Summer 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 Summer 2026 Scholarships will open Monday 22 September 2025 and close at 11:59pm Sunday 12 October 2025.
Research projects are available for 6 weeks from the 12 January 2026 until the 20 February 2026.
All successful scholars will receive a $3,000 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.
Please see below the list of projects available for students from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences for Summer 2026:
| Project name | Supervisor | Duration | Full details |
| Rotator Cuff Rehabilitation in Australia: Understanding patient experiences and current practice | Dr Anelise Silveira | 6 weeks | View the full details (DOCX, 19.8 KB) |
| Co-Designing Tools to Support Epilepsy Inclusion in Sport and Exercise: Insights from Para Start Athletes and Trainers | Ms Brittany Williams brittany.williams@uq.edu.au Dr Jessica Hill jessica.hill@uq.edu.au | 6 weeks | View the full details (DOCX, 20.7 KB) |
| Application of the IASP clinical criteria for nociplastic pain in patients with whiplash | Dr Brooke Coombes | 6 weeks | View the full details (DOCX, 19.4 KB) |
| Application of a multimodal tool to discriminate pain descriptors in patients with whiplash | Dr Brooke Coombes | 6 weeks | View the full details (DOCX, 19.5 KB) |
| What’s impacting your back pain | Miss Camille Thomas Dr David Klyne | 6 weeks | View the full details (DOCX, 18.7 KB) |
| Examining the Social Networks of Adults with Hearing Loss | Dr Dianna Vidas | 6 weeks | View the full details |
| Translation & Validation of the Physical Literacy Profile Questionnaire (PLP-Quest) for Children and Youth with Disabilities | Dr Georgina Clutterbuck | 6 weeks | View the full details |
| Evaluation of a Paediatric Allied-Health led Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS) Clinic at the Queensland Children’s Hospital | Dr Jeanne Marshall | 6 weeks | View the full details |
| Development of the Aphasia Implementation Toolkit – an implementation intervention to improve services for stroke survivors with aphasia | Dr Kirstine Shrubsole | 6 weeks | View the full details |
| Reframing Autism Assessments: Helping families to understand and engage in the autism assessment journey | Dr Rebecca Armstrong | 6 weeks | View the full details |
| Legal Vocabulary and Youth Justice: Developing an Evidence-Informed Tool | Dr Rebecca Armstrong | 6 weeks | View the full details |
| The experiences of parents of children with disability when accessing mental health services | Dr Tomomi McAuliffe | 6 weeks | View the full details |
| Neural correlates of recovery from aphasia after stroke | Associate Professor Stephen Wilson | 6 weeks | View the full details |
| Navigating Motor Neuron Disease: Exploring the voices from the frontline of care and experience | Dr Rebecca Packer | 6 weeks | View the full details |
| A scoping review of return to sport for athletes with hip or pelvic-related tendinopathy: definitions and criteria | Dr Viana Vuvan Mr Brent Sahota b.sahota@uq.edu.au | 6 weeks | View the full details |
2026 Summer Research program
Applications open: Monday 22 September 2025
Applications close: Sunday 12 October 2025
Program commences: 12 January 2026
Program concludes: 20 February 2026