University of Melbourne Philip Hunter Fellowship 2026

The Philip Hunter Fellowship is awarded to students or alumni engaged in a wide range of art forms and creative disciplines engaging in themes and issues that hold currency in contemporary creative practice. The intention of this fellowship is to provide financial support to practitioners so that their creative practice and studio programme can continue to develop and sustain.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Interview Process
• Application Documents
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineAugust 31, 2026
• ValueUp to $20,000
• Study LevelPhD
• SponsorUniversity of Melbourne
• City to studyVictoria
• School to studyUniversity of Melbourne
• Course to studyMusic, visual and performing arts
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

• The Philip Hunter Fellowship provides a $20,000 grant, payable in two parts in the following year and a six monthly progress report will be required to release the second allocation.

Requirements

To be considered for this fellowship, you must:

• Be a graduate of Visual Art or Music at the Fine Arts and Music Faculty
• Have been practicing your art form between 5-15 years after graduation
• Not have received the Philip Hunter Fellowship previously
• Provide evidence of having identified an opportunity outside of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne, that will be important to your professional development.

Selection Process

The Fellowship selection panel will include a senior academic from the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and a representative of the Philip Hunter Estate. This panel will be appointed on an annual basis by the Director of the Victorian College of the Arts. The Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music will provide final approval of the recipient.
The awarding of the Fellowship, by the selection panel, will be based on:

• The quality of the application portfolio.
• Creative accomplishments.
• Originality and persuasiveness of the proposal outline.
• Evidence of ability to fulfll the proposed project’s aims and outcomes.
• The potential for the Fellowship to impact the applicant’s future development.

The selection panel will reserve the right to withhold awarding the Fellowship in a given year where an insufficient number of high quality applications have been received.

Application Documents

Applicants must submit the following:

• CV of applicants (lead and main collaborators).
• A written description of the proposed creative project (500 words max). Applicants should articulate the relevance of their project to contemporary creative practice. The essay should describe the applicant’s experience or familiarity with their proposed subject, and their suitability to achieve the project’s stated aims and outcomes.
• Portfolio of relevant recent work in support of the proposed project (10 A4 pages max). Each uploaded file should contain a single image, not spreads of multiple images. Each image must be dated and captioned. The selection panel is looking for personal work that demonstrates design talent; student projects may be included. If work is collaborative, the applicant’s contribution to the work must specifically involve conceptual development and/or design, and the applicant’s role must be precisely identified.
• The portfolio may be supplemented by published articles or research papers written by the applicant. Authored works should appear in their original format, with publication name and date clearly indicated.
• List of three professional references (full name, affiliation, contact information, and relationship to the applicant). Letters are not required at this time but shortlisted applicants will be asked to provide at least one letter of reference.

Check also:
ANU Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend Scholarship 2026
University of Canberra Research Scholarships 2026

Application Deadline

How To Apply

• Applications are made via the Application Portal.

For more information kindly visit the University of Melbourne scholarship webpage.