State Library Victoria's Fellowships Program strengthens Victoria's creative and knowledge ecosystems by supporting outstanding researchers, writers, artists and creative practitioners.

The program enables new research, new creative work and innovative public engagement inspired by the Library's collections, spaces and civic role.

The annual program consists of three streams:

• Research Fellowships: supporting academic research grounded in the Library's collections.
• Creative Fellowships: supporting creative practitioners to develop new work inspired by the collections.
• Creative Residencies: supporting creative practitioners to produce work that responds to the Library's physical site and engages with its civic role.

All streams aim to foster discovery, creativity and public value through ambitious, rigorous and original projects.

All fellowships and residencies receive:

• $15,000 funding, based on approximately 3 months of work at the Library.
  This can be completed as one continuous block or broken up over the year.
• dedicated desk space at the Library for 12 months, regardless of how the fellowship or residency period is structured.
• access to State Library Victoria's collections, staff expertise and research support.

The fellowship/residency period can be structured flexibly, but must conclude by 30 June 2027.

Eligibility is similar across all streams, with minor variations. Check the application form of the stream you're interested in for the detailed eligibility criteria.

Applicants must:

• Be 18 years or over.
• Not have held a State Library Victoria fellowship previously.
• For the Research Fellowships stream: Have a minimum of 10 years of professional experience in their field
• For the Creative Fellowships and Residencies Streams: Meet NAVA's Creative Career Stages definition of a mid-career or established creative practitioner/artist in your field.
• Be based in Australia and eligible to work in Australia for the duration of the fellowship or residency. The Library is unable to assist in securing visas. The following exceptions apply:
  • For the UNESCO Cities of Literature focus area: Applicants must be based in, and applying from, another UNESCO City of Literature internationally. You may only select this focus area if you meet this condition.
  • For the England in the Early Modern period focus area: International applicants are accepted for this focus area.
• For regional Victorian fellowships: Live in regional Victoria, or have a project that benefits regional Victorians.
• For the Redmond Barry fellowship: not have received or administered a grant or other funding from University of Melbourne for their project; not be claiming paid study leave; not be undertaking the fellowship as part of exam requirements or towards a degree or qualification.

Projects must:

• relate to one or more of the stream's identified focus areas.
• be unrelated to exam requirements toward a degree or similar qualification.
• take place during the fellowship period - that is, not already completed prior to the fellowship period.

• Phone: 03 8664 7335
• Email: fellows@slv.vic.gov.au