PhD Scholarships

HSANZ / The Marina Grunstein Walking Up The Hill Foundation PHD Scholarship 2025

The Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Walking up the Hill Foundation are pleased to confirm their partnership and commitment to awarding doctoral scholarships to Australian applicants planning to undertake high quality research in myeloma research. This PhD Scholarship is a flagship for HSANZ and WUTH, supporting members to undertake supported higher degree training, and developing the next generation of Australian myeloma researchers. 

Walking up the Hill Foundation 2025 PhD Research Priorities

This year one (1) scholarship will be awarded to a meritorious applications pertinent to myeloma research where the application aligns with at least one of the following research priorities. These include

• Understanding the biology of myeloma
  
• Diagnostics and prevention
  
• Therapies and care options
  
• Implementation science
  

For more information including eligibility, please download and share the flyer (includes PDF cover sheet). 

For the word version of the cover sheet, please download here.

Applications will close on Sunday, 27 July 2025 at 11:59 pm

HSANZ PHD Scholarship 2024 For 2025

This scholarship is not currently being offered.

The Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ)  is pleased to call for applications for the HSANZ New Investigator PhD Scholarship to be taken up in 2025.

 This HSANZ funded PhD Scholarship is available to applicants who are medical, nurse or science graduates.

This year HSANZ is offering doctoral funding for either:

• a suitable project from a New Zealand applicant, OR
• a high-quality application in non-malignant haematology

For more information including eligibility, download and share flyer,  including cover sheet HSANZ PhD flyer 2024 and cover sheet.pdf

Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation HSANZ PHD Scholarship 2023 For 2024

This scholarship is not currently being offered.

The Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ) and Arrow the Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation (Arrow) are pleased to confirm their partnership and commitment to awarding  doctoral scholarship to Australian applicants demonstrating outstanding merit in bone marrow or stem cell transplantation research.

 Arrow 2023 PhD Research Priorities

This year, Arrow and HSANZ will award one PhD scholarship to successful applicants whose research work focusses on improving outcomes of blood and marrow transplantation for patients by making the procedure safer, reducing the risk of relapse after transplant, and proactively managing long-term health issues and side effects from transplant. This includes research in the following focus areas:

• Allogeneic transplants
• Graft-versus-host disease
• Alternative donor approaches
• Prevention of infectious complications
• Management of long-term issues
• Disease recurrence

The research work must also align with the purpose and objectives of the HSANZ.