Grants and Writing Resources for Curtin University
A final-year Curtin engineering student is one of four young Australians picked for the Global Voices IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings Fellowship, Curtin reported in June 2026. He is finishing a double degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Data Science. His honours project asks how electricity networks can take on more solar, battery storage and flexible demand and still stay stable, using AI to keep the grid reliable.
Three Minutes, One Slide
Higher degree by research students who have passed Milestone 1 can enter Curtin's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Each speaker explains a research project to a non-specialist audience in three minutes with a single slide. Faculty heats feed the Curtin Final. For 2026, first place carried $1,000 and a video entry in the Asia-Pacific final, with $500 for second and $250 for third. Masters by Research students can compete at Curtin, but only doctoral students go on to represent the University at Asia-Pacific.
An Essay Prize
Curtin is a member of the Australian Technology Network, and Curtin students were invited to enter the 2026 ATN Universities Essay Competition for prizes of up to $2,000. The 2026 prompt asked what it means to remain human amid rapid technological, social and institutional change. A judging panel read for critical thinking, originality, creativity and written expression.
Graduate Research Funding
Curtin's HDR scholarships, awards and grants include two kinds of scholarship. Research Training Program scholarships come from the Australian Government and can cover tuition fees, a living stipend and an allowance for research costs. Curtin-administered HDR scholarships pay a living stipend, a tuition fee offset, or both. A Completion Scholarship is open to scholarship recipients who need funding past the end of their current support period.
Research support funds introduced from 1 July 2022 include a Dissemination grant and an Engagement grant. Guidelines and the application form sit on the HDR forms, guidelines and policies page.
Writing Help and Curtin's Editing Guidelines
Peer Academic Mentors are Curtin students who help with reading, writing, planning and referencing, in person at the TL Robertson Library or online. They give general advice and won't proofread an assignment in detail. The Library also runs self-paced UniSkills modules on paraphrasing, referencing and editing, and its writing help answer points to the approved version of Grammarly, the only version allowed in assessments at Curtin.
The Graduate Research School's thesis and examination page covers thesis forms, Turnitin, the online submission portal and the viva, which is compulsory for doctoral students from 1 January 2026. Before graduating, students deposit the final thesis in CURATE, Curtin's institutional repository. Students who plan to use a professional editor must follow Curtin's Guidelines for the Editing of Research Theses by Professional Editors. The student discusses it with the supervisor first and gives the editor a copy of the guidelines. All substantive and conceptual guidance comes from the supervisory team. The editor's work is limited to Standards D and E of the Australian Standards for Editing Practice, language and illustrations and completeness and consistency, with exemplars only on structure. Suggestions are reviewed with the supervisor, and the editor's name and a brief description of the service go in the acknowledgements or other prefatory matter.
Once you have talked it over with your supervisor, our editors can work inside Curtin's guidelines, on language, consistency and completeness, with suggestions you review with your supervisor and a description of the service for your acknowledgements. See our Curtin University dissertation and thesis editing and Curtin University essay editing pages, or write to editors@editorsforstudents.com.
From Our Writing Guides
Compiled by James Peterson Brown, PhD, Managing Editor of Editors For Students. Links checked October 2026.
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