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Fellowships
ANU Australian Studies Institute 2022 – 2023 Visiting Fellowship Program
The ANU Australian Studies Institute (AuSI) Visiting Fellowship Program brings together early and mid-career researchers to conduct innovative research that promotes the study of Australia or transnational and comparative research involving Australia. Each Visiting Fellow will be provided with AUD$5,000 (domestic-based) and AUD$9,000 (international-based) maximum allowance in costs towards economy-class travel and accommodation. Applications from academics working in any discipline(s) at an Australian or overseas institution are welcome.
ANU Australian Studies Institute 2023 – 2024 Visiting Fellowship Program
The ANU Australian Studies Institute (AuSI) Visiting Fellowship Program brings early and mid-career researchers to the ANU campus to conduct and share research that promotes the study of Australia or transnational and comparative research involving Australia. Each Visiting Fellow will be provided with AUD$5,000 (domestic-based) and AUD$9,000 (international-based) maximum allowance in costs towards economy-class travel and accommodation in Canberra. Applications from academics working in any discipline(s) at an Australian or overseas institution are welcome. First Nations scholars and scholars from Asia-Pacific are particularly encouraged to apply.
John Mulvaney Fellowship - The Australian Academy of the Humanities.
This award honours the outstanding contribution to humanities scholarship, the Academy and the cultural life of the nation of one of our longest-serving Fellows and former Academy Secretary John Mulvaney AO CMG FBA FSA FRAI FAHA. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early-career researchers and PhD students working in any area of the humanities can apply for up to $4,000 to undertake research or fieldwork.
2022 black&write! Writing Fellowships - State Library of Queensland
Each year black&write! offers two Fellowships for unpublished manuscripts by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers. The winning fellows will each receive $10,000 prize money; manuscript development with black&write!; and a publication opportunity with Hachette Australia. They will be expected to work co-operatively with the black&write! editors through to the completion of their manuscripts.
The E.G. Whitlam Research Fellowship - Whitlam Institute
Running from two to six months, the Fellowship is to be completed within the 2022 calendar year. It will be funded up to the value of $30,000 which can cover a combination of stipend, travel, and accommodation as needed. While a demonstrable interest in the policy agenda of the Whitlam government is desirable, the Whitlam Institute welcomes interest from researchers whose work reflects that legacy; for instance, in social welfare, women’s rights, urban renewal, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, human rights and more.
Lockie Fellowship - University of Melbourne
The Lockie Fellowship, offered by The University of Melbourne, provides up to $15,000 and research support for up to four writers undertaking an original creative or critical project which advances the study of literature within Australia. Eligible applicants will be assessed on how their project will best advance literature within Australia, including the project's literary merit and the research intentions of the applicant. Preference may be given to proposals that foreground one of the following topics: the environment, the human and non-human, creativity, empathy, pandemic studies, science, race, migration, protest, and community.
ANU Humanities Research Centre Fellowships
The Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University (HRC) offers a Visiting Fellowship program annually. The main scheme provides travel to and from Canberra, and accommodation for up to 3 months. As one of Australia’s prime gateways to humanities scholarship throughout the world, the HRC promotes advanced research in and across the humanities through their annual Visiting Fellowship Program and a range of conferences, workshops, seminars, and symposia that it supports and hosts under an annual theme.
Australian Parliamentary Fellowship
The Australian Parliamentary Fellowship provides support to an early career scholar to research and write a monograph for publication. The research must relate to the way Parliament functions, the way senators and members operate, or examine how a broad issue in national politics is dealt with in the Parliament. The Fellowship is offered periodically and is of flexible duration (up to six months full-time with provision for part-time or broken periods of employment).
Dahl Fellowships: Eucalypt Australia
Dahl Fellowships honour the memory of Bjarne K Dahl. They provide an opportunity for talented and deserving Australians to undertake a project related to eucalypts that is not readily fundable elsewhere. Fellowships of up to $25,000 will be awarded to individuals for projects that advance the conservation, education or research of eucalypts. Priority areas for fellowships are not limited to, but include: art and literature; development of eucalypt education resources, including indigenous cultural resources; and conservation initiatives. There is usually one Fellowship awarded each year, and submissions normally close in August.
Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice
These Fellowships provide a unique opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom to spend up to 12 months in the United States, conducting original research and working with leading U.S. health policy experts. 2022–23 Program Update: The 2022–23 Harkness Fellowship application will be open June 30 through November 1, 2021, for qualified individuals from France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom.* The application can be accessed here beginning June 30, 2021.
* Due to the pandemic, for 2022–23 applications from Australia or Canada will not be accepted.
