Fellowships for European students in Australia
MEDIA RELEASE
26 February 2007
Australian Group of Eight Universities announces European Fellowships
The Group of Eight today announced the establishment of four annual Fellowships for early career researchers from Europe to work within Go8 universities in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra).
The $20,000 Fellowships will be available to eligible researchers from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria. On a rotational basis, four Group of Eight universities will host one Fellow each year.
“Having established an office in Europe two years ago, the Group of Eight continues to increase its research engagement in the region,” said Group of Eight Chair, Professor Glyn Davis.
“The countries targeted for the Go8 Fellowships have proud educational histories, include some of the oldest tertiary foundations in Europe and have made substantial contributions to global research. They are outward-looking, are embracing the Bologna Process in rebuilding their education systems and rapidly moving to bilingualism in English.
“The Go8 recognises the importance of international contacts for early career researchers and is hopeful that the successful Fellows will continue to collaborate with Australian research partners when they return to their home institutions,” said Professor Davis.
The targeted research themes for the Fellowships are:
• Sustainable Environmental Practices, Resource
Management and Human Ecology
• Health and Welfare
• Innovative Technologies
• Human, Digital and Bio-Security
• Language/Cultural Studies
• Biotechnology/ Biomedicine
• International Trade
Details of the terms and conditions and application procedure for the Go8 European
Fellowships are available at www.go8.edu. au. Applications for the 2007 round close on 23 March 2007.
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FURTHER INFORMATION:
Virginia Walsh, Executive Director, Group of Eight,
0413 880 885
AUSTRALIA’S LEADING UNIVERSITIES
The University of Adelaide
The Australian National University
The University of Melbourne
Monash University
The University of New South Wales
The University of Queensland
The University of Sydney
The University of Western Australia
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