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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
Living stipend, Travel
Scholarship value
$10,000 per year, and financial support to participate in ACSPRI courses and events.
Scholarship duration
2 years
Number awarded
May vary
Applications open
4 June 2025
Applications close
28 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 email a draft application based on the ACSPRI application requirements to agreements@gradschool.uq.edu.au before the closing date. Submissions are to be endorsed by the Dean of the Graduate School prior to formal lodgement to ACSPRI.

Selection criteria

The following five criteria will be used in the selection of ACSPRI Fellowship holders. More details are on the ACSPRI website.

  1. Ability to motivate research (importance/significance)
  2. Potential for academic impact
  3. Potential for policy impact
  4. Innovation in method
  5. Presentation ability/communication

Contact

HDR Partnerships Team, Graduate School