The Humanities Travelling Fellowships
The Australian Academy of the Humanities is offering up to ten Fellowships to improve the capacity of Australian scholars to conduct research in all parts of the world. Travelling Fellowships of up to $4,000 for short-term - not less than two weeks - research abroad in the coming year, are available to permanent resident scholars in Australia and working in the field of the Humanities (The Arts, Asian Studies, Cultural & Communication Studies, Classics, Literature, European Languages & Cultures, History, Linguistics, Philosophy & Religion, and Prehistory & Archaeology) who require access to resources held overseas.
The Humanities Travelling Fellowships Scheme is one of the Academy's most popular programmes, attracting several dozen applicants per year. The Scheme has operated in various forms since 1985, and has assisted over 143 scholars over that time.
The Humanities Travelling Fellowships also incorporate two new programmes for 2008, the 'Embassy of France in Australia Humanities Travelling Fellowships' and the 'Ernst Keller European Travelling Fellowships'. The application form for the Humanities Travelling Fellowships is common to all three Fellowships, and they are governed by the same rules, with the exceptions noted for each individual Fellowship below.
The Embassy of France in Australia Humanities Travelling Fellowships
The Australian Academy of the Humanities and the Embassy of France in Australia are intending to offer four fellowships for scholars who need to travel to France in 2009 to undertake research.
The Fellowships will be intended to provide a contribution to travelling costs of up to $4,000 for short-term research trips of not less than two weeks. This grant will be designed to be available to scholars resident in Australia and working in the field of the Humanities who require access to resources held in France.
Preference will be given to early career researchers; however, other researchers will be eligible for the Fellowship and will be welcome to apply.
The Ernst Keller European Travelling Fellowships
The Australian Academy of the Humanities, through a substantial and very generous grant by Prof. Ernst Keller, who died in 2006, is offering two fellowships for scholars who need to travel to Europe to undertake research in 2009 in European topics. The recipients will be designated ‘Ernst Keller Fellows’.
The Fellowships will provide a contribution to travelling costs of up to $4,000 for short-term research trips of not less than two weeks. This grant is available to scholars resident in Australia and working in the field of the Humanities who require access to resources held in Europe and are researching European topics or studies.
Preference will be given to early career researchers and researchers in German studies; however, researchers in other European topics are eligible for the Fellowship and are welcome to apply.
Application Details
For details of the award, please see the Rules (.DOC, 130KB). You'll also need the Application Form (.DOC, 214KB), which is designed to be filled out in Microsoft Word (if you do not have access to Word, please contact the Academy). Please also include the Cover Sheet (.DOC, 116KB).
This programme is now closed for 2008. Applications will re-open in 2009.
Documents you'll need:
- The Rules, which contain all the rules of the Award, which you should read thoroughly
- The Cover Sheet, which you need to fill out, sign and send to us in hard copy
- The Application form, filled out completely, which should be emailed to grants (at) humanities.org.au
- Your two references. The referees should be able to comment on the reasons (for example) why you need to travel overseas, the importance of your research, and why you are best qualified to undertake this research. Please see the Rules for more information on getting references to the Academy.
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Previous winners
For a list of recipients, and to download their reports, please select the year of award:
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Need more information?
Please contact the Academy, or call 02 6125 9860.
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