QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) 2027

The QUTPRA is a scholarship which QUT awards to students of exceptional research potential undertaking a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) at QUT.

• Table of Content
• About Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
• QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) Postgraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) Postgraduate Scholarship

• An annual stipend paid fortnightly to support living costs. From 1 January 2026, the annual stipend rate is $37,010 per annum (currently $33,637 for 2025).
• A maximum duration for the scholarship while undertaking a QUT PhD is 3.5 years and for a QUT MPhil is 1.75 years. This includes an extension of up to six months (PhD) or three months (MPhil), if approved for your candidature.
• This is the full-time, tax-exempt rate which will index annually.
• You will receive a tuition fee offset/sponsorship, covering the cost of your tuition fees for the first four full-time equivalent years of your doctoral studies or the first two full-time equivalent years of your master degree studies.
• International students also receive Single Overseas Health Cover if eligible.

Requirements for QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

New applicants to QUT research degrees need to:

• meet QUT’s admission criteria for a research degree, which includes meeting QUT’s English language requirements
• not be in receipt of another living allowance scholarship to undertake the research degree
• enrol as a full-time, internal student (unless approval for part-time and/or external study is obtained).

Current QUT research students need to have consumed less than the below equivalent full-time study load (EFTSL) to be eligible:

• less than one year EFTSL for enrolled research doctorate students
• less than six months EFTSL for enrolled research master degree students.

Eligible current QUT research students will receive an invitation to submit their application once the round opens.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more information, kindly visit QUT scholarship webpage.