National Museum of AustraliaEncounters Fellowships Program 2019

Application formApplications close Monday 24 December 2018

Before submitting your application, please read the information for applicants, how to apply, helpful hints and program details on the Museum’s website: nma.gov.au/fellowships

In addition to this application form, remember to upload or attach the following documents:

Curriculum vitae/resumeRecent photo of yourselfPersonal referee letterProfessional referee letterEmployer’s letter of endorsement

1. Personal and contact information

Title

     

First names

     

Last name

     

Preferred name

     

Gender Male Female Intersex Prefer not to say

Date of birth

     

Home/postal address

     

Mobile number

     

Work number

     

Email address

     

Are you Aboriginal? Y N

Are you Torres Strait Islander? Y N

Name of your community

     

Have you been overseas before? Y N

Do you have a current passport? Y N

If so, what is the expiry date?

     

2. Employment details (if currently working)

Employer’s name

     

What is your position and what is your role?

How long have you worked there?

     

Manager’s name and title

     

Does your manager support your fellowship application? Y N

Will you be on leave without pay? Y N

3. Experience in cultural work

     

[300 words max]

Tell us about your work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural, heritage or creative projects, programs or events.

Give us examples of your skills, knowledge and experience in any of these areas:

delivery of projects or programs that revitalise culture, educate and/or build cultural knowledge

delivery of creative arts or storytelling projects using visual arts, craft, dance, music, performance, design, drama, film, digital media/digitisation and/or online platforms

researching, recording or producing community-based cultural heritage projects, programs or events

art centre and arts worker programs

language programs

collections management and exhibition development

educational programs or products.

Tell us about any other experiences that relate to your cultural work.

     

[300 words max]

4. Leadership

Tell us about examples that demonstrate your leadership and vision in your personal and/or professional life.

     

[200 words max]

5. Benefits of the fellowship

How do you think this program would benefit you and your work, now and in the future?

     

[100 words max] How would your participation in this program benefit your community?

     

[100 words max] What new knowledge and skills would you like to develop in this program?

     

[100 words max]

6. Community project

Briefly outline a community project or program in the cultural, heritage or creative sector that you would like to develop as part of the fellowship. What is its purpose? Who are the stakeholders? How will it benefit your community?

     

[100 words max each question]

You (the applicant) must demonstrate how your project will address at least one of the following:

educate audiences (locally and globally)

strengthen capabilities of local community members

foster cultural continuity

revitalise culture and cultural practices.

     

7. Referees

Please attach two written references supporting your application.[400 words max per letter]

First referee: PersonalReferee’s name, position and contact detailsThis needs to describe, for example, your (the applicant’s) personal qualities; your commitment to cultural work; and how you would benefit from the fellowship.

     

Second referee: ProfessionalReferee’s name, position and contact detailsThis needs to describe, for example, your (the applicant’s) professional qualities;your professional goals; and how your proposed project could benefit your local cultural sector/community, and/or the national cultural sector more broadly.

     

Submit your applicationApply online or by post by 24 December 2018. Full details: nma.gov.au/fellowships-applications

Apply online

Email your completed application form with supporting material to: encounters.fellowships@nma.gov.au

Apply by post

Address your application to:

Encounters Fellowship ProgramNational Museum of AustraliaGPO Box 1901Canberra ACT 2601

Applications registered with a postal date after 24 December 2018 will not be accepted.

Privacy

Any personal information we collect and hold about you will only be used by the Museum for the purpose of assessing your application for the 2019 Encounters Fellowships Program.

Your information will be disclosed to the program’s selection panel. If your application is successful, your personal information will be used by the Museum for the purposes of administering and facilitating your participation in the fellowship program. This may require disclosure of some of your personal information to our partner institutions in Canberra, Sydney, and the United Kingdom.

We will not otherwise disclose your personal information to anyone outside the Museum without your consent or unless we are required or authorised by law (including the Privacy Act 1988) to do so.

The Museum’s privacy policy explains how you may access or seek correction of your personal information and how we will deal with privacy complaints. Our privacy policy is available at: nma.gov.au/privacy