CSIRO
Undergraduate Vacation Studentships (Oct 2025)
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory
Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- AUD 49973 / Year
- Pro-rated for the internship period ($1,915.90 per fortnight before tax).
- 100-190 vacancies
- Apply by 12 Aug 2025
- Start date 31 Oct 2025 - 7 Feb 2026
At CSIRO, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Our world-renowned successes include Wi-Fi, vaccines and relayed live footage of humankind's first steps on the moon. But it's tomorrow's innovations that excite us โ wearable technology that alerts a doctor when you're sick, 3D printing body parts that save lives, examining the far reaches of space and so much more. CSIRO relies on bringing the best people to the greatest challenges with experts in engineering, computing, and the sciences, supported by professionals in law, human resources, communication, and more.
The CSIRO Vacation Studentship Program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to work on a real-world project and expand their skills and knowledge while exploring ways to solve complex problems that make a real difference to our future. Participation in the Vacation Studentship Program has influenced previous scholarship holders in their choice of further study and future career options. Many have gone on to pursue a PhD in CSIRO or to build a successful research career within CSIRO, a university or industry.
Vacation students will be paid a stipend and in some cases may also receive a contribution towards travel and accommodation costs.
Please visit our webpage to see further information.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Business & Management +more
- Associate Degree or higher
Reviews
My role is in business development providing the business side of support so that scientists and their research can have impact. Day to day responsibilities vary as a graduate where I am gathering a blend of formal training and on the job learning. I am experiencing three different rotations, each lasting 6 months. I am also involved in various projects at the same time so I split my time between those projects which vary in difficulty, length and nature e.g. desktop research task
As a research technician, my responsibility is to help with whatever project I am assigned too. Due to the newness of my role, this is almost always supervised.
My work is primarily remote; my team live on the other side of the country. Thus it can get quite isolating and lonely, as well as anxiety inducing due to losing the human touch of working in a team. But this was part of the role I agreed to and so I have learned to find strategies to deal with it such as making special efforts to socialise and engage with the local staff.
About the employer
CSIRO
4.0
1,000 - 50,000 employees
R&D and Manufacturing
At CSIRO, we do the extraordinary every day. We innovate for tomorrow and help improve today โ for our customers, all Australians and the world.
Pros and cons of working at CSIRO
Pros
CSIRO has really flexible working arrangements... no pressure to work from the office.
The culture is one of inclusivity creativity and a deep commitment to improvement.
Great professional development opportunities.
I like the work-life balance that CSIRO providesโI'm able to complete my work and have time for other commitments.
Working for an organisation that is on the cutting edge of science and innovation.
Cons
Not knowing if I have a job after my contract ends.
Multiple processes and steps that could be simplified.
It can feel isolating at times as the office is always really quiet, and most of your day-to-day interaction is online.
Promotion opportunities have not been clearly explained.
The structure and bureaucracy make things get done at a slower pace.