QUT Healthcare AI Systems PhD Scholarship — Australia and New Zealand Applicants
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
QUT offers an Australian/New Zealand applicant a funded PhD on the system-level effects of healthcare AI. The award provides an A$38,310 annual stipend for up to 3.5 years and a tuition offset for up to four years. Applications close 17 November 2026.
This PhD project will study how healthcare AI changes work across clinical processes, including downstream effects on clinicians, patients, information flow and safety. Professor Amina Tariq will supervise with Professor Belinda Lange. The researcher will join a national human-factors and AI-enabled clinical decision support collaboration. The first application step is to email Professor Tariq with background, motivation and a CV; supported applicants then submit a QUT research-degree expression of interest.
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Benefits
Tax-exempt full-time stipend of A$38,310 per year, indexed annually, for up to 3.5 years including any approved extension; tuition fee offset/sponsorship for up to four full-time-equivalent years.
Eligibility summary
The official scholarship page lists Australian and New Zealand citizenship categories. Applicants must meet QUT PhD and English-language entry requirements, enrol full-time on campus, and hold first-class or upper-second-class honours or a research-intensive master’s in a health or related discipline. Experience or interest in human factors, user-centred design, digital health or health-services research is expected.
Requirements
Email Professor Amina Tariq first with your academic/research background, motivation for the topic, and CV. If invited to apply, submit a QUT expression of interest naming Professor Tariq as principal supervisor and paste the scholarship-page link into the financial-details field. Follow QUT’s research-degree application instructions.
Documents required
Initial email: CV and explanation of background and motivation. For the later QUT EOI, prepare academic records, proof of citizenship, research proposal, supervisor support and English-language evidence where required; confirm the current portal checklist.
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How to submit applications
Official QUT scholarship and research-degree application instructions checked 19 October 2026. Scholarship page lists Australian/New Zealand citizenship categories; first contact Professor Amina Tariq by email, then submit QUT EOI if supported. Stipend A$38,310 yearly up to 3.5 years and tuition offset up to four years. Deadline 17 November 2026.
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