PhD Opportunities in Psychology in Australia

PhD opportunity in Evaluating Clinical AI in Real-Time at The University of Queensland , through the Queensland Digital Health Centre and the NASCENT initiative (National Infrastructure for Real-time Clinical AI Trials). This funded doctoral project focuses on how artificial intelligence can be safely and effectively evaluated in real-world healthcare settings. The position is designed for a student interested in clinical AI , digital health , and the responsible deployment of AI in practice. Po...

PhD opportunity at the University of Sydney in the Early-life Microbiome and Immunity group led by Archita Mishra . The project explores the foundations of human immunity before birth and how the developing immune system is shaped during fetal life. Research themes include immunology , microbiome , human development , and fetal development , with methods such as spatial transcriptomics , single-cell approaches , and tissue imaging . This is a strong fit for students interested in developmental b...

Flinders University is advertising PhD Scholarships in Science and Enterprise (2027 Intake) in Australia . The post highlights multiple newly funded PhD projects across different themes, including AI and data science for elite sports performance analytics and medical research focused on early detection of ovarian cancer . This is a fully funded PhD opportunity with a living allowance plus full tuition coverage . It appears to be a project-based scholarship call with several openings rather than ...

PhD opportunity at the Justice Health Research Program, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) for a project titled “Developing a whole-of-setting model of care project for trans people in prison.” This is a funded PhD under the UNSW Scientia scholarship PhD scheme and is part of an MRFF-funded research project. The position offers a 3.5-year scholarship with an annual tax-free stipend of AUD 39,991 . In addition, the project provides a one-off AUD 25,000 global mobility grant for travel to...

Fully funded 3.5-year PhD opportunity at the University of Melbourne , School of Computing and Information Systems, in Australia . Research topic: Strategy extraction and generalisation for AI agents . The project focuses on developing new methods for AI agents to learn strategic knowledge from observed behaviour and transfer that knowledge to new tasks with different representations. The work builds on sequence alignment techniques, ontological reasoning, strategy transfer, and policy learning....

Flinders University is advertising a PhD Scholarship in AI and Data Science for Performance Analytics in Elite AFL , in partnership with the Port Adelaide Football Club . The project is based in Adelaide, South Australia , with an industry component at PAFC in Alberton. The research focuses on performance metrics, key performance indicators, opposition and team analysis, play-style categorisation, influential statistical indicators, player categorisation, rating models, and forecasting models to...

PhD opportunity at the University of Newcastle, Australia on Progressive Voices/Movements in Islamic Theology in the (Post-)Secular Society of 21st Century . This project invites research in Islamic theology , especially Islamic liberation theology approaches, with an evidence-based (rather than faith-based) methodology in the Humanities or Social Sciences . The topic is framed around progressive/reformist movements in Islam and their responses to contemporary challenges such as radicalization, ...

La Trobe University and IIT Kanpur are offering a Joint PhD Program Scholarship for research in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, smart grids, electrical engineering, IoT, and data analytics . The featured project focuses on AI-based anomaly and vulnerability detection of smart grids , with a specific emphasis on defending against GAN attacks and developing robust countermeasures for cyber-physical power systems. This is a PhD opening for candidates who want to work across Australia and In...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at Deakin University in Australia: Alcohol in the Digital Age . This project investigates how young Australians access alcohol through digital platforms, including online purchasing and rapid delivery services, and how these access pathways relate to mental health and physical health outcomes. The research addresses an important public health problem, given alcohol’s contribution to disease burden among young people. The successful PhD candidate will contribute to a ...