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Vacation scholarships

Are you a third year science or engineering student? CSIRO's vacation scholarship scheme is for you.

Vacation Scholarship Opportunities

Vacation Scholarships Opportunities

From vacation student to Oxford Scholar

When Jared O'Connell started his vacation scholarship with CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics he never would have imagined it would lead him to a job with CSIRO and then a PhD at Oxford University, England.

Summer scholarships in maths, statistics and computational science

Undergraduate vacation scholarships are available every summer at CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics.

What I did on my holidays

Every summer hundreds of undergraduates get to work at CSIRO, here’s what some of them got up to.

About CSIRO vacation scholarships

Giving university students an opportunity to work on real-world problems.
Are you a third year student undertaking studies in science or engineering – you may have an interest in CSIRO’s vacation scholarship scheme.

New crop of plant scientists emerges at CSIRO

Some of Australia’s top science and engineering students have begun a ten-week, hands-on work experience program at CSIRO Plant Industry’s research facilities in Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide and Narrabri.

Australia’s top students check out science careers

Predicting climate change effects on wheat, understanding grapevine diseases and studying plant-water relationships are some of the topics 22 top university students are investigating this summer as part of the CSIRO Summer Student Program.

Summer studentships with CSIRO Plant Industry

Summer studentships offer second and third year university students an opportunity to conduct research at CSIRO Plant Industry.

Mini 'doughnut-blimp' leads the way at QCAT

Visitors to CSIRO’s Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT) complex in Pullenvale, Brisbane, might soon have a floating doughnut to show them around.

CMAR Vacation Scholarship 2012-13

Summer scholarships offer undergraduate university students an opportunity to get hands-on work experience at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR), under supervision of research scientists at Aspendale, Victoria; Brisbane, Queensland; and Hobart, Tasmania.

IM&T Summer Vacation Student Scholarships

The 2012 Vacation Scholarship Program with CSIRO Information Management & Technology (IM&T) gives students the opportunity to work on real-world problems in a leading R&D organisation

CMSE Vacation Scholarships

CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE)'s Vacation Scholarship Program offers undergraduate Science or Engineering students the opportunity to get hands-on experience working on real-world problems.

Summer Student Program Projects

Summer studentships offer second and third year university students an opportunity to conduct research at CSIRO Plant Industry.

Summer scholarships for students of information and communication technologies

Spend the summer working on your own project at CSIRO's ICT Centre.