About the Project

The Faculty of Science Australian Research Council (ARC) Scholarship is designed to support research candidates in conducting research that directly contributes to the Australian community. This scholarship is designed to fund high quality students undertaking research aligned with ARC funded research projects. These projects may relate to any field of ARC funded research in the Faculty of Science.

The scholarship may be co-funded by the Faculty of Science and external ARC research grants, or industry-funded projects such as the ARC Discovery Project (DP), ARC Future Fellowships, and Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) with approval from the Associate Dean (Research Education), may be fully funded by the Faculty of Science.

Funding Notes

The Scholarship will provide a stipend allowance equivalent to the University of Sydney’s Research Training Program (RTP) stipend rate (indexed on 1 January each year) per annum (2026 rate is AUD $42,754), subject to satisfactory academic performance as per the below duration:

I. up to 1.5 years for a successful Master’s by Research recipient (full-time equivalent),

II. up to 3 years for a successful PhD recipient with a possible six-month extension (full-time equivalent).

The Scholarship will also provide academic tuition fees to a successful international recipient, subject to satisfactory academic performance as per the below duration:

I. up to 6 research periods for a successful Master’s by Research recipient (full-time equivalent),

II. up to 12 research periods for a successful PhD recipient with a possible 2 research period extension (full-time equivalent).