Gandioli Fumagalli Milan Scholarship
The scholarship provides the successful candidate of the University with financial assistance to travel to Milan, Italy, to undertake a defined research project with a recognised cultural organisation/s in Milan by generous benefaction of the Annemarie and Arturo Gandioli Fumagalli Foundation. (For example, these cultural organisations may include the Poldi Pezzoli, Spazio Fitzcarraldo, Palazzo Bagatti-Valsecchi, Pinacoteca di Brera, the Ambrosiana Library, etc.)
The research project may be in regards to a particular institution or collection or with a program that is associated with a recognised cultural organisation such as a museum, art gallery, major research orientated library, university, arts or research institute, etc.
The internship aims to provide an opportunity for the successful candidate to gain practical experience of museology and familiarity with an important cultural collection. The successful candidate will undertake a short-term project in a creative international atmosphere and acquaint themselves with the life and culture of Milan.
The scholarship is available to:
- Postgraduate students of the Faculty of Arts in the following programs: Art History, Museum Studies, and Curatorship, Art Conservation, Classics and Archaeology, History, and
- Postgraduate students of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning in the following program area: Architecture and Design.
Eligibility
The scholarship is open to students who meet ALL of the following criteria:
- Postgraduate students of the Faculty of Arts in the following programs: Art History, Museum Studies, and Curatorship, Art Conservation, Classics and Archaeology, History or postgraduate students of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning in the following program area: Architecture and Design, at the University of Melbourne.
- Must be citizens of Australia or Australian Permanent Residents
- Must have completed (at a high level of achievement), a tertiary course that is at least equivalent to an Australian four-year honours degree; and
- Proficiency in both written and spoken Italian is preferred.
For further information about this scholarship see the Gandioli Fumagalli Milan Scholarship guidelines (60kb pdf)
Applicants can only apply online for this scholarship.
You must supply the following documents to support your application and can upload these into the electronic application form:
- Current curriculum vitae,
- Details of their field of study/expertise (no more than one page),
- Details of any other financial support received, e.g. scholarships, grants, departmental funding (do not attach confirmation letters)
- All academic transcripts
- A statement confirming candidature for postgraduate qualification currently underway.
- Proposed topic of the short-term research project to be undertaken at or has a relationship with the cultural organisation.
- Confirmation of acceptance of the terms and conditions of the scholarship.
- Letter/email of support from the supervisor including merit of the candidate,
- Expected benefits from the scholarship to student’s postgraduate qualification,
- University department’s intention to
- One other academic reference.
a) facilitate the candidate’s introduction to relevant staff at the Cultural Organisation/s and
b) to organise a departmental seminar within three months of the candidate’s return from the scholarship.
Please ensure you have the above information available before you commence your online application.
Applications must be submitted by closing date.
The judges' decision will be final and the University reserves the right not to award the prize in the event it is considered that no work of sufficient merit has been submitted. Winning applicants please note the University of Melbourne reserves the right to publish the name of the winning applicant on its websites and other University of Melbourne publications.
Closing date:
Monday 30th January 2012
Prize value:
2011 value $5,000
University Trust Record:
None
Download:
- Scholarship Budget Form
(95kb Word doc) - Request for Academic Transcript
- Guide for Referees Report (25kb pdf)
- Guide for Certifying Documents (25kb pdf)
- Guide for Scholarship Reports (80kb pdf)