The industry cost of engaging a PhD student intern starts at $19,900 for a 3-month internship.

This includes a monthly student stipend, an Academic Mentor fee and APR.Intern project management fees.

4-month internship – $23,200
5-month internship – $26,500
6-month internship – $29,800

* All prices exclude GST

APR.Intern also facilitates internships for businesses with existing university partners.

If a business brings a university partner and student to APR.Intern, or if a university brings an Industry Partner and student to APR.Intern, these ‘custom’ internships will attract a $2,500 discount off the Industry Partner costs.

This lowers the industry cost of a 3-month project to $17,400.

Businesses in the following sectors may be eligible for internship subsidies through our program partners:

• Women in STEM
• Defence
• Space

These lower the cost of an internship by up to 60%.

Women in STEM

A new $7,500 Australian Government Women in STEM & Entrepreneurship (WiSE) Subsidy is now available to businesses that engage female postgraduate research interns studying within STEM research fields. This brings down the cost of a 3-month internship to $12,400.

Defence 

Eligible Defence businesses in VIC, TAS and WA can access a $10,000-$15,000 subsidy through our partnerships with the Defence Science Institute (DSI) and the Defence Science Centre (DSC). This brings down the cost of a 3-month internship by up to 75 percent.