Category Archives: Scholarship

PhD Scholarship Opportunity | Transforming Australian Design Cultures Through the Department Store, 1954–75

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UNSW Sydney | Applications close 12 November 2026 Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD scholarship as part of the ARC Linkage Project Transforming Australian Design Cultures Through the Department Store, 1954–75. The project investigates the role of department stores in transmitting, promoting and shaping international design ideas and practices in postwar Australia, focusing on David Jones’ program of international exhibitions between 1954 and 1975. A collaboration between UNSW Sydney, the University of Technology Sydney, the Powerhouse Museum and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the project welcomes original research proposals exploring design history, retail cultures, cultural exchange, […]

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Curatorial scholarship | Documenta16 | Deadline 31 October

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Stipend for a visual arts professional to work at documenta16 in 2027 documenta in Kassel, Germany, is one of the largest and most important contemporary art exhibitions in the world. The exhibition takes place every five years, with each edition led by a different internationally recognised Artistic Director. documenta16 will take place from June 12 until September 19, 2027 and will be curated by Naomi Beckwith, currently Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Through its activities as a registered Australian not-for-profit organisation, The Friends of Goethe Australia complement the work of the Goethe-Institut by […]

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PhD scholarship opportunity │Curtin University │ Closes today

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Curtin University is seeking a PhD candidate to research contemporary art in Timor-Leste, hosted at and funded by Curtin University, Western Australia, as part of its support of the Australian Research Council-funded project, Art, Politics and Donor Agendas in Timor-Leste (DP260100679). The PhD scholar will be co-supervised by Associate Professor Vannessa Hearman and Professor Kit Messham-Muir. For more information: https://www.curtin.edu.au/research/hdr-r-projects/art-politics-and-donor-agendas-in-timor-leste/ Australian domestic students preferred. Interest in a Master of Philosophy will also be considered for the right candidate. Expressions of interest due 15 June 2026.

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Applications open | 2027 Scholarships at the National Library of Australia

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Applications are now open for 2027 Scholarships offered by the National Library of Australia. PhD students who require access to the Library’s collections to assist their postgraduate research are encouraged to apply for eight philanthropically funded Scholarships offered by the Library in 2027. Successful applicants will each receive $10,000 to support four weeks of on-site research at the National Library in Canberra, as well as supported access to the Library’s collections, increased borrowing privileges, a dedicated desk in the Library’s Petherick Reading Room, and an allowance for high resolution digital copies of collection materials. Learn more about the National Library of Australia Scholarships here, […]

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PhD Scholarship in Art History and Theory | 12 September

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Location: Caulfield campus Employment Type: Full-time Duration: 3-year 6-month fixed-term appointment The successful applicant will receive a tax-free stipend of $36,063 per annum full-time rate. Monash University’s Art History and Theory Program in the Department of Fine Art is offering a fully funded PhD opportunity for a candidate to undertake research in Garden and Landscape History. This PhD scholarship is funded to contribute towards Professor Luke Morgan’s Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship Project ‘A Reception History of Landscape Design.’ The project aims to address the problem of how to develop a reception history of designed landscapes. It expects to generate new knowledge in […]

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Applications open | Kinnane PhD Scholarship in Art History and Museum Studies

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About this scholarship The scholarship was established in 2017 and is maintained by the income of a perpetual endowment fund from a bequest to The University of Queensland under the will of Paula Ruth Kinnane, who graduated from The University of Queensland in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. The scholarship recognises Tony and Paula Kinnane who were lifetime lovers of art, art galleries, and collected art for their own pleasure, and to support emerging art museum professionals and art museums, especially in rural and regional Australia. Eligibility You are eligible if you are applying to undertake an HDR […]

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