The Academy of the Social Sciences, in partnership with cognate national institutions, currently runs a selection of Exchange and Joint-Action Schemes as a part of its International Program. Each of these competitive schemes offer grants to individual Australian (Exchange) social scientists, or teams of Australian and overseas (Joint-action) social scientists.
The Call for Applications for 2012 grants is now closed.
The Call for Applications for 2012 grants is now closed. This call has been advertised to Fellows of the Academy, on the ASSA website, and to university research offices.
Australia-France Social Sciences Collaborative Research Projects (SSP)
Special attention will be paid to projects of interest to both French and Australian scholars and to those relevant to Pacific Island studies where research into matters surrounding indigenous and non-indigenous contact is topical and important.
Australia-UK Special Joint Project Funding
Support face-to-face collaboration for joint projects between scholars based in the UK and Australia in the fields of the humanities and social sciences
Please note that SJPF will not be offered in 2012.
Australia-China Exchange Program
The aims of the program include collaboration between Australian and Chinese scholars, the opportunity for access to research and research materials not easily accessible outside the countries concerned, and the development of networks of scholars with related interests both within the between the two countries.
Australia-Netherlands Exchange Program
This program has importance for, among other things, continued access to Dutch research and research materials on Indonesia. Normally 1-2 scholars from The Netherlands and Australia participate under this Program each year.