Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

Research and exchange

Australia-UK Special Joint Project Funding

Promoting research relationships in partnership with the British Academy for researchers in the Humanities and the Social Sciences.

Applications for travel in 2010 are now CLOSED.

They will reopen in 2010 for travel in 2011, and will be announced: on the ASSA website; by email to Fellows of the Academy; on the CHASS website; and by email to university research and international offices.

United Kingdom

Each year the Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH), the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA), and the British Academy provide funding to support joint research projects between Australian and British scholars. One award (of up to £8,000) for a project which covers both humanities and social sciences disciplines, or two awards (of up to £4,000 per project) will be available each year, to cover travel and maintenance expenses.

The British Academy's Agreements with the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Academy of the Humanities support joint projects between scholars based in the UK and Australia in the fields of the humanities and social sciences. Visits in connection with joint projects may include jointly organised seminars, conferences or workshops as well as individual visits in either direction to undertake collaborative research.

This ASSA Joint-action Program, undertaken in partnership with the British Academy, encourages high quality applications, including from early- and mid-career social sciences researchers, and which hold the prospect of a broader ongoing collaboration with potential benefits for both countries.

This program has be positioned to offer a platform from which UK-Australian research collaborations can build research and career trajectories. This scheme takes as an explicit objective offering collaborative teams the opportunity to generate the significant preliminary results which have become the mandatory basis for any attempt to secure funding on a larger scale. Accordingly, as per the terms of ASSA Joint-action Programs, proposals are sought from bilateral collaborative teams which can demonstrate to the Academies the prospect of an ongoing research project, on a larger scale.

See also: List of grant awardees from previous years.

Program partner
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This competitive program is run jointly by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Academy of the Humanities with their international program partner, the British Academy

Scope of award

This program bestows TWO grants each year of up to a maximum £4,000 for proposals from the social sciences and the humanities.

Each grant is payable in two halves of up to £2,000, with each half being paid to the UK and Australian based project leaders (via their organisations)

Awards are:

  • To cover travel and maintenance costs.
  • Projects are expected to be of one year's duration, with a possible extension of one year on reapplication. Reapplication for a further year is permissible however applicants must provide evidence of clear development of the project and understand that they are in competition with new applications.
  • Not intended to cover major research expenses.
  • Awards are for up to twelve months. Possible extension of one year on reapplication.
Eligibility
  • The principal applicant on the Australian side should be normally resident in the Australia.
  • The principal applicant on the Australian side should be normally resident in the Australia.
  • Other scholars associated with the project will normally be expected to be of postdoctoral status.
  • Awards will not be made retrospectively. Applications must be made in sufficient time for them to be considered and agreed by both Academies.
What is required

Research teams of one UK and one Australian project leader (the applicants) must complete the application and submit it by the due date in each year.

One reference is required for applications under this scheme.

RTF Download the application, including Referee Report form   [RTF file size: 4.10 kB]]

The successful applicants must arrange to invoice the program partner in their country (ASSA or the British Academy) for the amount awarded by no later than 31 March in the year of travel.

Within 2 months of completion of their visit to the United Kingdpm, the successful applicant must submit a short report on their visit, outlining trip details, research collaborations and outcomes, etc.

Referees

All applications for grants under this scheme are considered in the light of referees' comments. No application will be considered without the required number of references.

The applicants are responsible for sending the reference forms to the referees to complete.

The referees chosen should be able to give an informed view of the proposed project and the scholars involved, and assess its likely impact on the subject area.

The referees should normally, and where possible, be from outside the applicant's institution.

The applicants bear responsibility for ensuring that referees reports are received in due time.

Contact

Academy Fellows and social scientists interested in the program, or wishing to submit an application should contact:

  • Mr William Douglas
  • Deputy Executive Director (Research, Policy and Advocacy, International)
  • Email: assa.admin [at] anu.edu.au
  • Phone: +61   .2   62491788
  • It's currently 12:28 pm on Friday, March 12, in Canberra.

ASSA program code: SJPF