Centre for Environmental History PhD Scholarship

Overview

The School of History of the Research School of Social Sciences in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences offers two scholarships known as the ANU Futures Scheme Environmental History Award to support students while they undertake a PhD in Environmental History at the University.
These scholarships contribute to the Centre for Environmental History Futures Scheme project entitled, Placing Planetary Change: An Environmental History of Climate Change in the Southern Hemisphere. It brings together three major innovations: (1) it asks how climate change is experienced, understood and measured in particular places; (2) it asks how particular geographies and histories have shaped those sites; and (3) it asks how those sites have shaped scientific knowledge of planetary climate change.
Postgraduate students will concentrate on a particular place and/or institution, drawing on archival sources and oral histories. Expertise in languages other than English is welcomed.

Fields of study

Environmental History
History of Science

Eligibility

The award will be available each year to a prospective student who is:

a domestic or international student;
enrolling full-time in a program of study for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of History at the Australian National University;
is willing to work in an interdisciplinary team and able to travel to undertake fieldwork and attend conferences.

Benefits

The scholarship offers a stipend of $28,597 per annum paid fortnightly.
Successful international candidates will also be awarded an HDR Fee Remission Merit Scholarship, to cover the International Student Fees for the standard duration of the research program, subject to the student being ranked as competitive in a merit‐based selection process.
A recipient is eligible to receive a reimbursement of up to $500 for costs associated with the production of the thesis.
Recipients are also eligible for paid medical, maternity/paternity leave.

How to apply

Applications are completed and submitted via the "Apply Now" link at the top of this page.

Value

$28,597 per annum
2 on offer
Payments made fortnightly
Payments made for 3 years

Application periods

Deadlines for scholarship rounds

Scholarship round	Closing date	Commence by
2021 Round 2 International and Domestic	Closing 15 April 2021	Apply in this round if you wish to commence in 2021
2022 Round 1 International	Closing 31 August 2021	Apply in this round if you wish to commence in 2022
2022 Round 1 Domestic	Closing 31 October 2021	Apply in this round if you wish to commence in 2022
2022 Round 2 International and Domestic	Closing 15 April 2022	Apply in this round if you wish to commence in 2022