Current Open Doctoral Scholarship Opportunities

Current projects with scholarship funding

We sometimes have specific research topics that have designated scholarship funding, and students with the appropriate experience and interest could apply for the position. This is a list of some of those projects that are currently open for applications. 

We try to keep this page as up to date as possible, please click on the link to find out more about the project and contact the supervisor of the project to confirm availability and for any further details.

High capacity cryocooler

ENGINEERING: Mechanical Engineering

Contact: Mathieu Sellier

Assessment of biodiverse vegetation cover options to future-proof stopbanks in Aotearoa New Zealand

ENGINEERING: Engineering with Nature

Contact: Markus Pahlow

Investigating Earthquake-Induced Pressure Transients in Hydropower Penstocks and Pressure Tunnels

ENGINEERING: Mechanical Engineering

Contact: Sid Becker

Developing Virtual Agents for Interactive Health Systems

ENGINEERING: Product Design

Contact: Simon Hoermann

Nature-based solutions for Marae onsite wastewater treatment: process resilience and cultural integration of the Wairewa system

ENGINEERING: Civil & Natural Resources Engineering

Contact: Ricardo Bello Mendoza

Factors predicting youth social-emotional development 

SCIENCE: Developmental Psychology

Contact: Sebastian Dys

A computer chip that thinks like the brain

SCIENCE: Nanotechnology | Neuromorphic computing

Contact: Simon Brown

Investigating Overpressure Events in Combustible Compartments

ENGINEERING: Civil | Fire

Contact: Andres Valencia

Factors predicting youth social-emotional development

SCIENCE: Developmental Psychology

Contact: Sebastian Dys

Feasibility of underground hydrogen storage in Aotearoa New Zealand

SCIENCE: Materials Science, Materials Chemistry, Nanomaterials

Contact: Vladimir Golovko

NMR Analysis of Illicit Drugs

ENGINEERING: Chemical Engineering

Contact: Daniel Holland