HDR Scholarships for International Research Training Group (IRTG)

The University of Queensland is one of the highest ranked internationally in the field of Agriculture. With campuses in Queensland, Australia at Brisbane and Gatton as well as at Hermitage Research Station, Warwick, there are over 250 HDR students researching solutions for agricultural problems.

Successful applicants will be part of the International Research Training Group (IRTG) with The University of Queensland (UQ), Justus Liebig University (Giessen), Julius Kuhn Institute (Quedlinburg) and Geisenhem University in Germany. 

The IRTG for Accelerating Crop Genetic Gain will commence in July 2023 and is led by Professor Rod Snowdon (JLU Giessen) and Professor Ian Godwin (UQ). Leading scientists from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) and the UQ School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability will be involved in supervising students in the IRTG. All IRTG students will be supervised at UQ with associate advisors in Germany, with the opportunity to participate in research and research training workshops in both Australia and Germany.

We are currently recruiting four PhD students to join a cohort that will be around 24 PhD students by the end of 2024.

Exploring the genome landscape of heterosis in sorghum

For more information:

https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/exploring-genome-landscape-heterosis-sorghum

Pan-epigenomics for crop improvement

For more information:

https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/pan-epigenomics-crop-improvement

Nitrogen use dynamics in high protein gene edited sorghum

For more information:

https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/nitrogen-use-dynamics-high-protein-gene-edited-sorghum

Predictive breeding for precision pulses

For more information:

https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/predictive-breeding-precision-pulses

Applications close: 26 June 2023