National Library of Australia Fellowships
Offers researchers an opportunity to undertake a three month residency at the Library. Applicants may work in any field or discipline where the Library’s collections have appropriate depth and breadth to support the desired outcomes. Funded Fellowship receive an honorium of AUD $1,000 per week for 12 week, accommodation support, travel support. National Library Fellowships may be awarded to researchers working in any field or discipline. The intensive research enabled by the Fellowships can focus on Australian or international collections, with a view to creating publications or other public outputs, including curatorial projects or other research outcomes.
National Library of Australia: Creative Arts Fellowships for artworks and writing
Creative Arts Fellowships offer a $10,000 grant to support writers and artists to spend four weeks in the National Library of Australia developing an artistic concept, artwork or body of work inspired or informed by the NLA collections. Two Fellowships are available:
- Creative Arts Fellowship – Using the NLA collection to complete an artwork or body of work.
- Creative Arts Fellowship for Australia Writing – Using the NLA collection to complete a new creative work in any literary genre.
Applications close in July of each year, with Fellows commencing in February of the following year.
State Library of New South Wales Fellowships
The State Library of New South Wales offers a number of prestigious and competitive fellowships to support the study, writing and teaching of Australian history and culture. Applications usually close in July of each year, with fellowships to take place the following year.
Queensland Memory Awards Fellowships
The Queensland Memory Awards (State Library of Queensland) are dedicated to supporting researchers of all kinds to interpret the collections of the John Oxley Library. Through deep engagement and interaction with the collections, these interpretations provide new insights into the collection and contribute new knowledge about Queensland’s history. There are a number of Fellowships offered annually under the Queensland Memorary Awards program.
Australia Council for the Arts Fellowships
Australia Council Fellowships of $80,000 support outstanding, established artists’ or arts professionals’ creative activity and professional development for a period of up to two years. Fellowships are awarded in the following areas: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, for which applicants must be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander individuals; community and cultural development; dance; emerging and experimental arts; literature; music; theatre; and visual arts.
Humanities Travelling Fellowships - The Australian Academy of the Humanities
The chief objectives of the fellowships are to promote research that advances knowledge in the humanities, assist in the career development of promising ECRs, and increase and strengthen alliances between Australian and overseas researchers and institutions. Australian early-career researchers in the humanities can apply for up to $4,000 to undertake research overseas.
UTS Indigenous Research Fellowship
The Yirranma Place history project is part of the Darlinghurst Public History Initiative being run by the Australian Centre for Public History (ACPH), UTS in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation. The fellowship will be managed by ACPH and hosted by the Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges (CAIK). The Fellow can expect to receive support and mentoring from both these centres across the Fellowship. Applications close on 29 July 2022.
State Library of NSW Fellowships
State Library of NSW offers a number of prestigious and competitive fellowships to support the study, writing and teaching of Australian history and culture. These awards are for applicants with experience as historical and archival researchers. Applicants must demonstrate their record of scholarly research and publication. Previous winners of Library awards have included early career academics, independent researchers and writers and professional historians.
Dahl Fellowships 2023
Eucalypt Australia is excited to announce that the next round of fellowships for 2023 are currently open! Dahl Fellowships honour the memory of Bjarne K Dahl. They provide an opportunity for talented and deserving Australians to undertake a project related to eucalypts that is not readily fundable elsewhere. Fellowships of up to $25,000 will be awarded to individual applicants for individual projects that advance the goals of Eucalypt Australia. Priority areas for Fellowships are not limited to, but include: art and literature; development of eucalypt education resources, including indigenous cultural resources; and conservation initiatives. Please note that projects linked to tertiary studies are not eligible.
UTS Indigenous Creative Fellowship
The UTS Indigenous Creative Fellowship is part of the Yirranma Place history project, being led by Dr Alana Piper. It will be managed by the Australian Centre for Public History and hosted by the Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges (CAIK). The Fellow can expect to receive support and mentoring from both centres during the Fellowship.
2023 ANU Humanities Research Centre Fellowship program
Applications are now open for the 2023 Humanities Research Centre Visiting Fellowship program. The Program's 2023 annual theme is ‘Repair’ and eligible scholars working in every discipline are encouraged to apply. We are pleased to partner with the HRC to introduce a special HRC Fellowship in Australian Studies (with grant) for 2023.
2023 State Library Victoria Fellowships Program
The 2023 State Library Victoria Fellowships Program is a unique opportunity for artists, writers, and scholars to immerse themselves in the Library's extensive collections and bring them to life in new and innovative ways. There are 15 fellowships available, offering support through financial grants, shared office space in the Library’s magnificent dome annulus or through studio residencies, and direct access to Library collections and expert staff. They are looking for submissions that repurpose, transform or imaginatively respond to the Library’s collections. Previous fellowship projects have included a memoir retracing the journey by Chinese-Australian migrants to the goldfields in the 1800s, a film about the influence of Irish Gaelic dance in Victoria, and the continued development of the Woiwurrung language database. Possible formats are endless, from developing a podcast, documentary or original score to creating a performance or historical essay.
