Fellowship Funds Inc
The Commemorative Fellowships are one year fellowships. These fellowships are named after the following women:
Molly Budtz-Olsen, Dorothy Davidson, Freda Freeman, Audrey Harrisson, Audrey Jorss, Mary McSweeney, Margaret Mittelheuser, Betty Patterson, Rosemary Venton, and Barbara Williams.
FFI awards its Fellowships using a holistic review and selection process. Applications from all academic disciplines are welcome. FFI may vary the number of Fellowships awarded from year to year for any reason. As a guide only, the annual number of awards made in recent years has been in the order of 4 - 5 Fellowships.
The Fellowship:
- may be used for formal postgraduate study consistent with the aims of FFI;
- studies must commence by September of the year following receipt of the award, and may be deferred for no longer than 6 months after the proposed date of commencement of studies. Funding may be withdrawn if these time limits are exceeded.
- maximum period of the Fellowship is one year;
- successful applicants may reapply for a Fellowship in subsequent years;
- the stipend is paid in two parts, usually in January and July - one half following finalisation of Fellowship documentation and FFI's satisfaction that the program of study has been accepted by the nominated institution, and subject to the conditions below, one half after six months of tenure;
- second stipend payment is subject to satisfactory progress as indicated by a progress report from the Fellowship recipient after six months of tenure;
- a final typewritten report is required at completion of the Fellowship, and should include information about any publications arising from the funded study.
The annual value of the Fellowships is linked to the value of Australian Postgraduate Awards (APAs) plus 10%. As an indication, an APA stipend in 2013 is $24,653 for a full-time student.
