Summer and Winter research projects
The UQ Research Program provides UQ students with an opportunity to gain research experience working alongside some of the university’s leading academics and researchers.
Participation is open to undergraduate students, including honours, who have completed at least one year of study at the time of application and Masters by coursework students.
Program details
Applications for the Winter 2026 Scholarships will open Monday 23 March 2026 and close at 11:59pm Sunday 12 April 2026.
Research projects will run for 4 weeks between 29 June–24 July 2026..
All successful scholars will receive a $2,000 scholarship.
Eligibility
To qualify you must be enrolled at UQ at the time of application and maintain ongoing enrolment in a program at UQ for the entirety of the research program.
How to apply
For more details about the program including how to apply go the UQ Research Experience page.
| Project name | Supervisor | Full details |
| How does neural pre-play activity shape perception? | Dr Blake Saurels b.saurels@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 108.7 KB) |
| Summarising the Literature on Alcohol and Drug Preloading | Dr Jacob Sorbello j.sorbello@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 110.3 KB) |
| The WEIRDest Families in the World: Where Does Parenting and Family Psychology Research Happen? | Dr Tianyi Ma tianyi.ma@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 110.9 KB) |
| Toward a Unified Framework of Parental Self-Regulation: A Scoping Review of Existing Definitions | Dr Tianyi Ma tianyi.ma@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 110.8 KB) |
| Disentangling burnout from compassion fatigue: A systematic review and meta-analysis | Courtney von Hippel c.vonhippel@psy.uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 132.6 KB) |
| How identity is defined and discussed after brain injury: a scoping review | Elizabeth Beadle e.beadle@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 115.5 KB) |
| Children’s memory recall and cognitive offloading strategies | Dr Kristy Armitage k.armitage1@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 110.4 KB) |
| Safer by Choice: How People Manage Risk When they Use Drugs | Dr Carmen Lim c.lim@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 104.9 KB) |
| Collaborative project for journalism/communications students (or those with journalism/communication experience) to develop/progress a podcast/vodcast, blog or other social media translating research findings for a community audience | Professor Winnifred Louis c.mccoy@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 140.3 KB) |
| Multimodal Aphantasia | Professor Derek Arnold Project website | View the project details (PDF, 110.6 KB) |
| Literature Review & Infographic | Professor Winnifred Louis c.mccoy@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 345.5 KB) |
| Measuring social attention with wearable eye-tracking technology | Dr Sarah Grainger s.grainger@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 109.1 KB) |
| Social cognitive development for children with developmental language disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis | Dr Callyn Farrell c.farrell@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 128.4 KB) |
| Loneliness and Connectedness: Understanding Children’s Social Worlds | Dr Callyn Farrell c.farrell@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 134.6 KB) |
| Face identification in police manhunts | Alice Towler a.towler@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 110.7 KB) |
| Substance use and addiction in neurodivergence | Daniel Stjepanovic d.stjepanovic@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 109.8 KB) |
| Does social prescribing address social determinants of health in families and young people in regional and rural QLD? | Professor Genevieve Dingle dingle@psy.uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 114 KB) |
| Preventing the intergenerational continuation of family violence and child maltreatment | Dr Carolina Gonzalez c.gonzalez@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 131.1 KB) |
| Research in Substance use and behavioural addiction (Project D) | Associate Professor Gary Chan c.chan4@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 114.2 KB) |
| Green parenting: Understanding parents’ role in times of climate change | Dr Carolina Gonzalez c.gonzalez@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 113.7 KB) |
| Story of my life: How early social interactions shape loneliness in adulthood | Dr Kana Imuta k.imuta@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 131.3 KB) |
| Attraction and suppression of attention: Unravelling the Intricacies of Visual Capture | Dr Zhou Yu (Linda) linda.yu@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 116 KB) |
| Ready… Set… Wait: How the Brain Prepares for Action When Timing Is Uncertain | Dr Sam Armstrong samuel.armstrong@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 135.1 KB) |
| Split-Second Decisions: How the Brain Chooses Between Competing Actions | Dr Sam Armstrong samuel.armstrong@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 111.2 KB) |
| Can we use AI to educate young people about substance use? | Dr Tianze Sun tianze.sun@uq.edu.au | View the project details (PDF, 138.5 KB) |
2026 Winter Research program
Applications open: Monday 23 March 2026
Applications close: Sunday 12 April 2026
Program commences: Monday 29 June 2026
Program concludes: Friday 24 July 2026