Melbourne Dental School Internal Grants

As a student at the Melbourne Dental School, you can look forward to studying in Australia's top school for everything relating to dentistry, oral health, and dental research.

The School offers internal grants to all cohorts for various research projects. Funds granted will be paid on reimbursement of invoices submitted to the School Office.

In order to obtain funding, students, together with their academic research supervisors, must submit a research funds application form and budget form. Supervisors must check budgets completed by their students in accordance with the conditions of the grant below. For more detailed information on the funding available, please refer to the relevant grants below.

Research Grant Information

  • Eligibility

    This grant is available to students currently enrolled in:

    • Doctor of Philosophy
    • Master of Philosophy
    • Doctor of Clinical Dentistry
    • Honours (All programs)

    Grant Amount

    The award amount for each individual course is presented below and applies to the period of candidature*:

    • Doctor of Philosophy: $2600
    • Master of Philosophy: $1600
    • Doctor of Clinical Dentistry: $2000
    • Honours (All programs): $1400

    *Please note if you request for external statistical support, you are entitled to request for an additional grant amount (see additional amount available for each individual course):

    • Doctor of Philosophy: $1000
    • Master of Philosophy: $600
    • Doctor of Clinical Dentistry: $700
    • Honours (All programs): $600

    Any requests for external statistical support should be outlined in your application. Retrospective claims for statistical services already provided will not be reimbursed.

    Application Open Date:

    (Eligible students will be notified via CANVAS when applications are open).

    Round 1 - Monday 23rd March 2026

    Round 2 – Monday 17th August 2026

    Application Close Date:

    Round 1 - Friday 17th April 2026

    Round 2 – Friday 11th September 2026

    Late Applications will not be accepted.

    Outcomes (approx. dates):

    Round 1 – Early May 2026

    Round 2 – End September 2026

    Application Information:

    The application form and project details must be filled in electronically. The Budget Form (available below), must be uploaded in the application form, checked and signed by the applicant(s)'s supervisor.

    All students associated with a research project that requires Ethics Approval must undertake Research Integrity Online Training: RIOT training .The completion certificate for this training must be forwarded to mds-researchsupport@unimelb.edu.au

    Applications must explain the aim of the project and include an itemized budget with justification of items being requested. It is the student's responsibility to ensure full details and itemized responses are provided where necessary.

    Please consider your project costs carefully and apply for funding in advance. There will be NO retrospective funding. Additionally, some expenses cannot be claimed. For information on what you can claim, see the MDS research funds local guideline.

    Approved funding that is granted will be valid for the whole duration of candidature.

  • Eligibility

    This grant is available to students currently enrolled in the Doctor of Dental Surgery.

    Grant Amount

    $3000 per Student Group.

    DDS student groups will automatically be considered for the grant.

Submitting the Application

All applications must be accompanied by a Budget Form that must be completed and signed by your supervisor.

Postgraduate and Honours students must submit their application via the Online Postgraduate and Honours Grant Application Form.

Please ensure ALL applications are submitted with a Budget Form (available below).

Application Checklist

Budget Forms

Please select the relevant form below and submit this alongside your Online Application for Internal Research Grant funding.