Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

International grant schemes

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.

Applications for 2011 grants are now OPEN.

APPLICATIONS WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY 8TH OCOTBER 2010.
All applications for travel in 2011 under these programs should be received by the ASSA secretariat by this time.

Web page Australia-France Social Sciences Collaborative Research Projects (SSP)

France

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.

 

Web page Australia-UK Special Joint Project Funding

Britain

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 2011

 

Web page Australia-China Exchange Program

China

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.

 

Web page Australia-Netherlands Exchange Program

Netherlands

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.