Catalyst program

As a Business or Economics student in the Catalyst Program, you will connect with likeminded staff and students through an annual calendar of networking events, guest speaker visits and special seminars.

Our global Business and Economics partner institutions include EM Strasbourg Business School (France), Skema Business School (France), Mendel University of Brno (Czech Republic), The Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada), Thompson Rivers University (Canada), University of Sussex (UK), and WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany).

As a Catalyst student, you can receive up to $2,500 in scholarship funds if you successfully apply to undertake a semester exchange with one of these or another of the 150 partner institutions of the University of Tasmania.

• Corporate Internship Program
  As a Catalyst student, you will be considered first for industry placements in the Corporate Internship Program during your final year of study. These internships give you invaluable industry experience and exposure to Tasmania’s top business minds.
• Behavioural Economics for Policy Unit
  You are eligible to apply for a research project opportunity in the experimental lab as part of the Behavioural Economics for Policy Unit. These highly sought-after placements give you research support experience in applying behavioural insights to policy challenges. Projects often involve designing interventions to combat challenges, and undertaking lab or field-based experiments to test their effectiveness.
• Other Catalyst Research Projects
  You are eligible to apply for research assistant experience in exciting research projects led by our Business and Economics investigators. These could involve data collection, quantitative or qualitative data analysis, literature reviews and much more. Explore our current research projects to get a sense of our research strengths and opportunities.
• Catalyst Work Placement
  You are eligible to apply for a range of work placement opportunities including preferential access to highly-valued work-experience opportunities on key projects with industry partners and paid summer work placements in firms. Find out more about these opportunities during your Catalyst welcome events.
• Professional Development
  You are eligible to apply for up to $500 in financial support to fund professional development opportunities such as leadership development, advanced software training, as well as industry seminars, workshops or events.
• Membership of Industry Associations
  You are eligible to apply for financial support to cover membership of industry associations such as the Economics Society of Australia (Tasmania), providing opportunities for you to engage and network with practicing professionals.

As an Architecture or Design student in the Catalyst Program, you will connect with likeminded staff and students through an annual calendar of networking events, guest speaker visits and special seminars.

As a Catalyst student, you can receive up to $2,500 in scholarship funds if you successfully apply to undertake a semester exchange with one of our partner institutions of the University of Tasmania.

Our global Architecture partner institutions include University of Liverpool (UK), Tecnologico De Monterrey (Mexico), University of Texas at Austin (USA), University of Virginia (USA) and Cracow University of Technology (Poland).

An example exchange opportunity for an Architecture or Design student:

The New Colombo Plan High Achievers Scholarship Program
Connecting culture and tradition through bamboo architecture + agriculture

The New Colombo Plan Scholarship is a prestigious Australian Government program that provides opportunities for high achieving students enrolled in undergraduate programs to undertake a semester of study overseas within 40 approved countries within the Indo-Pacific region.

Summer research project
You will have the chance to apply for a Summer Research Project where you will work with a supervisor on a research topic. Through negotiation with your supervisor, you will have the opportunity to align your project with a research topic that interests you. As a Catalyst Student, you'll access a scholarship up to $3,000 to support your project.

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As a Natural Environment and Wilderness student in the Catalyst Program, you will connect with likeminded staff and students through an annual calendar of networking events, guest speaker visits and special seminars.

As a Catalyst student, you can receive up to $2,500 in scholarship funds if you successfully apply to undertake a semester exchange with one of these or another of the 150 partner institutions of the University of Tasmania.

Summer research project
You will have the chance to investigate environmental change in Tasmania’s landscapes through a Summer Research Project. Under the supervision of an experienced academic, you will contribute to research that investigates genuine issues in Tasmania. Example projects could be assessing bushfire management in urban bushland, investigating impacts of bush walkers on tracks in wilderness areas, or assessing social change in mountain bike track developments.

Through negotiation with your supervisor, you will have the opportunity to align your project with a research topic that interests you. As a Catalyst Student, you'll receive a scholarship of $3,000 to support your project.

As a Marine and Antarctic Science student in the Catalyst Program, you will connect with likeminded staff and students through an annual calendar of networking events, guest speaker visits and special seminars. You will also have the opportunity to accompany staff on research trips across Tasmania’s wilderness areas.

