Australian Industry Group Centre for Education and Training and APR.Intern are proud to partner to connect Australian businesses with the nation’s best and brightest emerging research talent.
The placements offer an easy, cost-effective solution for your business to access PhD students to fill a skills gap and tackle research and development challenges.
Australian Postgraduate Research Intern (APR.Intern) is a national program that drives industry-university collaboration through short-term PhD student placements. It is delivered by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute at the University of Melbourne.
The program connects businesses, of all sizes, with Australia’s brightest research students across all disciplines.
Over three to five months, students apply their research skills to an identified business challenge while host businesses gain a competitive advantage by tapping into high-end expertise.
APR.Intern operates nationally and is the only national program of its kind, with direct access to all of Australia’s leading universities. APR.Intern has 10+ years of experience facilitating successful research collaborations.
This fee is paid by the hosting business and includes both the APR.Intern facilitation fee and a scholarship for the student for the duration of the internship. In some instances government subsidies may be available that reduce this fee.
There is no employment contract between the student and the business providing the internship. Students remain enrolled at their university whilst completing the internship and receive a scholarship, not an hourly rate. The project contract outlines that the industry partner is under no obligation to create an employment relationship with the student and that the primary purpose of the internship is for the intern’s educational purposes.
Complete the form below to express your interest in hosting an intern. An APR.Intern representative will contact you for a no obligation discussion about your business needs and the program.
