UWA Korea Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellowship. Deadline 31 July!

The newly-established Korean Research Centre at UWA is seeking to make a fixed-term, fractional appointment for a KRC Postdoctoral Fellow at 0.6FTE for 9 months, Level A.8, commencing at the latest by September 1 2020, within the School of Humanities. It is to work specifically within one of the Centre’s key themes: Emotions (other themes that will be explored in future years will be Body and Identity).

KF scholarships for Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Research

Dear KSAA members,

I’m delighted to announce that  the 2020 round for Korea Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Australia and New Zealand applications is now open. The application period closes on November 18, 2019 2pm (KST).

National Library of Australia Study Grants 2020

Every year, the National Library of Australia offers Asia Study Grants to assist scholars in Australia to undertake short-term intensive research in the Library’s Asian language and Asia-related collections.

Asia Study Grants are open to researchers and PhD students who are citizens of, or residing in Australia and attached to an Australian academic institution.

Fellowship benefits:

• Up to four weeks intensive research onsite at the Library
• Economy travel to and from Canberra
• Honorarium of $1000 per week for accommodation and living expenses
• Special access to Asian collections, office facilities and specialist staff expertise

We invite applications from PhD, early career or established scholars in any field with a demonstrated need to access the Asian language and related collections at the National Library of Australia. This program is generously supported by the Harold S Williams Trust and private donors. Learn more about the 2020 Asia Study Grants and apply or send your enquiry to asiastudygrants@nla.gov.au

Korea Foundation scholarships

Dear KSAA members and colleagues,

On behalf of KSAA, I am pleased to announce that applications for the 2019 Korea Foundation postgraduate and postdoctoral scholarships in Australasia are now open. Application instructions for the graduate scholarships can be found here; those for the postdoc scholarships can be found here, Applications should be lodged before the deadline via the Foundation’s portal: https://apply.kf.or.kr. Please forward this website to any prospective graduate students or recent PhD graduates you think might be interested in applying. For best possible chance of success, please refer carefully to the attached announcements regarding the eligibility and selection criteria.

New dates for AKS grant applications

The date for AKS grant applications have changed. Application dates for 2019 applications have now been brought forward to September. Guidelines can be downloaded here. All relevant documents can be found below.