Fellowship Applications
Creswick Fellowships are open to clinicians, educators, service leaders and practitioners working to advance the mental health, education and wellbeing of infants, children, and adolescents (up to 18 years).
Fellowship Opportunities
Generally up to 5 Fellowships are awarded each year, with grants of $10,000–$40,000 available to:
- Travel overseas for up to 3 months to examine innovative models of care and service approaches not currently developed in Australia
- Bring an international expert to Australia to share knowledge and build local capability
- Travel within Australia to examine innovative models of care and service approaches
The Foundation also supports other activities that advance investigation, research, or dissemination of knowledge in Australia.
Interested applicants are encouraged to explore our Past Fellowships
to see examples of previously funded projects and the range of initiatives supported.
Eligibility
- Applications must have a clear focus on children and young people up to 18 years (projects focused primarily on young adults are not eligible).
- Funding does not support salaries, formal study, research projects, systematic reviews or projects requiring ethics approval.
Application Details
- Deadline: 30 June
- Submit to: creswickfo@sw-au.com
- Applications must follow the Foundation’s submission requirements, and include a budget.
- Fellowships typically occur in the calendar year following application.
- Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview with Creswick Directors, either in person in Melbourne, or via videoconference for regional and interstate applicants.
- Fellowships are awarded at the absolute discretion of the Directors.
What we look for in applications
- Relevance: Alignment with the Foundation’s principles and objectives.
- Value: Contribution to Australia’s knowledge and practice.
- Feasibility: Realistic outcomes and achievable benefits.
- Dissemination: Sharing outcomes with a broad audience concerned with children’s and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
- Affordability: Project achievable within available funds.
- Impact: Potential for significant positive influence on the field of child and youth mental health and wellbeing.