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Developing the next generation of world-class immunologists is critical to building our future innovation-capable workforce. The Queensland Immunology Research Centre (QIRC) is contributing to this by providing additional support to PhD students to allow them to focus on creative research, engagement, training and mentorship to build new pathways in medical research.

Our Postgraduate Scholarship Top-Up program provides opportunities for outstanding students enrolled in a postgraduate degree. 

Eligibility Criteria

Scholarships top-ups are available to current full-time and part-time PhD students undertaking a higher degree by research where they are jointly co-supervised by personnel of both The University of Queensland and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. This collaboration allows students to maintain and develop their university connections while being exposed to research at a medical research institute to build networks between the two institutions.

Funding Available 

Up to four scholarships top-ups are available in this round and are valued at $8,000 each. 

Successful recipients will receive the top-up amount either as a one-off payment or distributed across the three months of 2025 on top of their fortnightly stipend. This decision will be at the discretion of the student’s primary institute. 

Full application guidelines are available to download below. 

Applications close 5pm, Friday 11 April 2025. Applicants will be notified by email by the end of May with the outcome of their submission. 

Applications are now closed

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The Queensland Immunology Research Centre (QIRC) has established travel grants to support early to mid-career researchers to present at national or international conferences in the field of Immunology. The aim is to enhance the researcher’s professional development through valuable feedback and engagement with colleagues.

Funding Available 

The QIRC will commit up to 4 awards per round to support the delivery of an oral presentation at an national or international conference. Travel awards will be funded with a maximum value of $3,000 each. These funds can be used to support airfares, accommodation, and conference registration costs; the recipient or funding body is expected to cover any additional costs. The awards will be given on a competitive basis from the pool of candidates with an accepted abstract for oral presentation for a relevant conference.

Eligibility

Successful applicants must:

• Be staff (< 10 years of receiving MD or PhD) or student where the principal supervisor is at UQ or QIMR Berghofer (MPhil or PhD);
• Be conducting research in Immunology;
• Be accepted to give an oral presentation at an international conference.

The Queensland Immunology Research Centre (QIRC) is offering enabling grants that align with its priorities of promoting multidisciplinary and collaborative immunology research within Queensland. The objectives of this scheme are to:

• Promote collaborative research programs driven through The University of Queensland and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, but may in addition include other partners.
• Support preparation of applications for external research funds.

Funding Available 

QIRC will award up to five grants for 2025 with a maximum value of $25,000 each. Two of these grants will be available only to Early-Career Researchers (<10 years since PhD award, allowing for career interruptions).

Eligibility

Successful applications must:

• Have one lead investigator from UQ and one lead investigator from QIMR Berghofer. Additional co-investigators can be based at UQ, QIMR Berghofer, or other QLD institutions. 
  • Lead investigators must have a PhD or equivalent level qualification.
  • Lead investigators can only be listed as a lead investigator on one application in the 2025 QIRC Seed Grant scheme.
• Be conducting research in Immunology.

In addition to the above, applications seeking to be eligible for the two seed grants set aside specifically for ECRs must have:

• Both lead investigators be early-career researchers (<10 years since PhD award, allowing for career interruptions). 

More information in the Grant Guidelines.

How to Apply

Applicants should use the supplied template. Once completed, this form should then be submitted via email as a PDF attachment to qirc@uq.edu.au. Applications closed. A new round will be open in last quarter of 2025.