Doctoral Candidate Research Internship with a Research end-user (REU)

What is a Research End User (REU)?

Answer ID 3498 | Last updated on 11/12/2025 03.12 PM

A Research End User (REU) means an individual, group or organisation that will directly use or directly benefit from th eoutput, outcome or results of research created in collaboration with a HDR student enrolled at UWA.
Examples of REU's include:

  • Co-operative Research Centres and their industry partners, businesses, governments, non-government organisations, communities and community organisations in Australia or Overseas. They may also be collectively referred to as industry, or a host or partner organisation.
  • Your employer is a REU, and the R&D activities as part of your studies is with your employer.
  • UWA affiliate organisations where the entity is only connected to UWA through external co-supervisory or co-funding arrangements, or has entered into a written agreement with UWA about research internships undertaken by students at UWA. 
Exclusions of REU's are:
  • UWA and other higher education providers.
  • UWA's affiliates (when the entity is formally or functionally integrated into UWA's core academic, clinical or research operations), controlled entities or subsidiaries, including Medical Research Institutes or Centres.
  • Equivalents (international or domestic) of the above exclusions. 
For further details visit the website. For queries please contact internships-GRS@uwa.edu.au .

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