Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Indonesian Economics

Application Procedures for Post Doctoral Fellowships in Indonesian Economics

The AusAID-Indonesia Project Research Fellowship Committee has added the following supplementary guidelines to facilitate the application process for fellowships in Indonesian economics.

As advertised, applications can be made either by Australian universities (faculties, divisions or departments) or by individuals.

In the case of an application made by a university, the institution should include the name of the candidates, together with a CV and the research activity/activities to be undertaken by the candidate.
In case of an application made by an individual, the applicant should include his/her CV and planned research activity/activities, together with mention of the host university and the relevant faculty, division or department at that university.

A university will be awarded AusAID funding by the Committee only after a statement has been received by the Head of the Indonesia Project that the relevant budget unit in that university will match the AusAID contribution to the post. As well as contributing to cover salary costs, the university should also indicate that it is willing to contribute to the funding of field work expenses, and language training where required.
In addition to the academic and research record of the individual applicant, applications will be assessed according to the commitment which the individual is anticipated to make towards augmenting research capacity on the Indonesian economy in Australia.
Although the Committee may recommend that the AusAID grant be made to a particular institution, appointment of individuals to a postdoctoral fellowship in that institution is solely the responsibility of the host institution.
There is no limit to the number of candidates that can be proposed by individual universities, faculties or departments. If a university nominates more than one candidate, the Committee may indicate which candidate is preferred, or it may leave the selection up to the institution which submits the application.
Applicants are not required to be permanent residents or Australian citizens.

Any further enquiries should be directed to:

Head, The Indonesia Project
The Arndt-Corden Division of Economics
Research School and Pacific and Asian Economies
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
The Australian National University
Canberra, A.C.T. 0200
Australia

The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) aims to encourage research on the Indonesian economy and, in the longer term, to expand the number of young Australians with a close familiarity with Indonesia and its economy. To this end, it is offering funding to assist with the establishment of two postdoctoral research fellow positions at any Australian university to undertake serious analytical work on any aspect of Indonesia's economic development, and to collaborate with the Indonesia Project in the Arndt-Corden Division of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, at the Australian National University. The Indonesia Project has received funding from AusAID to administer this program.

Funding is available to the amount of $50,000 per annum per post for up to three years. The holders of the posts will be called Postdoctoral Research Fellows in Indonesian Economics. Continued support of these posts for each successive year will be subject to satisfactory performance, as determined annually by the AusAID–Indonesia Project Research Fellowship Committee.

Applications may be submitted either by individuals or Australian universities. Individual applicants should nominate the Australian university that will host their position and cover the remaining costs. Candidates proposed by universities that apply for these grants must be approved by the AusAID–Indonesia Project Research Fellowship Committee. Candidates need not have previous knowledge of Indonesia and its economy, but should hold a PhD degree in economics or a closely related field.

The Postdoctoral Research Fellows will be expected to visit Indonesia for the purpose of collecting data and other information for their research projects, and to acquire basic fluency in the Indonesian language to assist them in their work. They will be required to produce at least four academic papers on the Indonesian economy, or economic policy or the economics of governance in Indonesia. In addition, they will be required to present one of their papers in an Arndt-Corden Division of Economics seminar in Canberra about one and half years into the fellowship period and another at the end of the third year. Finally, it is expected that the Fellows will author one of the ‘Survey of Recent Developments' articles for the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies and participate in activities of the Indonesia Project. Successful applicants are required to spend two weeks a year with the Indonesia Project as visiting fellows.

Individuals and universities interested in applying for these grants should send their CV and proposals before 30 September 2009 to the Head of the Indonesia Project as Chairman of the AusAID–Indonesia Project Research Fellowship Committee:

Head, Indonesia Project
The Arndt-Corden Division of Economics
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
The Australian National University
Canberra, ACT 0200
Australia

Email: Indonesia.Project@anu.edu.au Fax: +61 2 6125 3700

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