AGW Fellowships - Jennifer Strauss Fellowship

Description

The Jennifer Strauss Fellowship is offered biennially and is open to women graduates who are Australian citizens (or permanent residents of Australia) and are enrolled at an Australian university in a PhD degree by research in the Humanities. Applicants for this Fellowship may also apply for the Barbara Hale Fellowships.

The Fellowship is offered for the second or a subsequent year of a doctoral program. First-year doctoral students and applicants just beginning their research are not eligible.

The Fellowship funds are intended to facilitate a research project that will extend the nature and/or scope of the currently approved PhD program and the specialised knowledge and skills of the applicant.

The project must be completed within twelve months from the official date for commencement of tenure of the Fellowship OR by the PhD submission date, whichever is the sooner.

No later than three (3) months from the approved date for concluding tenure of the Fellowship, the recipient must submit a written report on the work accomplished. The financial assistance given by AFGW must be acknowledged in any published material embodying the results of the work carried out.

In 2008 Jennifer Strauss was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for “service to education as an academic and scholar in the field of Australian literature and poetry.”

Benefits

One (1) Jennifer Strauss Fellowship: Value $10,000

Eligibility

The Fellowships are open only to women who are Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia and are enrolled in a PhD degree by research at any Australian university or equivalent Institution. Proof is required (see below for details). The Barbara Hale Fellowships are offered annually and are open to candidates in any discipline; The Georgina Sweet Fellowship is open to candidates enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM); the Jennifer Strauss Fellowships is open to candidates enrolled in the Humanities. These two Fellowships are offered in alternate years. They do not require a separate entry form.

Applicants must, by the closing date, have completed at least the equivalent of the first year (full-time) of their PhD program and have confirmation of candidacy. Proof is required (see below for details).

Applicants successful in gaining a Fellowship may not apply in subsequent years: applicants unsuccessful in one year may apply in later years.

Applicants do not have to be members of AGW.

Selection Criteria

Applicants should provide adequate information to address the following criteria:

• Capacity of the project to extend the nature and/or scope of the current PhD program;
• Academic merit of the project;
• Academic merit of the applicant as demonstrated in progress in research activity;
• Feasibility of the project with respect to time and budgetary constraints;
• Extent to which the project will add to the specialised knowledge and skills of the applicant and be of benefit to her future career plans;
• Extent to which the project will be of benefit to the community.