QUT 2025 Advancing Digital Innovation in the Australian Live Performing Arts Sector for PhD Students

Applications are now open for the QUT 2025 Advancing Digital Innovation in the Australian Live Performing Arts Sector for PhD Students. 

This scholarship is supported through ARC Linkage project LP240100200. Advancing Digital Innovation in the Australian Live Performing Arts Sector is led by Dr Elizabeth Gibbs in collaboration with researchers from QUT and Edith Cowan University in Perth, and nine leading organisations from the Australian live performance sector.

This project will advance digital adoption and best practice (such as live stream, AR/VR, AI) for the benefit of the live performance sector. Post COVID-19, there is an urgent need to grow audiences, to reach diverse and remote communities and broaden the impact of the proven benefit of arts and culture to well-being. In partnership with nine of Australia’s leading performing arts institutions, the research will establish a picture of current digital performance and co-design exemplars for practice, policy settings and scholarship.

• Table of Content
• About Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
• Advancing Digital Innovation in the Australian Live Performing Arts Sector
• Aim and Benefits of Advancing Digital Innovation in the Australian Live Performing Arts Sector
• Requirements for Advancing Digital Innovation in the Australian Live Performing Arts Sector Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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Advancing Digital Innovation in the Australian Live Performing Arts Sector

Aim and Benefits of Advancing Digital Innovation in the Australian Live Performing Arts Sector

• You'll receive a stipend of $33,637 per annum for a maximum duration of 3.5 years while undertaking a QUT PhD. The duration includes an extension of up to six months if approved for your candidature. This is the full-time, tax exempt rate which will index annually.
• You will receive a tuition fee offset/sponsorship, covering the cost of your tuition fees for the first four full-time equivalent years of your doctoral studies.
• As the scholarship recipient, you will have the opportunity to work with a team of leading researchers, to undertake your own innovative research in and across the field.

Requirements for Advancing Digital Innovation in the Australian Live Performing Arts Sector Qualification

To be eligible for this scholarship you:

• Need to meet the entry requirements for a QUT Doctor of Philosophy, including any English language requirements
• Must enrol as a full-time, internal student (unless approval for part-time and/or external study is obtained)
• Must commence your degree by 6 October 2025
• Must have a background or skills in creating digital environments or working with virtual reality or augmented reality.

Preference will be given to applicants who have experience in or established careers in the live performing arts sector.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit QUT scholarship webpage