Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• be a graduate researcher enrolled in the Faculty of Arts,
  • PhD graduate researcher must not have completed more than 3.5 years FTE at the time of travel
  • MA graduate researcher must not have completed more than 18 Months FTE at the time of travel
• be post-confirmation,
• have School support of $250 towards the budget (your School Funding will be the source of this contribution),
• have submitted a report for any previous GRATS fund received, and
• be able to demonstrate that you have met all relevant University policy requirements relating to your research (such as compliance with the University's code of conduct for research and student travel policy):
  • Research Integrity Principles
  • Student Travel and Transport Policy (MPF1209)
  • Graduate Research Training Policy (MPF1321)

Selection criteria

You are required to provide the following information in your online application:

• A description of your trip, demonstrating how your proposed travel will add value to your thesis,
• A detailed itinerary of your proposed travel (including timeline, places you will be visiting and activities at each place including a list of the formal contacts/ arrangement you have established or are establishing),
• A budget for the planned travel in Australian Dollars (AUD),
• Budget must be itemised in detail,
• Evidence of sources of quotations budgeted items (ie. air and rail fares, accommodation and conference fees, etc.),
• Confirmation of arrangements of your research activities (ie. evidence that your conference paper has been accepted for presentation, confirmation of interviews being undertaken, access to archives or libraries being visited), and
• A letter from your principal supervisor outlining:
  • How the travel is academically justifiable to your thesis
  • That your budget costs are reasonable

Note: when planning to utilise the GRATS funding, you are also applying for School Funding. You are required to contribute a designated amount ($250) of your school funding. A separate application for your School Funding contribution is not required.

Conditions

• Funds must be spent within the year (12-month period) that they are awarded.
• Successful applicants who are unable to take up an award should inform the Graduate Research Office as soon as possible after receiving notification of the award.
• Successful applicants who need to change their dates of travel must advise the Graduate Research Office and submit a new Study Away form for the new period prior to travel commencement.
• Jointly enrolled graduate researchers in another Faculty with co-supervision in Arts may be eligible to receive pro-rata funding.
• Graduate researchers travelling under this scheme are required to submit a report. Reports are due by the 1 March in the year following their trip. Guidelines on drafting such reports are available on the research grant reporting requirements web page. Applicants with outstanding reports will not be eligible to apply for GRATS again until the report is submitted.
• Requested or outstanding documentation must be supplied within one month from the closing date of applications, otherwise the award will lapse.

Budget

Budgets are expected to be prudent and economical and budget items may be funded at lower levels than the requested amount.

• Activities usually supported:
  • Travel overseas or interstate to access otherwise unobtainable source material, including:
    • Interviews
    • Data collection
    • Archives or library resources
    • Short-term fieldwork (less than 3 months)
  • Travel overseas or within Australia to present at a conference

• Activities not supported:
  • Travel to attend a training course or workshop

There are four rounds of application per year. The 2023 deadlines are:

• Round 1: 31 January – for conference or research trips during March to May of the current year
• Round 2: 30 April – for conference or research trips during June to August of the current year
• Round 3: 31 July – for conference or research trips during September to November of the current year
• Round 4: 31 October – for conference or research trips during December of the current year through to February of the following year

Out-of-round applications will not be considered, but may be accepted retrospectively and assessed as such during the following round of applications. Retrospective applications must include all supporting documents.

To apply for this grant, please submit the form below:

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