UTS PhD Scholarship

The Sustainable Seas Research Group (SSRG) at Griffith University is recruiting motivated domestic (Australian) PhD candidates for a 2027 start. Merit scholarship applications are now open, with Round 1 available for domestic applicants and commencement options in February or April 2027. This opportunity is centered on research at the intersection of conservation, the blue economy, and spatial planning. Projects may span marine spatial planning, cumulative impacts, offshore renewable energy, aqu...

RMIT University’s Centre for Nature Positive Solutions (CNPS) is advertising PhD scholarships for 2026 in a broad interdisciplinary environmental research portfolio. The call is aimed at candidates interested in ecology , environmental science , social science , restoration , carbon innovation , spatial science , environmental technology , and nature-based solutions . The listed project themes include Human Dimensions of Restoration & Climate Action , Plastic Pollution, Microbial Adaptation & En...

RMIT University is inviting applications for PhD students to work on plastic pollution projects at the RMIT Centre for Nature Positive Solutions in Melbourne, Australia. The call covers multiple research directions, and candidates may also propose their own project ideas. The advertised themes include: Plastisphere Mobilome (horizontal gene transfer, microbial adaptation, biogeochemical perturbation, multi-omics, DOM, FTICR-MS, UHPLC, microsensors), Plastic pollution: a socioeconomic-technologic...

Project title: Time matters: tracking biodiversity shifts with eDNA. This CSIRO Industry PhD project uses environmental DNA (eDNA) to reconstruct historical changes in animal communities over decadal timescales. The student will analyse eDNA preserved in soils and sediments to move beyond present-day presence/absence surveys and build time-resolved reconstructions of faunal change. The project sits at the intersection of ecology, molecular ecology, conservation biology, and environmental genomic...

Deakin University is advertising fully funded PhD scholarships for researchers interested in irrigation , crop water use , and the water circular economy . The projects are based in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia , a major irrigated agriculture region. Two project themes are available: • Irrigated Almonds — determining actual crop water use for maximising the Water Circular Economy (WCE) in high value irrigated almonds. • Irrigated Cotton — determining actual crop water use for maximising ...