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Fellowships
in Focus
A Churchill Fellowship offers Australian
citizens a life-changing opportunity to
travel overseas to investigate a topic
or issue they are passionate about. As
an internationally recognised award,
recipients can access expertise from
around the world to gain knowledge
that will benefit Australian society.
The Award
Selection of Churchill Fellows
The prestige of being a Churchill Fellow serves to unlock
opportunities that would not otherwise be accessible to a
private individual.
There are no prescribed qualifications, academic or
otherwise, for the Churchill Fellowship award.
A Churchill Fellowship offers many benefits:
The opportunity to immerse in and investigate
a particular topic or issue of interest for 4 to 8 weeks
Overseas travel to countries of your choosing
Allowance for all air travel expenses
A variable allowance for in-country travel
A variable allowance to assist with living expenses
while overseas
Possible assistance with the cost of conference fees,
tuition or course expenses.
A number of sponsored Churchill Fellowships are also
offered each year, usually focussed on a particular field
of endeavour.
Applicants are assessed on the merit of their proposed
project and on their past achievements or demonstrated
ability for future achievement.
The value of an applicant’s work to the community and
the extent to which it will be enhanced by the applicant’s
overseas project are also important criteria taken into
account when Churchill Fellows are selected.
Throughout Australia a shortlist of applicants is compiled
by a state or territory based assessment panel. Final
selections are then submitted to the Trust’s Board of
Directors for discussion and approval.
Successful applicants are then invited to attend a
Government House ceremony (in the state/territory in
which they reside) to be presented with a certificate and
lapel pin to officially identify themselves as Churchill
Fellowship award recipients.
The Churchill Fellowship award is open for application
between 1 February and 30 April each year.
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