Deadline: June 30, 2024
Applications are open for the Forrest Research Foundation Fellowship 2024. Forrest Fellowships are offered to early-stage postdoctoral researchers who have outstanding academic profiles and who have already made significant personal research contributions within and beyond their discipline. Forrest Fellows will have been among the top performing students in their undergraduate and graduate cohorts.
They will already have gained high-level research experience through studying and researching in several different institutions, and their innovative doctoral research will be recognised well beyond their current institutional home. Forrest Fellows will wish to extend their postdoctoral research well beyond the focus of their doctoral dissertation and will aim to do so in a way that builds intellectual bridges within and between disciplines. Forrest Fellows are also committed to communicating their research to others, to have a positive impact on the world.
Benefits
The Forrest Research Foundation will provide funding for:
- Salary: Salary consistent with a Level A Step 8 appointment (for example The University of Western Australia Salary Scales approximately $99,905 in salary plus 17% superannuation)
- Accommodation Allowance: An accommodation allowance of $24,128 per annum in 2024 (subject to marginal tax rate)
- Research and travel allowance: A once-off research and travel allowance of up to $12,000. This allowance is available for approved research-related expenses, overseas research, and conference travel.
- Relocation allowance: All interstate and international Fellows can apply for a relocation allowance, including an economy airfare to Perth, which can be discussed with the Director if successful.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for a Forrest Research Foundation Fellowship, an applicant must:
- Have had their PhD conferred on or after January 1, 2022 or will have successfully completed all the requirements for the award of their PhD by December 31, 2024.
- Be intending to reside at Forrest Hall for the duration of the Fellowship (exemptions may be considered by the Governors of the Forrest Research Foundation).
To be eligible to take up a Forrest Research Foundation Fellowship, an awardee must:
- Have been offered and accepted an employment contract at a Western Australian university. The Forrest Foundation will liaise with the nominated university to issue the employment contract to successful fellowship applicants.
- Have received their PhD conferral before taking up their appointment.
- Take up the Forrest Fellowship and commence employment at the relevant university within 12 months of being awarded the Fellowship.
- Agree to reporting their progress to the Forrest Research Foundation Director and the Minderoo Foundation each year.
Application
For more information, visit Forrest Research Foundation Fellowship.
