Summer and Winter Research Program
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.
Doctor of Medicine students are not eligible to apply for Summer or Winter Resarch projects due to semester timetable clashes. For information about other research opportunities for MD students, please view more information about curricular and extracurricular research.
Program details
Applications for the Summer Research Program 2027 will open on Monday 21 September 2026 and close at 11:59pm Sunday 11 October 2026.
Research projects are available for 6 weeks from the 11 January 2027 until the 19 February 2027.
All successful scholars will receive a $3,000 scholarship.
For project supervisors
Project proposals for Medical School are due Monday 31 August 2026.
For information on how to submit your project for funding consideration and details on HHS governance and requirements, please contact Ola Saulicz and Catherine Daly, Medical School Research Support team at medicine.researchadmin@uq.edu.au.
Student eligibility
To be eligible, you need to be enrolled in an undergraduate, honours, or postgraduate coursework program at UQ at the time of application, and to maintain enrolment throughout the program.
You can view the full eligibility criteria on the Employability website.
Information sessions
UQ Student Enrichment and Success (SES) recorded an Info Session from the previous 2026 Summer Research Program round, and the recording is available here (S8DUP9VZ0QPQJPUE?STARTTIME=1756173630000, 148.2 KB). This session provides a comprehensive overview of the application process, program details, and key deadlines.
How to apply
For more details about the program including how to apply go the UQ Research Experience page.
Available projects
| Project title | Supervisor | Details |
| Discharging from the Emergency Department: How Are Social, Functional and Environmental Contexts Considered in Clinical Decision-Making? | Dr Annika Luebbe | View the project details (PDF, 97.3 KB) |
| Validation of lung cancer biomarkers | Dr. Kelly Chee | View the project details (PDF, 98.7 KB) |
| Patient perspectives of participation in the PuMPS trial: qualitative data collection for a nested substudy | Associate Professor Jonathon Fanning | View the project details (PDF, 108 KB) |
| From clinical trial data to patient outcomes: understanding and measuring outcomes in the PuMPS trial | Associate Professor Jonathon Fanning | View the project details (PDF, 106.3 KB) |
| Evaluating the research impact of the Telehealth Consumer Reference Group | Dr Jaimon Kelly | View the project details (PDF, 105.3 KB) |
| Beyond Uptake: An Evidence Gap Map of Equity Across the Lung Cancer Screening Care Continuum | Associate Professor Henry Marshall Contact: Dr Victor Gallegos-Rejas | View the project details (PDF, 102 KB) |
| Nicotine wearable biosensor | Associate Professor Henry Marshall Contact: Dr Hollie Bendotti | View the project details (PDF, 109.2 KB) |
| Evaluate a new technology to measure DNA methylation in Small Cell Lung Cancers | Dr Katia Nones | View the project details (PDF, 106.2 KB) |
2027 Summer Research Program
Applications open: Monday 21 September 2026
Applications close: 11:59pm, Sunday 11 October 2026
Program commences: Monday 11 January 2027
Program concludes: Friday 19 February 2027