Summer Research Scholarship

Undergraduates and Honours Students - thinking of Honours or graduate research in the future? If you are currently enrolled at a university in Australia or New Zealand, you can get a head start now!

A Summer Research Scholarship at The Australian National University is an exceptional research opportunity for high achieving undergraduate, honours and graduate students, providing an insight into what studying for an Honours or a graduate research degree is all about.

The Summer Research Scholarships at the ANU provides you with an opportunity to work with leading scholars and research projects in your area of interest.

Application Process

Applications for the 2009/2010 Summer Research Scholarships program will closed on 31 August 2009

Enquiries

For general queries about potential research fields and supervisors please contact the College Marketing and Recruitment Officer

For more information about scholarships and the application process please contact the College Student Office

Research Areas within the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

The ANU College of Asia & the Pacific is one of the world's leading centres of research on Asia and the Pacific. Its strengths lie in the breadth and depth of its research which encompasses more than a dozen disciplines in the humanities and social sciences and cover a geographical range from Polynesia in the east to Pakistan in west and from Australia in the south to Mongolia in the north.

As home to over more than 200 specialists on the region, our College is a centre for Australia's intellectual engagement and scholarly dialogue with the societies, worlds of thought, economies and cultures of Asia and the Pacific.

College units participating in the 2009/10 Summer Research Scholarships include the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies and the Faculty of Asian Studies. Potential scholars are encouraged to search out a research field and potential supervisor from each area.

2009/10 Research Projects

Specific College research opportunities for the 2009/10 Summer Research Scholarships are already available in the following areas:

Asia and Pacific History

Areas of focus include China, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand, though research into other countries is possible.

Potential supervisors include Professor Tessa Morris Suzuki, Professor Robert Cribb, Associate Professor Peter Jackson, Dr. Chris Ballard, Dr. Ben Penny, and Professor Geremie Barmé.

For profiles of each supervisor please see: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/staff.php

Linguistics, Literature and Translation

Areas of focus include Japanese Linguistics & Translation and Chinese Literature Potential supervisors include Dr Peter Hendriks and Dr John Minford