AARE Postgraduate Student Travel Awards

AARE Postgraduate Student Travel Awards are available to provide support for postgraduate students to attend and participate in the annual conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education. Several awards may be made each year to assist outstanding students with travel costs. The awards are intended as a contribution to travel expenses; they will not necessarily cover the full cost of travel nor do they cover the conference registration fee.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for consideration for an award, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

• be a (student) member of AARE
• have been enrolled full time in a postgraduate research program in a relevant area of study at an Australian higher education institution for a minimum of 12 months at the time of the conference, OR have been enrolled in a program as described above on a part-time basis and not be otherwise eligible for employment-related support to attend the conference
• submit a first-authored conference paper proposal, using the online submission system, by the closing date for conference paper proposals and have it accepted for presentation
• submit a full copy of this first-authored paper to aare@aare.edu.au by the Award closing date
• be able to attend the full conference
• deliver the paper as scheduled
• have not previously received an AARE Postgraduate Student Travel Award

Merit Criteria

As the intent of the awards is to honour and facilitate outstanding scholarship, applications will be judged on the basis of the following academic merit criteria:

• Originality
• Contemporary significance and /or scholarly relevance
• Conceptual, methodological and theoretical soundness
• Disciplined, focused and persuasive argument
• Coherent organisation and clarity of written expression
• Comprehensive reference to appropriate literature
• Relevance to the conference

To apply for a Postgraduate Student Travel Award, please email the following to aare@aare.edu.au by the award closing date 30 June:

1. cover letter addressing eligibility criteria
2. letter of support from your supervisor
3. your conference paper
4. evidence of its acceptance including its assigned papercode

The subject of your email should state the papercode that was assigned to your accepted conference paper. The referees and committee members examining the work will reach conclusions before the Early Bird Registration Rate closes on 31 August.

Awardees receive assistance towards Australian airfares from their home city to the conference booked via AARE's travel agent. Full details are communicated by letter from the Hon. Secretary of AARE. Funds awarded vary from year to year depending on total funds available from Association membership. Funds will be made available following the conference paper presentation.