Winter Research Scholarship
The UQ Winter Research Scholarship Program offers scholarships to students wishing to undertake a research internship over the winter vacation period.
Research internships provide students with the opportunity to work with a researcher in a formal research environment so that they may experience the research process and discover what research is being undertaken in their field of interest at UQ.
Some students may qualify to receive a scholarship for the duration of their internship.
View scholarship guidelines and how to apply
We do not require you to obtain tentative supervisor approval prior to submitting your application.
Applications for these projects have closed
Projects available in the School of Economics
The effects of marriage and childbirth on cognitive performance |
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Project duration, hours of engagement & delivery mode |
4 weeks, and a remote working arrangement is possible. 21 June – 16 July |
Description |
This project investigates the effects of marriage and childbirth on cognitive performance by looking at a dataset of professional chess players. The project involves completing some or all of:
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Expected outcomes and deliverables |
Scholars may gain skills in:
Students have the opportunity to use the project as a foundation for a future research project (e.g. thesis). |
Suitable for |
This project is open to a student with a background in economics, psychology or related data-analysis field, and successful completion of some courses on data analysis and hypothesis testing (e.g. econometrics) is desirable. Experience with the collection and preparation of datasets is desirable, as is familiarity with the chess world. |
Primary Supervisor |
Dr David Smerdon |
Further info |
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Signalling |
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Project duration, hours of engagement & delivery mode |
The project will last approximately 3 weeks. The applicant will be required on-site for the project. |
Description |
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to either assist with the data collection of an economic experiment and/or analyse the data of an economic experiment, using STATA. The exact tasks will be discussed with interested students and tailored to their strengths and competencies. |
Expected outcomes and deliverables |
The applicant will gain skills and experience in data collection, and/or data analysis and academic writing. |
Suitable for |
This project is only available to postgraduate students with a background in economics. |
Primary Supervisor |
Dr Alexandros Karakostas |
Further info |
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