Key scholarship details
Application status
Not open yet
Applications open
12 Aug 2024
Applications close
27 Oct 2024
Benefit amount
Up to $15,000
Eligible study stage
Current study, Alumni
Benefit duration
One-off
Summary
The Lockie Fellowship offers research support for writers undertaking an original creative or critical project which advances the study of literature within Australia.
About the donor
Mary Anne Margaret Lockie included in a gift in her will to the University of Melbourne in 1949. Known as the Lockie Bequest, the gift was established in order to support the advancement of literature in Australia.
The Lockie family were graziers from the Puralka and Strathdownie districts of Victoria and the South Australian border. Mary Anne Margaret Lockie lived in a house called ‘The Caves’ about two miles outside Mount Gambier. She walked into town a couple of times a week to buy groceries and to stock up on books from the library. On 28 April 1949, she collapsed and died suddenly in the town’s main street. A search of her house revealed two suitcases filled with silver coins. The estate turned out to be large, including unspecified investments and ‘a number of house properties in Mount Gambier and big amounts of cash’. Her gift in will left money to a local institute and made provisions to maintain the family grave. But by far the largest bequest was to the University of Melbourne, to be used ‘for the advancement of literature within Australia’.
- Dr Rachael Weaver, 2022 Lockie Fellowship recipient.
Benefits
This fellowship will provide a one-off payment of up to $15,000.
Amount:
Up to $15,000
Duration:
One-off
Quantity:
Up to 2
Eligibility and selection criteria
Eligibility
To be eligible for this award, you must:
- be an established writer residing in Australia;
- be engaged in an original creative and/or critical work which can be a work in progress, a new work, or a work near completion, with the aim of advancing the study of literature in Australia; and,
- have a publishing record which can include books, chapters, articles or any other written works including online that are not self-published.
Selection criteria
Eligible applicants will be assessed on how their project will best advance literature within Australia, including the project's literary merit and the research intentions of the applicant.
Conditions
Recipients are required to:
- accept the award online within 21 days;
- develop the dissemination and communication of research outcomes in consultation with an academic mentor;
- acknowledge the Faculty of Arts and the name of the fellowship on the imprints page when the creative work is published; and,
- submit a final report six weeks after the fellowship.
Enquiries
Study stage type:
Current study, Alumni
Study area:
Arts, humanities and social sciences
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How to apply
Eligible applicants must complete the online application form including:
- a 300-500 word statement including details about the proposed work to be undertaken during the fellowship and how the support would positively impact your creative and/or critical work;
- a project and publication timeline;
- preferred dates for the mentorship support provided during the fellowship;
- a writing sample of no more than 10 pages;
- a two-page resume, including a current publication record; and,
- copy of proof of your Australian residency: the selection committee may request your original copy at a later date; and,
- any other information which may assist the committee in making its decision.
When will I know the outcome?
Applicants will be advised of the outcome via email.
Submit an applicationStatus:
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Recipient feedback
I was so pleased to receive a Lockie Fellowship to advance my current writing project, Bird + Life. It has helped me take my colonial research on Australia’s native birds in a more personal, reflective direction and to think about cultural relationships to species in new ways.
Rachael Weaver
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