UWA Data Institute Awards
Ground Level Support
At the UWA Data Institute, we support industry and academics at the ground level. From travel grants to summer research grants, our applicants are given opportunities to further their research in domains that would otherwise be inaccessible. Are you interested in finding out more?
2026 Travel Grants | Now Open!
The UWA Data Institute is offering UWA Higher Degree Research Students and Early Career Researchers travel grants to a maximum of $2,000 to support their on-going research on topics related to data science, statistics, machine learning and/or artificial intelligence from any discipline domain.
Applications welcome Mar - Nov 2026 with awards being made start of June, Sept & Dec 2026.
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2026/27 Summer Research Projects
The UWA Data Institute’s Summer Research Project grants open on 1st August 2026. These grants provide targeted funding to pursue innovative data-driven projects at UWA.
We extend our sincere thanks to BCG X, IMDEX, Kinetic IT, and Chevron, our Foundation Sponsors, for their support of this program. Interested in learning about how a grant could support your work?
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UWA Data Institute Research Awards 2026 | Senior, Mid-Career, Early Career, PhD
The University of Western Australia (UWA) Data Institute recognises that major contributions to research and scholarship require commitment and dedication. In this series of awards, the UWA Data Institute wishes to acknowledge the achievements, relative to opportunity, of outstanding staff members at different levels of their careers who are using data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence in any domain.
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UWA Data Institute 2027 | Foundation Sponsor Academic Prizes
We are establishing four new annual student academic prizes within the UWA School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing, in partnership with its Foundation Sponsors, BCG X, IMDEX, Kinetic IT and Chevron. These prizes recognise outstanding student achievement. The prizes will commence in the 2026 academic year, with the inaugural awards presented in 2027 and formally recorded on recipients’ academic transcripts.
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