Growing the Smart State PhD Funding Program

The Growing the Smart State PhD Funding Program is designed to support doctoral research at Queensland universities that can inform public policy development. 

A total of 113 PhD students have been awarded grants under the five annual rounds of the Program since its inception in 2002.

The key objectives of the Program are to:

• make available broad ranging research outcomes to the Queensland Government and its agencies to assist policy development in areas of strategic importance;
  
  
• promote and enhance evidence based public policy development;
  
  
• support academic development of researchers and research capacity in Queensland;
  
  
• disseminate knowledge about the Queensland Government policy priority areas through the tertiary sector; and
  
  
• develop mutually beneficial relationships between Queensland tertiary institutions and students, and the Queensland Government.

The Program provides competitive grant funding of between $1,000 and $5000 per year, for up to three years, to selected PhD students enrolled in Queensland universities on a full-time or part-time basis.

Funding is made available to support specified research costs incurred as part of the PhD research being undertaken and is not provided as a stipend.

As well as receiving funding, successful applicants are individually linked with a Queensland Government officer for mentoring and support.

The Growing the Smart State PhD Funding Program is managed by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. 

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