Dates: Projects are available for 6 weeks between 13 January and 21 February 2025.

Applications: Open 23 September 2024 and close 13 October 2024.

By participating in the program, scholars will gain valuable academic and professional skills, have an opportunity to develop links with industry and academic contacts, and can test drive research before embarking on further research studies or higher degree research projects.

Undergraduate research at UQ provides a range of benefits including:

  • an opportunity to develop new skills and enhance employability;
  • access to research networks and connections with other staff and postgraduate students;
  • supervision by outstanding researchers;
  • access to world class facilities and experiences that you may not have otherwise been exposed to; and
  • the possibility of obtaining credit towards your degree.

Eligibility & Program guidelines

Eligible participants are expected to participate in the program according to the UQ Summer Research Guidelines. Please note that these guidelines are subject to change.

How to apply

  1. Check the current HMNS Summer research projects here (PDF, 168.3 KB)
  2. Apply online before the deadline. 

 

Supervisor
Project Title
Project description
A/Prof Sjaan Gomersall
Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation
Dr Shelley Keating
Novel exercise solutions for increasing exercise uptake and maintenance 
Dr Jenna Taylor
Long-term outcomes of The FITR Heart Study and Research in Exercise Physiology
Drs Jordan Lefebvre & Steven Rynne
Examining the quality, impact, and learning of national team coaches

Visit the UQ Student Enrichment and Employability Development (UQSEED) for more information about the UQ Summer Research Program.