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 to the Library’s materials and facilities, as well as sustained interaction with specialist staff. More information on our rich and varied Asian collections is available here.
Who can apply?
Asia Study Grants are open to researchers and PhD students who:
- are residing in Australia;
- are attached to an Australian academic institution;
- have not received a scholarship from the Library in the past five years; and
- need access to the Library’s Asian language or Asian-related collections that are not available online or in their own region or institution.
Researchers may be in the early or later stages of a project and can explore the extent of our collections or focus on specific materials. The grant may also be used to undertake preliminary investigations in developing a larger or related project that may assist in attracting further research funding or work.
In selecting scholars the Library’s Fellowships Advisory Committee will consider:
- the value and quality of the proposed research;
- the relevance of the Library’s collections to the research;
- the value of the experience to the applicant’s academic progress (for PhD or early career researchers), or to the development of future research;
- the capacity of the applicant to communicate their research to a wider audience (e.g., public talks, blogs etc).
Priority will be given to those with a demonstrated need to access the Library’s Asian language collections and who do not have such collections in their own region or institution. This may include other special Asia-related collections, such as cartographic or manuscript materials using Asian languages and requiring specialist staff expertise.
More information: https://www.nla.gov.au/awards-and-grants/fellowships-and-scholarships/asia-study-grants