News and information for students
K P Barley Prize awarded to Waite PhD candidate
Waite PhD candidate, Ross Sanders, has been awarded the K P Barley Prize for outstanding academic achievement in a postgraduate degree in agriculture or natural resource sciences.
Applications open: The Microbiome Project PhD Scholarship
Applications are open for a PhD project seeking to identify fundamental changes in soil biological communities due to changes in farming systems over the past two decades.
Applications open: Playford Trust PhD Scholarships
Applications are closing this Friday 20/01/2023 for Playford Trust PhD Scholarships.
Applications open: One Basin CRC PhD Research Program
Are you looking for impactful research? Applications are open for PhD research on confronting climate change, digital technologies for irrigated agriculture, enhancing water supply and realising value from within rural communities.
Applications open: Summer Student Positions at the GRDC
The Grains Research and Development Cooperation (GRDC) is seeking interest from undergraduate students to undertake a short-term paid placement over Summer 2022/23.
PhD student wins major climate change award
A University of Adelaide PhD candidate doing critical research into the effects of climate change on sheep production is the overall winner of the Premier’s Climate Change Council 2022 SA Climate Leaders Awards.
Applications open: Hugh Martin Weir Prize
Is your research about Australia’s involvement in war or the treatment of prisoners of war in any conflict, including the impact on those persons involved, their families, and their communities? Learn more about the Hugh Martin Weir Prize.
Applications open: Innovation in the grape and beverage sector – Postgraduate Supplementary Scholarships
Applications are open for supplementary scholarships to support up to 10 x PhD students undertaking inter-disciplinary research in projects relating to grape and beverage fermentation.
AFW Postgraduate Symposium summary
Missed the AFW Postgraduate Symposium? Catch-up on highlights from the day.
Three Minute Thesis success
Congratulations to Waite PhD Candidate Isobel Hume who was awarded both the People’s Choice and Student’s Choice Awards at the University of Adelaide Three Minute Thesis final last week.