Graduate research funding and mobility

Take advantage of the funding, development and mobility options provided to graduate research students. Seize the opportunity to deepen your understanding of your discipline and extend your networks globally.

Macquarie University prioritises deep, continuing relationships with international research universities through joint engagement and collaboration.

We have high-quality research training partnerships with universities in Asia, the UK, Europe, the US and South America.

Current opportunities

Always refer to the funding body website for the tenure, current value, and closing date of each opportunity.

We have opportunities for our graduate research students to visit our international university partners, chosen for their research excellence and alignment of research areas with our areas of research expertise.

Take advantage of the summer/winter school options provided at many of our partner universities, including:

  • Charles University, Czech Republic
  • University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Engage with Industry Program: Macquarie University and University of Groningen

For more information about any of these opportunities, contact gr.international@mq.edu.au

Postgraduate research fund students can apply for funding to support their research program supplementary research costs (for costs incurred in pursuing new or additional aspects of the research project). These costs might include:

  • community consultation costs
  • production of creative works
  • supplementary fieldwork
  • supplementary visits to off-campus libraries or archives
  • visits to research laboratories with the intention of acquiring additional research skills
  • purchase of small items of equipment not normally supplied by the department or school.

These costs might include travel to an international conference, where the applicant has had a paper or a poster presentation accepted, or a visit to an overseas laboratory with the intention of acquiring additional research skills

Being awarded the research travel grant to the Netherlands enabled me to successfully set up my PhD as a cotutelle degree. As a result, I will be awarded a double degree from two partnered universities, enriching my academic experience and networks as well as providing an international learning experience.

Ellen Kirkpatrick PhD student in the Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts