Australian Postgraduate Research Intern (APR.Intern) has subsidies available for businesses under a Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies collaboration and a Women in STEM program.
APR.Intern is a national industry internship program for PhD, other Doctoral and Masters by Research students that spans all sectors and disciplines. It is the industry engagement arm of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI), dedicated to strengthening industry-university collaboration, and empowering students to thrive in a practical research environment.
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET) PhDs collaboration provides a new opportunity to leverage Australian scientific expertise in industry, with funding supporting the placement of PhD research students with industry partners. In addition to injecting fresh scientific and problem-solving energy into participating industry workplaces, the program will help PhD students gain valuable industry experience.
Combined funding from FLEET and other sources can provide up to $25,000 in subsidies, making the program free for industry. From June 2023, APR.Intern and FLEET will place eight of the centre’s PhD students.
A further subsidy opportunity for businesses involves the Australian Government $7,500 Women in STEM Subsidy which is now available to businesses that engage women STEM postgraduate research students as interns.
The Subsidy is funded by the Federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources’ Women in STEM & Entrepreneurship (WiSE) grants program, with 113 positions available for businesses over the next three years.
APR.Intern also has an online database of PhD student profiles to assist businesses in finding student interns. The database includes some of Australia's brightest emerging research students, from all disciplines, looking for an internship. Businesses can filter by state or research specialty, with new profiles added weekly.