As a Catalyst student, you can receive up to $2,500 in scholarship funds if you successfully apply to undertake a semester exchange with one of these or another of the 150 partner institutions of the University of Tasmania.

Summer research project
You will have the chance to apply for a Summer Research Project where you will work with a supervisor on a research topic. Past projects have covered a wide range of subjects such as Climate-driven changes in ocean oxygen, Reconstructing dust deposition and biological productivity in the polar frontal region, and sampling for paleoceanographic reconstructions of ocean circulation and productivity.

Through negotiation with your supervisor, you will have the opportunity to align your project with a research topic that interests you. As a Catalyst Student, you'll receive a scholarship of $3,000 to support your project.

As a Pharmacy student in the Catalyst Program, you will connect with likeminded staff and students through an annual calendar of networking events, guest speaker visits and special seminars.

As a Catalyst student, you can receive up to $2,500 in scholarship funds if you successfully apply to undertake a semester exchange with one of these or another of the 150 partner institutions of the University of Tasmania.

As a Pharmacy student, this could include an international clinical pharmacy placement with our partners in the United Kingdom or Canada.

Enhance your study experience with a Scholarship (up to $3,000 HECS waiver) to support any approved unit in the field of medication management that provides RPL relevant to Graduate Certificate. Eg CAM554 Clinical Redesign (part of Graduate Certificate (Clinical Redesign) (M5V) or new Postgraduate Pharmacy Specific Unit (Masters/Specialisation).

As a Medical Research student in the Catalyst Program, you will connect with likeminded staff and students through an annual calendar of networking events, guest speaker visits and special seminars.

As a Catalyst student, you can receive up to $2,500 in scholarship funds if you successfully apply to undertake a semester exchange with one of these or another of the 150 partner institutions of the University of Tasmania.

Enhance your study experience with a Summer research project opportunity (locally or interstate) in your first or second year.

As a Science student in the Catalyst Program, you will connect with likeminded staff and students through an annual calendar of networking events, guest speaker visits and special seminars.

As a Catalyst student, you can receive up to $2,500 in scholarship funds if you successfully apply to undertake a semester exchange with one of these or another of the 150 partner institutions of the University of Tasmania.

Summer research project
You will have the chance to apply for a Summer Research Project where you will work with a supervisor on a research topic. Past projects have covered a wide range of subjects such as health care modelling of bed in intensive care units, supercomputer simulations of a black hole in distant galaxies and chemical analysis of heavy metals in Tasmanian fish. Through negotiation with your supervisor, you will have the opportunity to align your project with a research topic that interests you. As a Catalyst Student, you'll access a scholarship up to $3,000 to support your project.

As an Engineering student in the Catalyst Program, you will connect with likeminded staff and students through an annual calendar of networking events, guest speaker visits and special seminars. Recent speakers have included Dr Alan Finkel (Australian Chief Scientist), Benita Husband (CEO Pitt & Sherry) and David Bartlett (ex-Premier of Tasmania).

As a Catalyst student, you can receive up to $2,500 in scholarship funds if you successfully apply to undertake a semester exchange with one of these or another of the 150 partner institutions of the University of Tasmania.

Humanitarian Design Summit
The Engineers Without Borders Humanitarian Design Summit is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an immersive learning experience. Over 14 days, you’ll push your boundaries and gain insight into best practice community development.

Summer research project
You will have the chance to apply for a Summer Research Project where you will work with a supervisor on a research topic. Example projects could be investigating small-scale wind turbine viability in Tasmania, assessing intelligent smart home simulators or designing a mobile aquatic drone for collection of waste in bodies of water. Through negotiation with your supervisor, you will have the opportunity to align your project with a research topic that interests you. As a Catalyst Student, you'll access a scholarship up to $3,000 to support your project.

As an Information and Communication Technology student in the Catalyst Program, you will connect with likeminded staff and students through an annual calendar of networking events, guest speaker visits and special seminars.

As a Catalyst student, you can receive up to $2,500 in scholarship funds if you successfully apply to undertake a semester exchange with one of these or another of the 150 partner institutions of the University of Tasmania.

Summer research project
You will have the chance to apply for a Summer Research Project where you will work with a supervisor on a research topic. Through negotiation with your supervisor, you will have the opportunity to align your project with a research topic that interests you. As a Catalyst Student, you'll receive a scholarship of $3,000 to support your project.