Fryer Library Fellowship

The Fryer Library Fellowship encourages scholars to visit UQ and use the collections in the Fryer Library for a research project in areas including:

• Australian literature
• Australian theatre
• Indigenous studies
• Queensland architecture
• art and design
• Australian history and political culture
• women’s studies
• refugee studies.

Award

Successful applicants will receive $20,000 and UQ Library access and digitisation services. They will also have office space, computer access, free copying and full library privileges at UQ St Lucia.

The fellowship is awarded annually.

Eligibility

This fellowship is available to any scholar from Australia or overseas. It will not usually be awarded to students enrolled in research higher degree programs.

How to apply

1. Investigate Fryer Library collections for project opportunities. 
2. Prepare a fellowship proposal and supporting documents.
3. Complete the Fryer Library Fellowship Application Form and upload the following documents to support your application:

• Curriculum Vitae – include details of degrees and professional qualifications; academic, professional, community and other positions held in the past five years; a list of publications, including public presentations; and activities, achievements and awards relevant to this application.
• Project proposal – in no more than 3 pages, outline the work you intend to complete at UQ with the assistance of the Fryer Library Fellowship. Specify the publication output you expect to achieve during or immediately following the fellowship period and detail how you will use the Fryer Library collections.
• Two referee reports – include the referee's full name, email and best contact number and a statement from them addressing your scholastic and research ability, your experience in the proposed field, and their assessment of your project proposal.

Selection criteria

Strong applications will: 

• make substantial use of Fryer Library collections
• result in scholarly publications
• draw on unique archival collections
• look at under-investigated collections.

Applications will be assessed against the applicant’s achievements, research track record (relative to opportunity), the strength of the research project proposal itself and the likelihood of publishable outcomes that include a digital component. 

Applications will be considered by the Fryer Library Fellowships Committee, comprising representatives from UQ Faculties and the Library.

Terms and conditions

• You must use the Fryer Library collections to support your research project.
• The appointment is to be taken up during the fellowship year.
• Successful applicants are expected to be based at the University for a negotiated period, with a maximum of six months.
• Successful applicants are expected to present at least one paper based on their work in an appropriate scholarly forum at UQ, for example, a presentation to the University community, including the Friends of the Library.
• Successful applicants will incorporate a digital component in their outcomes – this could include an online exhibition, effective use of social media, and other digital activities.
• Successful applicants are required to report on their research and published outcomes, with acknowledgement of the Fryer Library in resulting publications.
• Support the Library’s donor stewardship activities – for example, be available to meet with donors who contribute to the fellowship.

Current Fryer Library Fellow

Dr Zhila Gholami is the 2024 Fryer Library Fellow and will work with archived correspondence from refugees detained on Nauru.

Contact

For information about the fellowship contact the Fryer Librarian, Simon Farley.

s.farley@library.uq.edu.au