Monash University in Australia invites applications for vacant (22) PhD Positions

Monash University in Australia invites applications for vacant PhD and Academic Positions, a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia.

PositionLocationLevel / SalaryCloses
PhD Scholarship – What is reproductive wellbeing?553 St Kilda Road4 Jul 2025
This qualitative PhD project will involve describing women’s views on what constitutes reproductive wellbeing and how health services can help them achieve this.  It will involve interviews with women of reproductive age in Australia.  The outcomes from the project can be used to inform the co-design of new health services that are truly patient-centred and policy initiatives that lead to improved reproductive wellbeing.
PhD Scholarship – Development of a digital consumer-focused intervention in community pharmacy to increase access to contraception553 St Kilda Road4 Jul 2025
PhD Scholarship opportunity that is focused on developing an intervention to support women’s contraceptive decision-making in a pharmacy setting
PhD Scholarship in bias propagation in generative AI-driven decision systems and its implications for trust, governance, and regulatory complianceClayton campus
This opportunity invites applications from outstanding domestic and international candidates who are interested in undertaking a PhD focused on bias propagation in generative AI-driven decision systems and its implications for trust, governance, and regulatory compliance.
PhD Scholarship for The Impact of Future Human Values and Practices on Australia’s Net Zero and Digital TransitionsCaulfield campus16 Jun 2025
This is an opportunity for an outstanding PhD candidate with a background in social anthropology, design anthropology and/ or visual anthropology, and an interest in developing innovative new research in futures anthropology to win a scholarship within a research programme focused on the Impact of Human Futures on Australia’s Net Zero and Digital Transitions, funded by a Prestigious five-year Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship awarded to Professor Sarah Pink (2024-2029).
PhD Scholarship Opportunity – Software Engineering for Social GoodClayton campus
This PhD project will address this critical challenge by developing novel software engineering techniques, methodologies, and tools designed specifically to detect, mitigate, and prevent the spread of misinformation across digital platforms, ensuring ethical and socially responsible outcomes.
PhD Scholarship – Gaining a Holistic Understanding of Eating Disorders: Phenotyping and Genotyping IllnessClayton campus
This PhD program would suit applications with interests in the intersection of biological, psychological, and social mechanisms underpinning mental illness.
PhD Scholarship – Patient Reported Outcomes To Improve Proactive & Patient-Centred Care for Heart Failure PatientsVictorian Heart Hospital
Victorian Heart Hospital and Victorian Heart Institute, are seeking a medical, nursing or an allied health graduate interested in completing a PhD within an externally-funded project in cardiovascular disease

PhD Scholarship – Modelling the social and political drivers of net zero transitions
Clayton campus
The PhD opportunity is based at Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI) and will support a research project funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) on modelling the technological, social and political drivers of the net zero transition. The PhD candidate will be supervised by at least two senior researchers.
PhD research opportunity -The economics of preventing future health inequalities – Project-specific PhD opportunity in the Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business SchoolCaulfield campus
This PhD research opportunity will focus on evaluating the impact of preventative health policies on current and future health inequalities. Preventative health interventions can affect health inequality because baseline risks, and intervention uptake, effects and adherence vary across groups.
PhD Scholarship – Development of novel Radiotracers for the Fibrosis Detection – PhD scholarship available with an International TeamThe Alfred Centre
We are seeking expressions of interest from enthusiastic PhD applicants to join a supportive, vibrant research team. A full PhD scholarship for 3.5 years will be offered to successful candidates
PhD Scholarships in CSIRO Next Generation Graduate Program: Quantum Information Technology: Industry Readiness and ApplicationsClayton campus31 Jul 2025
This program will tackle hurdles that are roadblocking quantum-safe security technologies and innovative industry applications of quantum computing.
PhD Program – Understanding core competencies and mechanisms in the development and prevention of problem behaviour and poor mental health in the adolescent and early adult yearsTurning Point – 110 Church Street, Richmond
This project will build on the ideas and concepts from Positive Youth Development (PYD) literature and classical Greek philosophy (Eudaimonia), which argue that civic and social engagement can be used to develop important social and emotional competencies.
PhD Scholarship – Integrated Care for Co-occurring Mental Illness and AddictionTurning Point – 110 Church Street, Richmond
The successful candidate will be part of a multidisciplinary cohort of researchers and students based at The Hamilton Centre, Turning Point, Australia’s leading national addiction treatment, training and research centre, based in Melbourne, Australia.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Master of Engineering Science (Research) Domestic Scholarship Opportunities at Faculty of EngineeringClayton campus
Expressions of interest are sought from outstanding domestic candidates for Master’s by Research or PhD study in all departments, within the Faculty of Engineering.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Master of Engineering Science (Research) International Scholarship Opportunities at Faculty of Engineering
Clayton campus
Expressions of interest are sought from outstanding candidates for Master’s by Research or PhD study in all departments, within the Faculty of Engineering.
Indigenous EOI for PhD OpportunitiesClayton campus
Monash University is seeking expressions of interest from Indigenous Australians to explore a PhD research area
Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, PhD Program 2025Caulfield campus
If you are looking for rigorous graduate research training and want to make a substantial contribution to research in the economics of health and health care, the Centre for Health Economics at Monash University offers a fully funded PhD in health economics.
Scholarship in CSIRO Industry PhD Program – Project 2: Techniques and Frameworks for Enabling Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) MigrationClayton campus
This Project develops techniques for the migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to secure critical infrastructure from quantum attacks. The expected outcome is the design of methods, techniques and their prototype to implement trusted PQC migration. The potential benefit is to enhance the security of Australian critical infrastructures against quantum attacks.
Scholarship in CSIRO Industry PhD Program – Project 1: Resilient & Practical Quantum-Safe Threshold CryptographyClayton campus
This Project will design quantum-safe threshold encryption and/or authentication algorithms. The expected outcome is the design of methods, techniques and their software prototype to implement quantum-safe threshold encryption and/or authentication algorithms. The potential benefit is to enhance the security of Australian critical infrastructures, safeguarding them against quantum attacks.
Associate Professor (Research Only)553 St Kilda RoadLevel D ($169,553 – $186,788)15 Jun 2025
Lead groundbreaking research in AI & clinical data science at Monash. Shape the future, mentor, and collaborate. Join a world top 50 university today!
Research FellowCaulfield campusLevel B ($114,951 – $136,505)15 Jun 2025
Join the Department of Economics as a Research Fellow and contribute to a research project titled “Women in STEM: The Longer-Term Effects of Teachers
Research Fellow in Theoretical Condensed Matter PhysicsClayton campusLevel A ($80,464 – $109,203)17 Jun 2025
join the School of Physics and Astronomy as a Research Fellow and contribute to leading-edge research in theoretical condensed matter physics

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