Student Opportunities

The Heart Research Institute offers 8-week Summer Research placements to Australian and New Zealand students through several Scholarship Programs. These placements provide high-achieving, research-focused students the opportunity to work on a medical research project directly related to cardiovascular disease, expand on their skills and knowledge and be mentored in a world-class research institute.

The HRI currently has Summer Research Placement Scholarships available via:

• The University of Sydney (Sydney Medical School, Charles Perkins Centre) 
• The University of Sydney (School of Medicine)
• HRI New Zealand

The HRI welcomes students from other Australian universities to contact us regarding undergraduate placement opportunities. For more information, email research@hri.org.au.

Honours is a great way to investigate a subject area of interest in greater detail, while also improving your career prospects and opening the door to further academic study. It is recognised as a prestigious qualification that further develops research, writing and organisational skills. A successful Honours year also demonstrates your ability to undertake high-level study. Our Honours students advance to a range of different careers or further studies at the completion of their degree.

HRI accepts students from all Australian universities, and the application process varies depending on which degree you are applying for. Please contact research@hri.org.au for more information or download our booklet of projects available for 2018.

HRI is committed to providing an exciting and encouraging environment for postgraduate students to carry out their research and advance their scientific careers. Our PhD students benefit from world-class research training, interaction with diverse research groups via our stimulating weekly scientific seminars and monthly Cardiovascular Seminar series, as well as various other opportunities to learn more widely from some of Australia’s best medical researchers.

Supervisors provide practical, intellectual and emotional support for their students, while fostering a culture of excellence in research. Our students are crucial to the HRI mission to improve global health by understanding the causes and complications of cardiovascular disease.

Domestic and international PhD students at HRI must have scholarship funding to support their PhD studies. All PhD students holding an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship are also awarded an HRI top-up scholarship.

HRI PhD students are usually enrolled through The University of Sydney. If you wish to enrol through UNSW, UTS, WSU or another Australian university, please discuss this with your potential supervisor or email research@hri.org.au.

Please contact us at research@hri.org.au if you are interested in applying to study here, or you can check out any of the current opportunities available within the research groups listed below. The projects are available for honours or PhD studies, commencing in 2018. We encourage potential students to contact the research staff listed within each research area for any research project questions. You can also download a booklet of the available projects.

• Applied Materials
• Atherosclerosis and Vascular Remodelling
• Cardiac Imaging
• Cardiometabolic Disease
• Cardiovascular Medical Devices
• Cell Therapeutics
• Clinical Research
• Haematology Research
• Heart Rhythm and Stroke Prevention
• High Blood Pressure
• Thrombosis
• Vascular Complications
• Vascular Immunology