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2025 Winter Research Program

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Engage in a formal research project over the winter break with the UQ Summer Research Program.

The UQ Winter Research Scholarship Program offers scholarships to students wishing to gain experience working alongside a researcher in a formal research environment in their area of interest at UQ.

Each project will be offered for a period of four (4) weeks between 30 June to 25 July 2025

Successful applicants will receive a $2,000 grant.

Participation is open to undergraduate (including honours) and master by coursework students who are currently enrolled and will remain at UQ for the entirety of the research program.

Applications will open on 24 March.

Check out some testimonials from previous scholars.

  1. Conflict Narratives Symposium and Workshop support
  2. ‘Talking families into being’: Exploring family discourse
  3. Data Analysis in Korean language learners/speakers’ experiences
  1. Exploring the language journeys of high school graduates: A study on Japanese learning backgrounds
  2. Compiling and repurposing descriptions of Gunya for Community Language Revitalisation
  3. Professional conference interpreters’ use of interpreting strategies in real-life Chinese/English simultaneous interpreting at the United Nations

5. Compiling and repurposing descriptions of Gunya for Community Language Revitalisation

Project title: 

Compiling and repurposing descriptions of Gunya for Community Language Revitalisation

Hours of engagement & delivery mode

The project will run from 30 June to 25 July, 25-35 hours per week, with regular team meetings, in a hybrid delivery, with some on-campus engagement and scope for largely remote work.

Description:

Across Australia and globally, Indigenous language advocates and experts are working to relearn and restore their languages. Founded on Community knowledge and authority, this involves researching historical and technical language descriptions and piecing together information in Community accessible and useful ways.

In this project, co-led by a Gunya student and language activist, we will work with 3 key descriptions of Gunya and related languages traditionally spoken in Western Queensland to compile a vocabulary and draft descriptions of the sounds, morphology and syntax of Gunya. We will use excel spreadsheets to compile a comparative vocabulary and investigate platforms for creating Community-access.

Expected learning outcomes and deliverables:

Scholars will gain research and research translation skills by investigating a range of sources to compile language materials, using current technologies and methods. The project also provides experience in ethical collaboration and outreach, by working with a First Nations student and Language advocate to support Community Language revitalisation. Collaborative research outputs to be negotiated.

Suitable for:

This project is suited to students with a good knowledge of linguistics (2nd-3rd year), and/or data compilation and an interest in Indigenous Languages and revitalisation.

Primary Supervisor:

Dr Samantha Disbray

Further info:

Dr Samantha Disbray s.disbray@uq.edu.au