Scholarships

CEPAR PhD Supplementary Scholarships

CEPAR Supplementary Scholarships provide additional support to eligible international and domestic higher degree research students who are in receipt of an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) or university equivalent scholarship to assist them with pursuing a program of study related to CEPAR.

Further details including eligibility, benefits and conditions are available in the CEPAR Supplementary Scholarship Guidelines.

Applications for the CEPAR PhD Supplementary Scholarship projects have now closed. 

View the opportunities that are available for CEPAR PhD students and read testimonials from current CEPAR PhD candidates here. To see where some of CEPAR's PhD graduates have been placed, visit the Graduate Student Placements webpage.

CEPAR Honours Scholarships

Honours scholarships are valued at AUD $5,000 are available to students wishing to enrol in a fourth year of undergraduate study to expand their knowledge in a particular area of study and to develop their research skills.

Scholarship applications for 2021 are now open.

Applications for 2021 scholarships close on 28 February 2021.

Application Process

• Review the CEPAR Honours Scholarship Guidelines.

• UNSW candidates must apply online via the UNSW scholarship website.

• Candidates wishing to undertake their Honours program at another Australian university must apply using the CEPAR Honours Scholarship Application and submit the application to cepar@unsw.edu.au by 28 February 2021.

Summer Research Scholarships 

CEPAR offers competitive summer research scholarships to currently enrolled undergraduate students who are considering Honours and/or postgraduate research in the future. Students will participate in research projects supervised by CEPAR researchers and gain valuable research experience. 

Applications for the 2020/2021 summer scholarship projects have now closed.

State Super Academic Scholarship (Phase 3 - 2021)

The State Super Scholarship has been established as a legacy to acknowledge the organisation's 100-year anniversary. Phase 3 is now open to applications until 31 December 2020. The scholarship provides funding support by State Super for successful applicants to pursue research in fields related to the public sector employees and their retirement, pensions or superannuation. The scholarship will support those seeking to complete research at postgraduate level - either Honours/Masters (with a research component) or Doctor of Philosophy (PHD).

For further details, please visit the State Super scholarship program on their website at https://www.statesuper.nsw.gov.au/news-and-publications/news/scholarships-now-open-for-2021