
The Harold White Fellowships are named in honour of Sir Harold White (1905-1992), the first National Librarian, in recognition of his great achievements as a collection-builder.
The Harold White Fellowships aim to:
Each year from four to seven Fellowships are awarded to enable established scholars and writers to undertake research in the Library for periods of from three to six months. The closing date for applications for 2005 Fellowships is 30 April 2004.
Most Harold White Fellows have undertaken research in the humanities and history, especially Australian history. However, research projects can be in any discipline or area in which the Library has strong collections.
Fellows are provided with a return economy airfare to Canberra from his/her home and a grant-in-aid towards the Fellow's living expenses in Canberra. In 2004 the Fellows were given grants of AUS$700 per week.
The Library also awards Honorary Fellowships to scholars and writers who, being in full receipt of salaries or funds from other sources, do not require financial assistance but who would benefit from the other privileges of the Fellowships.
The Fellowships are awarded by the National Library Council acting on the advice of an independent committee. It comprises representatives of the Australian academies and other scholarly and literary organisations.
The principal benefit of Fellowships is to give scholars and writers the means and the uninterrupted time to work with the Library's huge collections of books, journals, newspapers, maps, music, manuscripts, pictures and oral histories.
Fellows are provided with a furnished office, including a personal computer with Internet access. They can have access to the Library outside the opening hours of reading rooms and are entitled to access to book stacks, free photocopying and interlibrary loans.
All 2006 Harold White fellows will be required to:
Fellowships are open to Australian citizens (including Canberra residents) and the citizens of any other country. Fellowships will not, however, be awarded to postgraduate students unless they have completed all the requirements of their examiners.
Application forms are available from the Manuscript Librarian, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT 2600, phone (02) 62621258. More information about the Fellowships, together with an application form, can be found on the Library's web site www.nla.gov.au/collect/fellows
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