PhD scholarships

Applications open for industry PhD scholarships

Applications are open for co-funded scholarships with the Digital Finance CRC which is a collaboration between industry and universities to commercially exploit opportunities arising from the tokenisation of assets and other innovations in digital finance.

Applicants must undertake a pre selected industry based PhD project in relation to the tokenisation of assets or other innovations in DeFi.

This co-funded scholarship program with the Digital Finance CRC and RMIT University provides successful recipients with the following benefits:

👉 a stipend of $60,00 per annum pro rata (full-time study)
👉 a research support allowance of $10,000 per annum
👉 international candidates in receipt of this scholarship are also awarded an RTP International Tuition Fee Offset Scholarship (RIFOS) or an RMIT Research International Tuition Fee Scholarship (RRITFS)
👉 all local candidates, Australian and New Zealand citizens or permanent residents of Australia are provided with an RTP Fee Offset scholarship. Applicants in receipt of an RTP Fee Offset scholarship are not required to pay tuition fees for the maximum duration of their candidature