Australian applicants
Applications will be accepted between 15 February and 19 April 2013. The deadline for receipt of applications and references is 19 April 2013.
Further particulars
Each year the Australian Bicentennial Scholarships and Fellowships Trust invites applications from Australian postgraduate students or academic staff members for Australian Bicentennial Scholarships and Fellowships tenable in the United Kingdom.
The objects of the scheme, as defined in the deed of Trust, are to ‘promote scholarship, intellectual links, and mutual awareness and understanding between the United Kingdom and Australia, in particular: a) to enable United Kingdom graduates to study in approved courses or undertake approved research in Australia; b) to enable Australian graduates to study in approved courses or undertake approved research in the United Kingdom; and c) to make allowance within the Scheme for disadvantaged persons.’
An applicant for a Scholarship must be registered as a post-graduate student at an Australian tertiary institution, or be eligible for such registration at a UK tertiary institution, and be usually resident in Australia. He/she should normally have at least an upper second class honours degree.
An applicant for a Fellowship should have a good post-graduate degree or equivalent experience, and should be seeking to further his/her education or professional experience but not through taking a further degree.
Candidates may be in any discipline (commonly in the humanities, creative arts, education, law, social and physical sciences, engineering and medicine), but they must demonstrate that there are special scholarly or practical advantages to be gained from a period of study in the UK, and that an appropriate host institution is available. Younger scholars are preferred, but while there is no formal age limit a scholar or fellow must be likely to be able to make a formal contribution in his/her field for at least ten years. Each scholarship or fellowship will offer a grant of up to £4,000, and may be used to supplement other awards. Please note that preference is often given to applicants who can demonstrate that a Bicentennial grant will complete a guaranteed funding package for the whole degree or project. A successful applicant must spend at least three months studying in the UK. A detailed report on the scholarship/fellowship is required within three months of the scholar’s/fellow’s return to Australia.
Application notes
The application should include:
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a curriculum vitae (2 sides of A4, incl. footnotes and references)
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the names of two referees
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a statement of the research project or programme of study (2 sides of A4) and where it is to be carried out
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a signed copy of the application form
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evidence of having been accepted by the proposed host institution (this may be forwarded separately)
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and details of any other awards applied for or received.
Please note that no other application form will be accepted. Incomplete or incorrectly completed applications, or those which are over the word limit, will be considered ineligible.
Applicants must arrange for their referees to send their reports direct to the Menzies Centre. Only emailed applications and references will be accepted. The Centre does not pursue late references.
Monies will be released between 1 August 2013 and 31 July 2014. A scholar/fellow must take up the award by 31 July 2014 or forfeit it.
Applications and references for 2013/14 will be accepted by email only between 15 February 2013 and 19 April 2013.
Email menzies.centre@kcl.ac.uk
Scholarship Application Form(doc)
Fellowship Application Form(doc)
Reference Request Form (doc)
Advice on Reports (pdf)