The Copyright Agency’s Reading Australia Fellowship will support an experienced teacher of English and literacy or teacher librarian to undertake professional skills development and career-enhancing opportunities.
The Fellowship will support the successful candidate to undertake project research in a designated area that will enhance their skills and abilities in the teaching of Australian Literature, English and literacy to Australian students. Research projects may be undertaken in Australia or overseas but ultimately Australian teachers, teacher librarians and students should benefit from the research findings.
At the end of the project, the Fellow must write a report of up to 5,000 words and present their research findings at teachers’ conferences, and to their colleagues and peers. From 2025, Fellows will also be able to reserve up to $1,000 from their grant money to put towards relief as they finalise their report or present at conferences.
Previous Fellowship recipients have undertaken research into various topics, including developing a respectful, culturally appropriate, and responsive approach to how First Nations literature is taught in schools, AI and the Australian voice in texts; and Aliteracy and Australian Literature.
The Fellowship is not intended to support projects involving the teaching of English as a second language or for academic and scholarly purposes.
This Fellowship complements Reading Australia, a Copyright Agency initiative to encourage the teaching of Australian literature in schools by creating and publishing freely-available resources for teachers, by teachers. Reading Australia has over 300 resources to books by Australian writers mapped to the curriculum priorities for teachers to use in schools.
AMOUNT OF GRANT
- $15,000
- One Fellowship will be awarded each year
- Projects should start after 1 August 2025
For more information, visit copyright.com.au
