Australian Academy of Science
The AK Head Travelling Scholarship for Mathematical Scientists is named in honour of the late Dr Alan Kenneth Head AO FAA FRS (1925–2010) and is funded through the Gwenneth Nancy Head Foundation.
The purpose of the Scholarship is to support mathematical science students/young researchers to further their studies and develop new international networks and collaborations whilst visiting facilities that they would not normally be able to access in Australia.
The Scholarship is to be awarded to one or more early career mathematical science students/research scientist to travel overseas for a period of time (6 weeks or longer) to further their studies and develop new international networks and collaborations to a maximum of $20,000 per year.
The Scholarship is to be used to fund accommodation costs, international travel (economy air fares only), local transport costs, conference fees and incidentals required while travelling.
For these purposes an early career student/research scientist is taken as being no more than 40 years of age in the calendar year of application.
At the time of application, the applicants should be completing or should have recently completed a PhD degree or equivalent. The grant-holder must continue to be enrolled in, or employed by, an Australian University or Research Institution to receive the funding. All applicants should be citizens or permanent residents of Australia at the time of applying. The award must be spent over a 12 month period from the time of award..
The scholarship will cover a travel period of between 6 weeks and three months with no more than $20,000 being made available per scholarship.
