About
The ARC Centre of Excellence Undergraduate Scholarships in Climate Extremes are highly competitive scholarships intended to provide undergraduate students from Australian universities an introduction to cutting-edge climate science research at one of our five universities, or our national partners.
Students should be in their second, third, or post-honours year and interested in pursuing honours or a postgraduate degree in climate science. Scholarship projects may either run on a full-time basis over the summer or other mid-sem/trimester breaks, or part-time for the equivalent of six weeks full time work throughout the academic year.
The scholarships are valued at $5000. Scholarships are open to Australian and New Zealand citizens, Australian permanent residents, and international students currently enrolled in an Australian university.
If you have any questions about our undergraduate research scholarships please contact the Centre’s Graduate Director (climate.grad@unsw.edu.au).
Applicants interested in projects based at UNSW are also encouraged to apply via the UNSW vacation scholarship scheme.
Testimonies
Steven Thomas’s investigation into drought started as a six-week undergraduate project and ended up becoming two years of research, conference presentations and more – and that was before he even graduated.
Julie Potgieter was looking for a better way to explore potential careers when an e-mail came through about working on a climate-related research project for undergraduate students. Her project resulted in a first authored journal article.
Projects
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ANU03: An Investigation into Australian Drought under Warmer and Cooler Climates
This project will investigate the frequency and intensity of Australian drought in stable warmer and cooler climates. The student will utilise two 1000-year runs of the CESM climate model run… View Article
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MON01: Meteorological processes driving the late autumn rainfall decline in southeast Australia
Since the early 1990s, Autumn rainfall has been declining in southeast Australia, particularly through Victoria, southeast South Australia and eastern Tasmania. This ongoing trend has been linked to changes in… View Article
The deadline for undergraduate scholarships is September 15, 2023.