Research and collaboration opportunities

Wattle Fellowship

Passionate about sustainability and looking to make a difference? The Wattle Fellowship is looking for you.

The Wattle team is after budding designers and policy makers, artists and engineers, advocates and economists. There is no single type of person that they are looking for in this personal and professional development program, recognising that leadership can be practiced in many ways. Current University of Melbourne students at any stage of their leadership journey are welcome to apply. Applications close 21st  April.

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MCF Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarships

MCF is pleased to offer three 2024 Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarships to domestic students undertaking a PhD or Masters by Research degree at the University of Melbourne. The scholarship is aimed at students undertaking collaborative research aimed at addressing the climate crisis.

This scholarship is provided by the Australian Commonwealth Government and the University of Melbourne, and offered to high-achieving domestic and international research students.

Contact melbourne-climate-futures@unimelb.edu.au for more information.

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Call for Proposals: KONEKSI research grants

KONEKSI is pleased to launch the Australia-Indonesia Collaborative Research Grants 2023–24: Digital Transformation Call for Proposals. The Government of Indonesia and Government of Australia have jointly agreed on the priority research theme of Digital Transformation particularly in relation to enhanced wellbeing in healthcare, sustainable food systems and blue economy, energy efficiencies and transition to renewables.

In this grant round, CFP: Digital Transformation 2023-24, KONEKSI welcomes research proposals on three focus areas of digital transformation: healthcare, food systems and efficiencies in energy. The objectives of the Call for Proposals (CFP): Digital Transformation 2023-24 are to:

  • Explore potential digital technology solutions, including the application of digital technology to improve community welfare and digital services
  • Understand the impacts of digital technology disruption, including unintended consequences on the digital divide and job displacement, and how to ensure sustainable and equitable benefits from digital transformation
  • Understand the local and national policies, regulations and strategies that are needed to underpin effective and fair digital transformation.

Closing date for applications is 29 March 2024.

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City Diplomacy: A Melbourne Masterclass

The City Diplomacy Masterclass is an online professional short course offered in two streams: one for early career city diplomats and the other for established leaders. It is delivered by research and practice experts from the Melbourne Centre for Cities over a one-month period (total time commitment 48 hours) with four days of live interactive course delivery, combined with peer-to-peer learning and practical application of skills and knowledge.

The course will provide participants with access to world-leading evidence on the landscape of city diplomacy and global urban governance, develop skills relevant to their everyday practice, such as strategic international engagement and international negotiation, and support peer exchange of city diplomats across global North and South, for cities large and small.

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Office for Environmental Programs – Climate Change specialisation

The OEP offers flexible, multidisciplinary graduate degrees that will develop your knowledge and skills for professional practice in climate change and improve your capacity to work across disciplines for environmental decision-making. The specialisation is designed for students from a wide range of academic backgrounds who are seeking an interdisciplinary perspective on climate change for work in policy-making or business advisory roles.

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Discover ways to develop your career as a climate change research leader with the Melbourne Climate Futures (MCF) Academy and doctoral program.