Summer and Winter research scholarships
The UQ Research Program provides UQ students with an opportunity to gain research experience working alongside some of the university’s leading academics and researchers.
Participation is open to undergraduate students, including honours, who have completed at least one year of study at the time of application and Masters by coursework students.
Program details
Applications for the Summer 2027 program will open 21 September 2026 and close at 11:59pm Sunday, 11 October 2026.
Research projects will run for 4 weeks between 11 January and 19 February 2027.
All successful scholars will receive a $3,000 scholarship.
Eligibility
To qualify you must be enrolled at UQ at the time of application and maintain ongoing enrolment in a program at UQ for the entirety of the research program.
How to apply
For more details about the program including how to apply go the UQ Research Experience page.
| Project name | Supervisor | Full details |
Research Placement in the Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation | Associate Professor Sjaan Gomersall | View the project details (PDF, 95.9 KB) |
Nutrition in Aged Care and Foodservice in Dietetics | Dr Karly Bartrim | View the project details (PDF, 93.8 KB) |
| Comparing Movement Patterns Between Para-Athletes and Non-Impaired Participants Using Video-Based Movement Analysis | Dr Thomas Wackwitz | View the project details (PDF, 100.9 KB) |
| Validity and reliability of spatiotemporal measures in para-athletes | Dr Paige Treherne | View the project details (PDF, 99.6 KB) |
| Evaluating Video-Based Movement Processing for Paralympic Classification | Dr Paige Treherne | View the project details (PDF, 103.7 KB) |
2027 Summer Research program
Applications open: Monday 21 September 2026
Applications close: Sunday 11 October 2026
Program commences: Monday 11 January 2027
Program concludes: Friday 19 February 2027