduate Scholarship Courses
• Requirements for University of Queensland Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

University of Queensland Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of University of Queensland Postgraduate Scholarship

• $10,000 per annum, and $6,000 project costs over the course of the scholarship.

University of Queensland Postgraduate Scholarship Courses

• Arts
• Computer Science
• Education
• Engineering
• Health and Medicine
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Information Technology
• Mathematics
• Science

Requirements for University of Queensland Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

• You must be in receipt of or apply for and be awarded a living allowance scholarship of at least the Research Training Program rate to be eligible for this scholarship.
• You apply for this scholarship when you submit an application for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). You don't need to submit a separate scholarship application.

A domestic part-time student with carer’s responsibilities, a medical condition or a disability, which prevents them from studying full-time may be eligible for scholarship consideration, on a case-by-case basis.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

To be considered for this scholarship, please email the following documents to Dr Sharon Hinton, Office of the 2032 Games Engagement ([email protected]) with subject line UQ-QAS Scholarship EOI.

• Cover letter
• CV
• Academic transcript/s
• Evidence for meeting UQ's English language proficiency requirements e.g. TOEFL, IELTS
• Research Project Summary agreed on with advisory team (1 page including project title and brief description). Applicants are welcome to express interest in a broad research area (e.g. Biomechanical modelling and simulation) or a specific research idea.

Please note the following: Submitting the above documents does not constitute a full application for admission into The University of Queensland's PhD program. If you are selected as the preferred applicant, you will then be invited to submit a full application for admission. You can familiarise yourself with the documents required for this process on the UQ Study website.

Contact: Dr Sharon Hinton

• [email protected]

For more information, kindly visit University of Queensland scholarship webpage.