Summer Research Program Scholarships

NOTE: The Summer Research Program will not be offerred for 2025/2026.

The Faculty of Engineering Summer Research Program (SRP) is a great opportunity for coursework students to gain hands-on experience working in engineering research. For 10 weeks over the summer break, participants are paid a scholarship to work on a research project under the supervision of a Monash University academic.

The Summer Research Program aims to provide participants with

  • Experience working in depth on an area of research

  • Research and academic skills that can be applied to a future career or studies

  • An insight into what a career in engineering research might look like

Summer Research Program

Working with World Class Academics

Discover how Judy's Summer Research Program (SRP) at the Victorian Heart Hospital has helped to shape her future, working in a lab that's developing the next generation of heart support devices for patients waiting for a heart transplant. Seize your chance to work with a team of leading researchers, on impactful projects with real world outcomes. To explore the projects currently on offer and apply, follow the link below.

Faculty of Engineering Program

Over the 10 week program, Tuesday, 19 November 2024 to 13 December 2024, and from 6 January 2025 to Friday, 21 February 2025, participants work with an academic on a research project.

Participants will receive a scholarship of $500 per week. Students located interstate will be offered a travel allowance to cover return travel to Melbourne.

The Faculty’s Summer Research Program is a proven pathway into our graduate research degrees with many of our participants later enrolling in a graduate research degree at Monash University.

Projects for 2024-2025

Eligibility Requirements

SRP students must meet the following eligibility requirements:Be enrolled at an Australian or New Zealand higher education provider

  • Have completed at least 2 years/96cp (or equivalent) of an undergraduate degree or be enrolled in a graduate coursework degree and will be enrolled in the same degree in semester 1, 2025
  • Have a current weighted average mark of 80% or higher (or equivalent)
  • Be available for the full 10 weeks of the program (full time only)

Monash University Clayton engineering students may use their participation in the Summer Research Program as a contribution towards their Continual Professional Development (CPD).

Applications for the 2024-2025 program are closed.

Kerry He

The summer research project has been extremely rewarding experience, and has made me realise that I would really enjoy a career in research and academia. In addition, I also enjoy helping other students learn, having been a unit demonstrator in the past, which makes academia doubly suited to what I'm passionate about.

Kerry He
Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering student