ICRAR Undergraduate Studentship

The ICRAR Undergraduate Studentship is a paid summer research placement that gives undergraduate students research experience in astronomy, radio astronomy engineering and data-intensive astronomy. The 2026/2027 studentships run from 2026-11-16 to 2027-02-05 with a two-week paid break over the New Year. Successful students are assigned to a project at either the Curtin University or University of Western Australia node and complete a final report and presentation.

Up to $7,600 stipend paid fortnightly; potential subsidy for flights and accommodation for applicants outside Western Australia; supervised research project assignment; final report and presentation experience.

Open only to Australian and New Zealand permanent residents who are undergraduate students or first-year masters students (preference for those entering final-year undergraduate honours or final masters year in 2026). Two priority places are reserved for Indigenous students.

Apply via an online webform and submit an official academic transcript separately to studentships@icrar.org; applicants select up to three preferred projects.