NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (ANU)

To be eligible to apply for the program, you must:

1. Be an Australian citizen
2. Be a graduate of, or enrolled in a postgraduate program at a Go8 university, and in excellent academic standing (A-levels, graduated with distinction) at the time of the fellowship
3. Be under the age of 35 at the time of the fellowship
4. Have a strong interest and demonstrated previous research or professional experience in international relations, particularly vis-à-vis India, or in India’s economic policy or security affairs
5. Hold an Australian passport that has at least six months’ validity when the fellowship commences.

No Separate Application or Fee is Required to get the scholarship, it will be automatically considered, once you enrolled for the program. To apply for the India fellowship, candidates are required to submit:

1. An application form along with their resume
2. A statement of purpose including the proposed research topic
3. Most current academic transcript.
4. Contact details for two references, with at least one of them being an academic reference. All applications are to be submitted electronically as a single Adobe Acrobat PDF file (including application form and attachments), an e-mail addressed to: will.zou@anu.edu.au. Applications must be received by 5pm AEST on July. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview, and successful candidates will be notified in August .

Selection for NPFP is highly competitive. Selection will be based upon the following criteria:

1. Academic history and performance
2. Relevance and importance of proposed research topic
3. Previous academic or professional experience in India
4. Background in international relations or policy study
5. Personal motivation; involvement in University and community activities Other Info
6. The National Parliamentary Fellowship Program (NPFP) will select up to two fellows for a three-month foreign policy-focused research stay in New Delhi, India, to commence in September.
7. The NPFP aims to identify and foster the development of a new generation of leaders, promoting investment in Australia-India relations through the networks which fellowship holders create. For a period of up to three months, from September - November, fellows will assist a member of India’s Parliament in developing policy advice, and will have the opportunity to attend public policy hearings and briefings.
8. Fellows will also be affiliated with a research mentor at the NPFP partner in New Delhi, PRS Legislative Research, pertinent to their primary policy research interest, and will attend relevant events offered through PRS and other leading Indian research institutes and think tanks in New Delhi.