Victoria University often provides opportunities for scholarships related to specific projects.
Often these projects are funded in conjunction with an industry partner, offering the valuable opportunity to learn to do research which connects industry and universities. This can provide experience and perspective on research, which is valued by universities and industry employers.
Scholarships to study PhD and Masters are available for the following projects. Please ensure you read the guide to applicant for each project you wish to apply.
Aboriginal History Archive: Resetting the Record: Indigenous History, Truth & Justice
PhD/Masters
Professor Gary Foley
$45,000 per annum (flat rate)
The Aboriginal History Archive (AHA) invites applications from scholars with a strong understanding of the nature of community control to conduct independent and team-based research, which will contribute to a research project funded by the Paul Ramsay Foundation.
Led by Professor Gary Foley, the overarching aim of the project is to unearth Indigenous history, stories, alternative narratives and learnings from the past, to engage communities, present into the public debate, provide materials for curricula, and, most importantly, make submissions to the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission in Victoria. Participation in this project provides a unique opportunity to contribute to impactful research in Indigenous history, truth and justice, and generate results to support, accelerate and directly impact the work of the Justice Commission.
The Aboriginal History Archive (AHA) is built around the Foley Collection. It houses items arising out of the Aboriginal Black Power, Land Rights and Self-Determination movements. It spans a century of activism from the 1920s onwards. Most of the material has been collected by Professor Gary Foley throughout his fifty-year career as an activist, performer, polemicist, historian and teacher. Learn more about the Aboriginal History Archive.
Applications are now open and close 23 October 2022 (11.59pm AEST) for semester 1, 2023 start.
How to apply:
In your application ensure you:
Please note: you are NOT required to complete a 'Prospective Supervisor' form.
Privacy preserving and data utility in outsourced systems
PhD/Masters
Professor Hua Wang
$33,00 per annum
Making the best tradeoff between data privacy and utility is a vital challenge in privacy-preserving outsourcing environments. This project aims to develop a balanced distributed framework to achieve the best utility of outsourced data while protecting private information. The framework consists of general structure of distributed evolutionary algorithms and a predefined topology for high optimization efficiency and a dynamic grouping recombination model. The project outcomes will be beneficial to applications in the nation as it incorporates new privacy constraints and utility requirements raised by emerging technologies to enable better protection of sensitive information and maximal data utility in outsourced systems.
Mathematics; Security, Database and Algorithm development
Applications are now open and close 15 May 2022 for a semester 2, 2022 start.
International applications close: 2 October 2022
Domestic applications close: 23 October 2022
Then follow the below steps
In your application ensure you:
In your application ensure you:
There are no industry-supported scholarships currently available at Victoria University.
The relevant online application form lists the documents you will need to be submit and this must include:
This initial proposal gives us an understanding of your research interests. Study in the early stages of your research degree may lead to changes. In some cases, your supervisor(s) may suggest a project linked with both of your interests.
