Undergraduate opportunities at the University of Melbourne
The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century explores how Australia’s weather is being reshaped by climate change. We offer highly competitive scholarships intended to provide undergraduate students from Australian universities with an introduction to cutting-edge climate science and weather change research.
Students should be in their second, third, or post-honours year and interested in pursuing honours or a postgraduate degree in climate or weather change science. At the University of Melbourne, 21st Century Weather projects will run for 75 hours, to be worked flexibly over a six-week period.
If you have any questions about our undergraduate research scholarships, please contact the Centre’s Associate Director Leadership and Training Melissa Hart.
To apply for an undergraduate research project, please complete this form, which is also available at the bottom of the page.
Investigating historical heavy rainfall
Supervisor: Dr Chris Chambers
Description: In early June 2016, a large rainband with an embedded subtropical cyclone brought extensive heavy rainfall to New South Wales. High-resolution simulations have been run to investigate how ocean temperatures in different areas affected the storm. The student will investigate how well these different simulations replicated observed wind and rainfall by comparing observational data with model data.