An important part of the SafeFish remit is to build capability in food safety and market access for the Australian seafood industry. To assist with this, SafeFish offers student placement opportunities to encourage blue sky and/or applied research projects around priority issues on the SafeFish agenda, whilst simultaneously building our researchers of the future.
PhD Student Opportunity
In 2027, SafeFish will be offering a full PhD scholarship opportunity to a student working on a high priority issue relating to food safety and/or market access of Australian seafood. Details will be released in mid 2026 on how to apply and what requirements must be met. For more information or to lodge your interest, please contact the SafeFish secretariat.
Post-graduate Students Grant
A $10,000 pa supplementary grant is available to Australian post-graduate students undertaking a research project relating to food safety or market access of Australian seafood. For more information, please click here. Example research areas include contamination of any hazard (microbial, chemical or physical) in seafood either produced or imported into Australia, public health aspects, risk assessment, risk management or risk communication, supply chain/processing activities that impact food safety, traceability seafood fraud related to food safety or other high priority topics deemed acceptable to the SafeFish partners. This grant will be available again in 2027 and 2028.
