Federation Fellowship
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Federation Fellowships are Australian professorial research fellowships that were instigated by the Australian Government as part of their Backing Australia's Ability
initiative. They were initially designed to compete with prestigious overseas grants in an attempt to lure back high profile Australian researchers from foreign institutions. The first round of Fellowships in 2001 were awarded to 15 researchers, 6 of whom were working overseas at the time. This remains a key aim of the program.
Backing Australia's Ability
Backing Australia's Ability was a five year innovation plan launched in January 2001 by Prime Minister John Howard.- Previous policy :* Investing for Growth, December 1997 increased support for business innovation by providing $1.26 billion over the four years from 1998-99, including additional...
initiative. They were initially designed to compete with prestigious overseas grants in an attempt to lure back high profile Australian researchers from foreign institutions. The first round of Fellowships in 2001 were awarded to 15 researchers, 6 of whom were working overseas at the time. This remains a key aim of the program.
External links
- http://www.arc.gov.au/arc_home
- http://www.arc.gov.au/GRANT_PROGRAMS/discovery_federation.htm