National Industry PhD Program

National Industry PhD Program

Under appropriate academic and industry supervision, PhD candidates undertake a co-designed research project with university and industry participation.

This stream is for outstanding PhD candidates to undertake research projects co-designed by university and industry. The candidates will gain the ability to work at the interface of research and industry and obtain skills to commercialise their research.

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Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) stipend scholarship+ stipend top-up for the duration of the program, consisting of $6,968 p.a. from the Australian Government and a minimum of $10,000 p.a. from the industry partner

Applications are now open.

2026-06-01

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The position will be open to both international and domestic applicants, who would ideally possess undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, complemented by research experience in hybrid fuel cell systems.

Please email Professor Bahman Shabani at [email protected] and visit the How to apply page. 

The selected candidate will work with the Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Laboratory (SHEL) research group of RMIT. Please visit the SHEL webpage for more information:

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