Summer & 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.
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
The 2027 Summer Research Program will run for 4 weeks from 11 January - 19 February 2027.
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.
| Project name | Supervisor | Full details |
| What Matters Most? Exploring Outcome Measures in Paediatric Intensive Care Research | Professor Kristen Gibbons | View the project details (PDF, 118.4 KB) |
| Sleep, Development, and Environmental Exposures in Early Childhood | Associate Professor Sally Staton | View the project details (PDF, 116.5 KB) |
| Environmental Exposures in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings | Associate Professor Sally Staton | View the project details (PDF, 116.2 KB) |
| Can AI Know When It Is Wrong? Building Trustworthy and Uncertainty-Aware AI for Paediatric Healthcare | Dr Moloud Abdar | View the project details (PDF, 109.6 KB) |
| Mind The Gap: Partnering with consumers to implement person-centred concussion management (AI-interfacing tool) | Dr Lizzy Haines | View the project details (PDF, 170.9 KB) |
| KICKSTART: Accelerating clinical trials for the treatment of youth concussion through an innovative standardised soccer heading model | Dr Nathan Delang | View the project details (PDF, 128.9 KB) |
2027 Summer Research program
Applications open: 21 September 2026
Applications close: 11 October 2026
Program commences: 11 January 2027
Program concludes: 19 February 2027