Lizard Island Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Lizard Island Postdoctoral Fellowships program has operated since 2008 and 45 awards have been made to date. It is seeking applications in two categories: Biology, ecology, processes or traditional uses of coral reefs; Taxonomy of little-known fauna or flora at Lizard Island. Fellows are expected to make substantial original contributions in one of these fields. The fellowships are intended to stimulate scientific benefits in addition to the research outcomes through collaboration, research training, and contributing to larger projects. Applications are assessed by a panel of Australian Museum scientists that includes members of the LIRRF Science Committee. A single application will be considered for all available fellowships. Funding is provided for field expenses at LIRS over one or two years as required. Salary is not provided. The maximum value of each 2023 fellowship is $19,800 including GST per year for either one or two years.
Australian Politics Studies Centre Visitors' Program
The Australian Politics Studies Centre’s Visitor’s Program aims to bring scholars from around Australia to the Australian National University’s School of Politics and International relations. Located in the national capital, within close proximity to the national Parliament and all of Australia’s major research and cultural institutions, this visitor’s program offers an excellent opportunity to undertake fieldwork and to engage with more than 70 political scientists based at the ANU. Visitors will be given the opportunity to present their work to the ANU scholarly community. The APSC is calling for applications for the 2022 fellowship round. The Centre will fund up to three (3) Visiting Scholars for 2022 to Visit the Australian National University’s School of Politics and International Relations Department.
Powerhouse Research Fellowship Program
The Powerhouse Research Fellowship Program provides a supportive environment to undertake research related to the museum’s collection, education, conservation and museum practice. The fellowships enable researchers to access the museum’s resources to support their research for a short period of time. The visit will initiate and develop collaborative research and facilitate interaction with, and training of, Powerhouse staff. Visiting fellows are expected to make a tangible contribution to the museum during the period of their stay.
E.G. Whitlam Research Fellowship 2023
The E.G. Whitlam Research Fellowship was established to promote research that demonstrates the contemporary relevance of the values and policies that informed Gough Whitlam’s social democratic vision of Australia. The Whitlam Institute calls for applications from candidates with a demonstrable interest in any aspect, historic or contemporary, of the policy agenda of the Whitlam government. The duration of the fellowship will be from 6-12 months and should ideally be completed within the 2023 calendar year. It will be funded up to the value of AUD $30,000 which can cover a combination of stipend, travel, and accommodation, as needed. Candidates will be expected to have an established research track record and a PhD in a related field.
Fryer Library Fellowship
The annual Fryer Library Fellowship encourages scholars to visit The University of Queensland and use the collections in the Fryer Library for a research project in areas including: Australian literature; Australian theatre; Indigenous studies; Queensland architecture; Art and design; Australian history and political culture; Women’s studies; and Refugee studies. Successful applicants receive $20,000 as well as full UQ Library access and digitisation services. They will also be provided with office space, computer access, free copying, and full library privileges at the St Lucia campus. The Fellowship is available to any scholar from Australia or overseas.
National Library of Australia fellowships 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 National Library of Australia fellowships. The National Library of Australia Fellowships program offers researchers an opportunity to undertake a 12-week residency at the Library. Applicants may work in any field or discipline where the Library's collections have appropriate depth and breadth to support the desired outcomes. Up to six funded Fellowships are available in the 2024 round. Honorary Fellowships, which do not include financial support, may be offered to meritorious applicants. National Library of Australia Fellowships are open to individuals for research at any stage of development, as well as those undertaking research which forms part of a larger project. When an individual is contributing to a collaborative project, they must demonstrate their own research component.
State Library of Queensland’s research fellowships and awards
Applications are now open for State Library’s research fellowships and awards totaling $125,000 as part of the Queensland Memory Awards. The Queensland Memory Awards aim to recognise outstanding contributions made to advance our understanding of Queensland's history and heritage.
Research Fellow Scheme, The Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research at Griffith University
The Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research (GCSCR) was established in 2003, building on a strong tradition of leading humanities and social science research at Griffith University. The Centre is dedicated to increasing our understanding of current challenges facing the modern world. Through the application of innovative humanities and social science research, incorporating the knowledge of academics from a broad range of interrelated disciplines, The Centre is at the cutting edge of social science discourse. The Centre is offering up to FIVE Research Fellowships each covering one of the Centre’s core research themes. The successful Fellow will receive a stipend of $5,000 to carry out the Fellowship, and these funds may be used for project costs, and/or to pay for the Fellow’s time.