Summer Research Scholarships

The College of Asia and the Pacific offers Summer Research Scholarships (SRS) and Summer Research Internships (SRI). ANU students are eligible to apply for a Summer Internship. External (i.e. non-ANU) students from Australia and New Zealand are eligible to apply for a Summer Research Scholarship.

Summer Research Scholarships and Summer Internships are designed for talented students from ANU and other tertiary institutions considering undertaking postgraduate research in the future. They are an excellent opportunity to carry out research under the supervision of researchers based in the College of Asia and the Pacific, utilising facilities and materials not readily available elsewhere.

The scholarships and internships are available each year for prospective or continuing ANU Student who are currently enrol in their 2nd or 3rd year of study.  The program will be run for 9 weeks, commencing Monday 20 November 2023 and finishing on Friday 19 January 2024 (breaking during the Christmas/New Year period spanning Saturday 23 December to Monday 1 January, with pay).

Successful SRS candidates are awarded a weekly stipend of $150 (total to $1350), travel allowance of up to $1000 plus on campus accommodation and meals. 

Successful SRI candidates are awarded a weekly stipend of $400 (total to $3600) to cover for the off campus rental and other associate costs.

All students participating in the program will be invited to participate in a variety of shared social events, workshops and seminars during the summer period.

Applications can be lodged online between 1 July and 13 September 2023 only.

View the application form here. Late applications will not be considered. 

Equity-based adjustments may be made for Indigenous students or for other reasons aligned to the Education Access Scheme (Equity) Adjustment Schedule. The College of Asia and the Pacific will offer fully funded positions to successful applicants.

For more information about entry requirements and how to apply please email: cap.HDR@anu.edu.au or phone (02) 6125 1070

Examples of previous projects listed below. New projects to be updated shortly.

Supervisor’s Names: Blane Lewis, Budy Resosudarmo, Sarah Dong, Firman Witoelar, Angie Bexley, and Arianto Patunru.

Supervisors’ School: Crawford School of Public Policy Short description of the project: Indonesia Project is located in the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at Crawford School for Public Policy. Its members do research on various aspects of Indonesia’s economy and edit the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. The Project also implements a variety of activities on Indonesia—the Indonesia Update, the Indonesia High Level Policy Dialogue, the annual Sadli and Mubyarto Lectures, among many others. See these links for additional information about the Project: https://www.indonesiaproject.net/ https://indonesia.crawford.anu.edu.au/

Applicant requirements (e.g. prerequisites, assumed knowledge): The applicant should have good knowledge about Indonesia’s (political-) economy, familiarity with empirical research methods and standard statistical software (Stata), and a research topic ready to explore and/or a willingness to support the research of Indonesia Project academics.

Supervisor’s Name/s: Dr Ruth O’Connor Supervisor’s

Supervisors’ School: Crawford School of Public policy

Short description of the project: Recent analyses by the Institute for Infrastructure in Society have shown Australians believe decision-making around infrastructure investment is overly politicised and there is a lack of trust toward infrastructure developers. Surprisingly the same analyses show people have positive attitudes to infrastructure. This project would examine how major infrastructure projects are portrayed in the mass media to explore whether positive framing of the benefits of infrastructure may be contributing to community attitudes.

Applicant requirements (eg prerequisites, assumed knowledge): Experience using the Microsoft Office suite Ability to work both independently and co-operatively in a small team environment, establish priorities and manage competing deadlines for self and others. Specific knowledge of the infrastructure sector and media analysis a bonus but not required