Australian Bicentennial Scholarships & Fellowships

 

Objectives:  The object of the scheme is to promote scholarship, intellectual links, and mutual awareness and understanding between the United Kingdom and Australia, in particular,

• to enable United Kingdom graduates to study in approved courses or undertake approved research in Australia;
   
•  to enable Australian graduates to study in approved courses or undertake approved research in the United Kingdom;
   
• to make allowance within the scheme for disadvantaged persons.
   

Eligibility:   An applicant for a Scholarships must:
 

• Be enrolled as a postgraduate student at an Australian higher education institution or be eligible for such registration at a United Kingdom higher education institution;
   
• Be usually resident in Australia;
   
• Hold at least an upper second class honours degree .

A detailed report on the scholarship/fellowship is required within 3 months of returning to Australia.

Stipend:  £4,000 and may be used to supplement other awards

Duration:  The successful applicant must spend at least 3 months studying in the United Kingdom, and the award must be taken up within 12 months of receiving it, or forfeit the award. 

Application Forms, Reference Request Forms and further details are accessible at:  http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/menzies/index.htm

Send completed applications to:

Menzies Centre for Australian Studies
4th Floor
The Australia Centre
Cnr Strand and Melbourne Place
LONDON  WC2B 4LG

Tel:  +44 020 7240 0220
Fax: +44 020 7240 8292
Email: menzies.centre@kcl.ac.uk

 Closing Date:  28 October 2005

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