At Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy, we offer opportunities to students at all levels of studies. From Outreach for schools through to graduate internships, we offer a range of pathways for students to engage with us.
Summer Studentships are offered through both ICRAR and Curtin. Summer Scholarships are intended outstanding undergraduate students wishing to undertake research experience aligned with their interest, and usually run November to February.
Explore the range of scholarships available for current and future undergraduate and postgraduate students at CIRA.
Launch your career with an internship with ICRAR-Curtin. We offer multiple opportunities in research and professional roles, gain paid employment experience in science and engineering.
We support programs that give opportunities for students or community to engage with our researchers, offered by both Curtin STEM Outreach and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research Outreach and Education.
Interested to know how your Science or Engineering studies can be applied to support Radio Astronomy research?
The Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy (ICRAR) is hosting an Open Day for students of all Science or Engineering disciplines, where you can meet our staff, learn about our projects and research, tour our labs, and network with staff and past/current students over a light lunch.
To help build community for first year physics students and highlight the female role models in physics, this event aimed to create awareness of radio astronomy pathways and how CIRA will play a role in their undergraduate studies including astronomy courses and research projects.
Spearheaded by Dr Gemma Anderson, this event welcomed a small group of first year physics and engineering students to CIRA, where they heard from PhD students and staff who work in different roles at CIRA, including astronomy researchers, engineers, laboratory technicians and project managers.
A cross-node ICRAR T&I effort culminated in an in-person panel event for students of radio astronomy disciplines, with the dual aim of raising the profile of radio astronomy as a study pathway, and communicating the potential for non-academic career pathways beyond radio astronomy.
Students were invited to Engineers Australia’s (EA) premises on St Georges Tce to hear from an expert panel of industry professionals with backgrounds in radio-astronomy. The panel shared their career journeys, insights on transferring from academia to industry, and the relevance and application of their skills in a commercial context.
