Australia-Germany Fellowship

While the main focus of the AGA is on business, it also has an interest in cultural and educational matters. One feature is the annual Fellowship which supports a young Australian to visit Germany to study the language and pursue special interests.

The Fellowship is made available jointly by the Australian German Association and the Goethe-Institut with the support of Lufthansa German Airlines.
This annual award is available to Australian citizens only.
The candidate should have excellent academic tertiary qualifications and the prospect of a promising career in business, law, science, political studies or arts.
The Fellowship covers a period of twelve weeks at a mutually agreed time. The chosen candidate will attend a German language course for eight weeks. The specific location of the course will be advised by the Goethe-Institut.
The chosen candidate must have a good working knowledge of the German language and is expected to spend the remaining four weeks of his/her time in Germany researching a topic of particular interest to the candidate. It is anticipated that this would involve the chosen candidate visiting centres of education, business and/or culture in Germany especially relevant to the chosen candidate’s particular interests. One of the aims of the candidate should be the future enhancement of Australian German relations.
The Fellowship provides for:
12 weeks in Germany
eight weeks intensive language and cultural study with full accommodation and breakfast and one meal on course days
return economy airfare
AU $5,000 allowance to facilitate travel throughout Germany
general advice on itinerary and facilitation of entree to most areas of interest to the chosen candidate
Other personal expenses including insurance, are to be met by the chosen candidate (a basic health, accident and public liability insurance is included for the duration of the Goethe-Institut course only).
The chosen candidate is expected to prepare a report on his/her return and address members of the Australian German Association on the topic which he/she researched.
Applicants must not have been the recipient of a German Government scholarship during the last five years and should not be 35 or over as at 1 July of the year in which the application is made.
The Fellowship is normally awarded to one person only. However, the Fellowship Committee, at its discretion, may award a second Fellowship. The second Fellowship has all of the benefits of the first Fellowship.
The application form must be accompanied by a copy of the candidate’s educational qualifications and birth certificate (or relevant page in the passport). The application form is issued around March/April of each year.
Applications will be reviewed by the Fellowship Committee and a shortlist prepared. Candidates on the shortlist must be willing to attend an interview at a mutually agreed time.

For further information please contact:
Irene Zeitler on +61 3 9288 1581 or irene.zeitler@freehills.com

APPLICATION FORM:

AGA Fellowship Application Form
(76K, PDF)

INFORMATION:

AGA Fellowship Information Sheet
(81K, DOC)

PAST WINNERS

Year	Fellowship Winner	Research Topic
1991	Suzanne Holt	Nutrition & Dietetics
1992	Marcus Ziemer, Melbourne - In 1992, Marcus was a lawyer at Mallesons, Melbourne	Comparison of constitutions of Australia and Germany
1993	Patrick Quirk - Currently assistant Professor of Law at Bond University	International Trade
1994	Anna Funder	* Re-assessing history: The Stasifiles
1995	Benjamin Ford - HR Arts Graduate, Perth	Industrial relations at motor vehicle manufacturing plants in Germany
1996	Caroline Batt - In 1996 Caroline was a lawyer at Blake Dawson Waldron - Now a Fleet Street journalist	* Constitutional law issues and media in Germany
1997	Simone Whetton - In 1997, Simone was a lawyer at Clayton Utz	Opportunities for reciprocal business between Australia and Germany
1998	Margaret Hamilton - Margaret currently works at the Australian Embassy in Berlin as arts marketing officer	Arts Management and Arts Relationships with Germany
1999	Peter Tregear, Melbourne - Arts Degree - Conductor and musician - Has taught at University of Queensland at Queens College, Cambridge	2 German composers
2000	Andrew Hurley - In 2000 Andrew was an environmental lawyer at Deacons	German environment law and German jazz of 1960’s
2001	Michael Davis	* Role of the public intellectual
2002	Siobhan Maiden - In 2002 Siobhan was a film maker and teacher of drama/language in Melbourne	* Documentary films and film making in Germany
2003	Sonja Lee - In 2003, Sonja was an analyst at The Boston Consulting Group, Sydney	* B2B technology in the German Automotive OEM market
2004	Aurelia Stevens - In 2004, Aurelia was a member of Queensland Police Service, Brisbane	* Law Enforcement in Germany particularly with respect to organised crime
2005	Sam Einfeld - In 2005, Sam was a lawyer at Minter Ellison, Sydney	Review of German political parties at grass roots level PAPER NOT HANDED IN

2006

Cameron Stevens
- Cameron has a Master of Teaching and in 2006 worked as a drama coach

German Children's Radio Programming - A model for Establishing a Multicultural Children's Radio Program in Australia

2007

Alice Keath

Classical Music Broadcasting in Germany