ASFS members and future postgraduates may be interested in the following postgraduate research scholarship on multilingual Australia offered by the University of Sydney as part of the Australian Research Council’s Discovery project “Opening Australia’s Multilingual Archive”.
This scholarship provides financial assistance for a PhD student undertaking research in multilingual Australia.
Highlights
| Value | Eligibility | Open date | Close date |
|---|---|---|---|
| $28,612 p.a. (up to 3 years) | PhD student Research into multilingual Australia Archival research Hold an honours degree or master’s degree | 28 July 2021 | 27 August 2021 |
How to apply
Apply here.
Benefits
The scholarship will provide a stipend allowance of $28,612 per annum (indexed on 1 January each year) for up to three years, subject to satisfactory academic performance.
Who’s eligible
You must:
- be an Australian Citizen, New Zealand Citizen, or Australian Permanent Resident
- have an unconditional offer of admission, a conditional offer of admission, applied for admission or be planning to apply for admission to study full-time in a PhD within the School of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- be willing to conduct research into multilingual Australia
- be willing to conduct archival research
- hold at least one of the following:
- an Honours degree (first class or second class upper) or equivalent in a relevant discipline, or
- Master’s degree
- have a background in History, cultural studies or related area
- be able to work with documents in at least one Asian or European language other than English.
Background
This scholarship has been established to provide financial assistance to a PhD student who is undertaking research in multilingual Australia.
This scholarship is funded by Australian Research Council’s Discovery project “Opening Australia’s Multilingual Archive”.
Interested candidates can visit the scholarship page here for more information and contact ASFS member Sonia Wilson with specific queries at sonia.wilson@sydney.edu.au.