The Melbourne Conservatorium Director’s Awards for Exceptional Doctoral Research are granted twice per year on a competitive basis to support outstanding Conservatorium PhD students to produce high quality research outputs closely following submission of the PhD thesis or portfolio for examination.
Applicants submit a proposal to extend their PhD research project with additional outputs in the public domain. A competitive proposal will typically involve two or three significant and distinct outputs. These may include an application for a major peer-reviewed external grant (e.g. Early Career Researcher or ARC DECRA awards), or a proposal to publish a monograph, but the proposed output(s) must include at least one traditional research publication such as a peer-reviewed journal article or book chapter, or at least one non-traditional creative research output (NTRO) such as new original work(s) or a performance or recording project. The proposed work plan should commence as soon as possible after submission of the thesis, and should require approximately three or four months to complete. A longer work plan may be proposed when grant deadlines or performance opportunities lie beyond the four-month span. All proposed outputs must be submitted to established external platforms that involve peer review or its equivalent.
The maximum amount of the award is $7,500. The amount awarded will depend on the scope of the proposed project and research outputs. The award is paid as a stipend to support living expenses. The award comes into effect upon commencement of the project (and following submission of the thesis or portfolio for examination).
The number of awards and the award amount is contingent on available funds, as part of the Conservatorium’s annual budget allocation.
Eligibility
The eligibility period is closely connected to the submission of the PhD thesis for examination. Melbourne Conservatorium of Music PhD candidates are eligible to apply for the award as soon as they have registered an ‘Intention to submit’ the PhD thesis for examination (two months prior to submission). Eligibility extends no later than six months after submission for examination. It is suggested that in the final 3 months of candidature, the PhD candidate and supervisor discuss the post-submission period, with a view to devising a suitable project for the Award.
Please see https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/current-students/research-students/grants/mcm-directors-writing-up-award to see all criteria and process.
You can save your application and return to it during the application period, however uploaded documents will not be saved for partial submissions. Applications may not be accessible after 5PM AEST on the closing date.
Payment Process
Recipients will be paid post-submission in two instalments.
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