ACSPRI Fellowship Program
- Enrolment status
- Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic, International
- Study level
- Postgraduate research (HDR)
- Study area
- Arts, humanities and social sciences
- Scholarship focus
- Academic excellence
- Funding type
- Financial award, Travel
- Scholarship value
- $10,000 per year, and financial support to participate in ACSPRI courses and events.
- Scholarship duration
- 2 years
- Number awarded
- One applicant is awarded the ACSPRI Fellowship in the year of offer
- Applications open
- 4 June 2025
- Applications close
- 31 July 2025
About this scholarship
PhD candidates at ACSPRI Member Institutions are invited to apply for the ACSPRI Fellowship Program.
Valued at $25,000, the fellowship will help PhD students to achieve their career goals by providing direct financial support and professional development opportunities.
Fellowship holders will receive an annual bursary for two years and financial support to participate in ACSPRI courses and events.
Eligibility
You must be enrolled in a PhD program of an ACSPRI member institution, (in either Australia or New Zealand), and must be confirmed candidates (or near completing the requirements of confirmation). Applicants from the full spectrum of social science disciplines and cogent fields are welcome to apply. This includes the traditional social sciences (e.g., anthropology, economics, demography, psychology, political science, sociology, etc.), the emerging field of computational social sciences/social data science, and applied disciplines aligned with the social sciences (e.g., business, education, public health, social work, etc.).
How to apply
Please visit ACSPRI Fellowship Program for information on application requirements and the link to apply.
Submissions are to be endorsed by the student’s Principal Advisor and enrolling unit prior to formal lodgement to ACSPRI. Please email a draft application based on the ACSPRI application requirements to your Principal Advisor and enrolling unit e.g. Head of School / Institute Director / Centre Director before the ACSPRI Fellowship Program closing date.
Once endorsed by the Principal Advisor and enrolling unit, applicants will need to submit their application directly to ACSPRI by the closing date of 31 July 2025.
Selection criteria
The following five criteria will be used in the selection of ACSPRI Fellowship holders. More details are on the ACSPRI website.
- Ability to motivate research (importance/significance)
- Potential for academic impact
- Potential for policy impact
- Innovation in method
- Presentation ability/communication