ANU CIEHF Indigenous PhD Scholarship 2025

The new ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) will set new standards for research and management on Country across Australia. Driven by respectful, authentic co-design, and drawing from diverse cultural, environmental, and historical records, the Centre will work to enhance Land and Sea Country management, reframed by Indigenous knowledges and science. The Centre expects to make a legacy contribution by developing complementary Indigenous and Western knowledge frameworks for modelling environmental, cultural, and historical change in Australia over the last millennium and into the near future.

Each year the School of Culture, History and Language in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific may offer up to 6 awards known as the CIEHF Indigenous PhD Scholarship. The objective of the Award is to provide support funding for an outstanding Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples only) candidate to enable them to pursue a PhD program based in the ANU node of CIEHF, based in the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNot Specified
• Value$ 50,291 per annum
• Study LevelPhD
• SponsorAustralian National University
• City to studyAustralian Capital Territory
• School to studyAustralian National University
• Eligible CountryAustralia

Benefits

• Stipend
  • $50,291 per annum (2024 rate), indexed each year on 1 January, and paid fortnightly
  • Duration (3.5 years PhD)
  • Extension (1 x 6 months PhD)
• Paid leave entitlements:
  • Paid Recreation Leave: 20 working days (part of stipend)
  • Paid Medical Leave: 10 working days (part of stipend)
• Additional Paid Leave: 60 working days
• Paid Parental Leave: 60 working days
• Paid Partner Parental Leave: 5 working days
•  Thesis reimbursement (capped at$840)
• Travel and removal reimbursement (capped at $3,030)
• School-funded support for PhD candidates to the amount of $7500 over the course of a 3.5-year PhD (i.e. conference funding & field research support)

Requirements

The Award is available each year to a prospective Australian Indigenous ANU student who:

1. is enrolling full-time in a program of study for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in archaeology/palaeoecology/genetics or closely related fields of study, based in the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, and
2. has a Bachelor’s degree with at least upper second-class honours, or a research Masters degree from a recognised university, and
3. is an Australian Citizen identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

Conditions of Award - CIEHF Indigenous PhD Scholarship (1342024) (PDF, 204.11 KB)

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Interview Dates and Process

Selection process follows that outlined in the School of Culture, History and Language (CHL) expression of interest application.

Selection of candidate will be governed by a selection committee made up of the Deputy Director HDR in CHL (Chair) plus at least two academic staff within the Centre of Excellence ANU node.

Application Deadline

How To Apply

For more information, kindly visit Australia National University scholarship webpage.