Postgraduate Conference Awards
Postgraduate Conference Awards
At the ASAA, we pride ourselves in supporting and promoting young scholars as a key part of our activities as a professional association. For this reason, we support the attendance of postgraduate students at our biennial conferences, and the associated postgraduate workshops.
Our Postgraduate Conference Awards are supported by our endowment fund, managed by the Australian National University for the ASAA as the ASAA Presidents’ Fund. In 2022, we awarded bursaries to 12 postgraduate students to support their attendance at the 2022 ASAA Conference at Monash University. In 2024, we awarded bursaries to 11 postgraduate students to support their attendance at the 2024 ASAA Conference at Curtin University.
What the awards cover
The awards cover some of the costs of attending the postgraduate workshop as well as the conference. Each grant includes:
- Early bird ASAA member registration fee for the awardee;
- Accommodation for 4 nights for the awardee; and
- A ticket to the conference dinner for the awardee.
Awardees’ home institutions will be expected to cover airfares and any other costs provided for by their internal award schemes supporting postgraduate mobility, research and/or networking.
Awardees will each be required to present a paper at the conference, and to attend the postgraduate workshop and conference dinner. All awards will be paid directly to Curtin University, and not as cash grants to individuals.
All applicants for ASAA postgraduate awards must be members of the ASAA at the time they submit their applications. Applications by non-members will not be considered. You can reapply if you have been a previous recipient. However, as funds are limited and depending on the number of applications, the committee may give preference to those who have not yet received a bursary.
You must be a member of the ASAA to apply for the Postgraduate Conference Award.
You must be enrolled in a postgraduate degree to apply for the Award. Proof of enrolment will be requested as part of the application.
You can reapply if you have been a previous recipient. However, as funds are limited and depending on the number of applications, the committee may give preference to those who have not yet received a bursary.
The ASAA will establish a three-person selection committee nominated by the President, consisting of members of the ASAA Council.
Applicants are asked to fill out the application form by 15 December 2023. The form asks for proof of confirmation of enrolment in a postgraduate degree, a 2-page CV, and for your abstract for the ASAA 2024 Conference.
Applicants must also submit their abstract for the ASAA 2024 Conference to the conference organisers as part of the call for papers here.
We support the attendance of postgraduate students at our biennial conferences, and the associated postgraduate workshops. Awardees will each be required to present a paper at the conference, and to attend the postgraduate workshop and conference dinner.
You can reapply if you have been a previous recipient. However, as funds are limited and depending on the number of applications, the committee may give preference to those who have not yet received a bursary.
Applications for a Postgraduate Conference Award to attend the 2024 ASAA Conference are now closed.
Applicants will be notified of the outcome via an email to all ASAA members before the early bird registration deadline.
2024:
- Ana Marginson, Deakin University
- Anand Sreekumar, University of Adelaide
- He Yi, University of New South Wales
- Hekang Yang, Columbia University
- Jorien van Beukering, University of Queensland
- Justin Lau, Australian National University
- Natasha Naidu, University of New South Wales
- Qiong Wu, University of Canberra
- Soyeon Kim, Monash University
- Theo Mendez, University of Melbourne
- Tyler Gleason, University of Melbourne
2022:
- Paola Tine (The University of Adelaide)
- Hao Zheng (Deakin University)
- Elena Williams (The Australian National University)
- Tandee Wang (The University of California, Santa Barbara)
- Rafiqa Qurrata A’yun (The University of Melbourne)
- Tanvir Uddin (The University of Sydney)
- Yahia Zhengtang Ma (The University of Melbourne)
- Sarah Haggar (The University of Queensland)
- Nathan Gardner (The University of Melbourne)
- Valentina Utari (The University of Western Australia)
- Nedha de Silva (Monash University)
- Chen Huei-Ling (The University of Sydney)
2022:
- Dr Lis Kramer
- Dr Minerva Inwald
- Dr Alexander Davis
- Dr Jonathan Benney
