PhD Projects & Scholarships

Our current opportunities 

Queensland Cerebral Palsy Research and Rehabilitation Centre is a leading international translational research centre, assisting children with cerebral palsy and their families.

A number of PhD scholarships are available for domestic allied health graduates, including: occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology, psychology, nutrition and dietetics graduates.

• AVERT-CP Very Early Rehabilitation for young children with cerebral palsy

• Constraint Induced Movement Therapy for the Leg (CIMT-Leg)

• Support the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents with cerebral palsy

• Improving outcomes during health transition for adolescents with cerebral palsy

• Co-design an infant nutrition and feeding intervention for babies with cerebral palsy

• Early feeding difficulties in infants with cerebral palsy 

• Early Family Support for First Nations Mums and Bubs with disabilities

• Support parents with novel ACT-based programs

• QEDIN-PATH: Predicting Age-related Trajectories in cHild development: Understanding developmental pathways from infancy to school age

Please email qcprrc@uq.edu.au for more information about the projects and scholarships available.