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The 2027 Equity Fellowship Program will provide one fully funded annual fellowship for researchers and practitioners in higher education, to complete a project that will inform an area of Australian higher education practice and policy in relation to domestic students, via a combination of research, translation, best practice implementation, evaluation, and knowledge transfer.
The Fellowship is open to staff employed by any Australian university listed as a Table A provider under the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
Applicants are sought from a broad range of backgrounds (practitioners, researchers, managers), areas (those that contribute to enhancing student equity/student experience/student outcomes, including, but not limited to, designated equity roles), and career stages (early, middle, advanced).
The value of the Fellowship will be up to $230,000 (ex-GST) for one year.
Applications open on Wednesday, 4 November 2026 and close at 4pm (AWST) on Wednesday, 17 February 2027. ACSES will acknowledge receipt of all applications submitted and outcomes of the selection process will be announced in early April 2027.
More information, including details on how to apply, is available in the downloadable documents below. To assist applicants with the preparation of their applications, ACSES can provide, on request, a copy of successful proposals from previous fellowships rounds courtesy of successful Fellows who have generously granted the Centre permission to do so.
