Graduate research scholarships

The Graduate Diploma of Research scholarship, valued at $5000 per session, is awarded to high-performing domestic and international students who meet the eligibility criteria below.

Commencing session

The eligible student:

• enters the program with a Macquarie University WAM ≥ 80 (or equivalent GPA of ≥ 6/7)
• is enrolled full-time as at the census date in their commencing session.

Subsequent session

The eligible student:

• receives a minimum overall WAM ≥ 80 in their commencing session
• is enrolled full-time at the census date in their subsequent session.

Note: Eligibility for the scholarship in each session is confirmed 1–2 weeks after the session census date. Successful students are notified by the Graduate Research Academy via email.

Eligible domestic and international students progressing from the Graduate Diploma of Research to the Master of Research will be considered for a tuition fee offset and stipend scholarship to the value of $38,500 per annum in 2025, indexed annually.

Eligibility

Students are:

• assessed and awarded on academic merit
• competitively ranked based on the overall WAM of their Graduate Diploma of Research units
• the top ranked students (with the highest WAMs).

Note:

• exempt units will not be counted for calculation of the WAM
• the total number of scholarships awarded each year is dependent upon the scholarship budget approved by the University.

The MRes to PhD scholarships will be awarded through a competitive ranking process.

The three-year scholarship includes:

• a tuition fee offset
• a stipend valued at $38,500 per annum in 2025, indexed annually.

See more information about MRes progression to PhD.

Applicants for graduate research scholarships at Macquarie University must meet the minimum entry criteria to the relevant course of study and should review the available courses listed for each scholarship on the scholarship search tool when considering their application.

Macquarie University offers a range of research scholarships.

• Commonwealth funded Research Training Program (RTP) for domestic students and International Research Training Program (iRTP) for international students.
• Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) for domestic students and International Macquarie University Research Excellence (iMQRES) for international students
• Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) for Indigenous Australians
• Project-specific scholarships advertised for a specific project with a specific supervisor
• Externally funded or co-funded scholarships.

Use the scholarship search tool to search for all Macquarie University scholarships. You can also search our external scholarship opportunities that are funded or co-funded by external partners.

Note: Official Macquarie University research scholarships are only listed on the Macquarie University web pages.