Category Archives: Funding

PhD Scholarships in digital design, heritage, visualisation and digital humanities | School of Art and Design – ANU

September 18, 2019Funding

Three PhD scholarships in digital design, heritage, visualisation and digital humanities. For full details and to apply visit the website: https://anudesign.com.au/apply/ PhD Scholarship: Mapping travelling objects – art and cultural diplomacy $27,596 p/a, 3 years ARC DECRA Project DE190100578 Travelling objects – art and cultural diplomacy “Travelling objects – art and cultural diplomacy” investigates questions about cross-cultural communication that are raised when many copies of certain art objects—prints or medals—exist in distant lands across the globe. It does so through a study of diplomatic gifts sent from France to other countries in Europe, Asia, and the New World in the […]

Australian Muslim Artist Art Prize

July 26, 2019Funding

A new Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Museum and La Trobe University is focussing on the strengthening of their relationship and the expansion of the Australian Muslim Artists exhibition. This will include an inaugural Australian Muslim Artist Art Prize, awarded with $15,000 and the addition of a new category, Future Australian Muslim Artists. This new category is for high school art students in years 10-12, with the winner receiving $250. For more information visit http://bit.ly/2MY1iNJ

Funding | Asia Study Grants | National Library of Australia

July 22, 2019FundingAsian studies, Funding

Applications for 2020 Asia Study Grants are open Deadline 30th August 2019. The Library offers annual Asia Study Grants to assist scholars in Australia to undertake research relating to Asia through a four week period of intensive access to our Asian language and Asia-related collections. With the support of the Harold S. Williams Trust Fund and private donors, the Library provides researchers and PhD students the opportunity to engage with the National Library of Australia’s Asian language and Asia-related collections. The grants are available for a period of four weeks at a negotiated time during 2020. Scholars have privileged access […]

Geoffrey Batchen appointed Professorship of the History of Art, Oxford University

May 24, 2019Funding

Geoffrey Batchen, currently Professor of Art History, Victoria University, Wellington has been appointed to the Professorship of the History of Art at Oxford University from 1 January 2020. Batchen is planning to undertake several research projects focusing on the photographic collections at Oxford University. He is encouraging applications from ambitious students wanting to write theses on the history of photography. For more information contact geoffrey.batchen@vuw.ac.nz

RMIT University and Arts at CERN: PhD Scholarship in curatorial practice

November 19, 2018Funding, News

RMIT University School of Art and the Arts at CERN program at the European Organization for Nuclear Research have announced a PhD curatorial research program and scholarship in trans-disciplinary curatorial practice. This features a full research tuition fee scholarship for 3 years (with possible extension to 3.5 years) with a stipend valued at a minimum of AUD $31,000 per year. To be considered for this PhD program and scholarship you must be an Australian citizen, and prepared to relocate to Geneva, Switzerland from April 2019 for 6 months. Curating art and physics The PhD program is run by RMIT University […]

University of Queensland Node of the Centre for the History of Emotions (UQ CHE) – Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships

November 12, 2018Funding, News

University of Queensland Node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships in English Literature and Art History Semester One, 2019 The University of Queensland (UQ) Node of the Centre for the History of Emotions is inviting expressions of interest for three visiting fellowships, for a period of up to ten weeks, from early career researchers who are Australian nationals or permanent residents. Applicants should possess a PhD awarded within the past five years, and be based within the disciplines of either English Literature or Art History. They should be working on […]

Vida Lahey Memorial Travelling Scholarship

October 12, 2018Funding

Applications are now open for the generous Vida Lahey Memorial Travelling Scholarship for emerging artists and Australian Art History graduates. link: https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=%5bUNIQID%5d&u=9c54170160562ed03e0e542ba&id=637e7e644c image: Vida Lahey, Building the Bridge (1931)

Harold Wright and Sarah & William Holmes Scholarships – Call for applications

October 4, 2018Funding

Prestigious international prints and drawings opportunity- Call for applications Dear friends and colleagues, Applications for the $22,000 Harold Wright and Sarah & William Holmes Scholarships are now open. Awarded jointly, the scholarships allow the recipient to carry out an intensive study of prints at the British Museum in London for a period of 3-12 months. These scholarships are very prestigious, with previous recipients holding positions in museums, galleries and collections throughout the world. The placement will commence in 2019, with exact timing subject to availability at the British Museum. ELIGIBILITY The opportunity is open to graduates […]

Applications Open: Terrence and Lynette Fern Cité Internationale des Artes, Paris Residency Fellowship

May 1, 2018Funding

Applications are now open for the Power Institute 2019 Terrence and Lynette Fern Cité Internationale des Arts Residency Fellowships. We are accepting applications online via submittable. All information including criteria, eligibility and residency details can be found on the submittable form. Applications are open in the following categories: a) Participating artists / craftspeople b) Art critics, art writers, art curators, art historians or art administrators c) Staff of the University of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art and PhD research students of the Department of Art History & Film Studies and Sydney College of the Arts A three or six-month residency […]

Georges Mora Fellowship – 2018 deadline: May 6

April 23, 2018Funding, General

The Georges Mora Fellowship is dedicated to the support and promotion of contemporary art and artists in Melbourne and Australia. Named in honour of Georges Mora, the renowned restaurateur, art dealer, patron, mentor and cultural catalyst, the Fellowship aims to ignite courage and support the fresh thinking required for the development of art in Australia. APPLYING TO THE GEORGES MORA FELLOWSHIP Applications for the 2018 Fellowship are now open. Download the 2018 application form here. The completed form, visual support material and all supporting documentation must be submitted by 11pm, 6 May 2018. For inquiries or requests for further information please see […]