Fellowships and grants
Apply for funding to enhance your research by spending time at our campus or at the European University Institute.
Rose Byfleet
PhD Candidate in History
Bill Kent Prato Graduate Research Fellowship
Apply for funding to enhance your research by spending time at our campus or at the European University Institute.
These fellowships are available to researchers in history, law, economics, and social and political sciences who are
able to identify a direct benefit for their research from a period of residence at the European University Institute (EUI) in nearby Fiesole.
The fellowships are for Australian researchers - established, early career, and PhD students - to avail themselves of the resources and intellectual environment of the EUI. The fellowships are offered by the Australian European University Institute Fellowships Association Incorporated (AEUIFAI).
For information about the application process, visit the AEUIFAI website.
Monash undergraduate or graduate coursework students should go to our Travel grants page for information about funding available to them.
The Bill Kent Prato Graduate Research Fellowship supports a Monash graduate research student in the area of Medieval and Renaissance Studies to undertake research in Europe and spend time at our campus.
The fellowship can be used for airfare, ground travel and accommodation expenses up to a maximum value of AUD$3,500.
The fellowship is offered by the Bill Kent Foundation Fund and was established in honour of the Founding Director of our campus, the late Professor Emeritus F.W. (Bill) Kent, a distinguished scholar of Renaissance Florence.
All enrolled Monash graduate research students in the field of Medieval and Renaissance Studies are eligible to apply.
The fellowship is awarded on academic merit and on the quality of the proposed research and outcomes. Preference will be given to students who can demonstrate strong progress in their current research and applicants must have the support of their main supervisor.
Applications for the 2025 fellowship closed on 16 June 2025.
Application forms are available from <David.Garrioch@monash.edu>.
The fellowship will normally begin within the calendar year in which it is awarded (extensions may be requested). Fellows will be expected to spend at least one week at our campus and may also spend time elsewhere. The recipient must follow the University’s Staff and Student Travel Policy and the Student Travel Procedure in organising their travel.
The recipient will be reimbursed on production of original receipts for travel and accommodation expenses directly related to the fellowship program approved by the selection committee, and up to a maximum value of AUD$3,500.
Recipients must provide a written report within one month of completing the fellowship. They are also expected to give a paper, either at a conference or at a seminar, on the research undertaken.
Professor Emeritus David Garrioch FAHA
School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies
Email: David.Garrioch@monash.edu
Find out more about the Fellowship by reading an interview with Rose ByFleet, PhD Candidate in History, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Monash University. Recipient of the 2023 Bill Kent Prato Graduate Research Fellowship.
PhD Candidate in History
Bill Kent Prato Graduate Research Fellowship