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Lift-off Fellowships

About Lift-off Fellowships

Who are these awarded to?

The Australian Mathematical Society Lift-off Fellowships are prestigious fellowships that jump-start the careers of young mathematicians by supporting them after submitting their PhD thesis. The Lift-off Fellowships are awarded on academic merit.            

Information

Applications can be made at any time. 

Fellowships can be used for living expenses, to attend conferences, for travel and to fund visits of collaborators. The selection committee will recommend the amount to be granted, to a maximum of $5,000, to a successful applicant, taking account of the proposed research activities, the need for support and the research track record of the applicant relative to opportunity.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible to apply for a Lift-off Fellowship, a candidate must have submitted their PhD thesis for examination within the previous six months and have been members of the Society for the consecutive twelve-month period immediately before the date of application. Awards will be based on academic excellence. Applicants are expected to have submitted at least one paper for publication. 

How to apply

Prospective applicants should download the Lift-off Fellowship application form before submitting an application electronically to the secretary of the selection committee via the email address: cecilia.gt@uq.edu.au.

Applications should include a full CV and a thesis abstract, a letter of support from your supervisor and referees’ reports on two papers accepted for publication, or at least two examiners’ reports on your thesis.

Past winners

Year

Winner

Institution

Citation

2023

Domenic Germano

University of Melbourne

2023

Kyle Stevens

University of Newcastle

2023

Michaela Cully-Hugill

UNSW

2023

Shehzad Hathi

UNSW

2023

Adriana Zanca

University of Melbourne

2023

Kirsten Louw

University of South Australia

2023

Md Nurul Anwar

University of Melbourne

2022

Neil Kristofer Dizon

University of Newcastle

2022

Hamed Ghaffari

University of Newcastle

2022

Zac Fehily

University of Melbourne

2022

Sophie Ham

Monash University

2022

Fillipe Georgiou

University of Newcastle

2022

Ajani De Vas Gunasekara

Monash University

2022

Aleks Simonic

UNSW

2021

Dr Ayreena Bakhtawar

2021

Dr Nguyen Duy Cuong

2021

Dr Michelle Strumila

2021

Dr Pantea Pooladvand

2021

Alex Browning

2021

Matteo Bordignon

2020

Dr Claudio Arancibia-Ibarra

2020

Dr Hoa Bui

2020

Dr Anupam Chaudhauri

2020

Dr Chuong Doan

2020

Dr Hilary Hunt

2020

Dr Simon Macourt

2020

Dr Yuki Maehara

2020

Dr Claire Miller

2020

Dr Trang Nguyen

2020

Dr Andrew Phair

2020

Dr David Warne

2020

Dr Caroline Wormell

2020

Dr Kam Hung Yau

2019

Dr Mahdi Abolghasemi

University of Newcastle

2019

Dr Fatima Ansarizadeh

Swinburne University of Technology

2019

Dr Becky Armstrong

University of Sydney

2019

Dr Zeying Chen

University of Melbourne

2019

Dr Jinghao Huang

University of New South Wales

2019

Dr Muhammad Ilyas

University of Newcastle

2019

Dr Adrianne Jenner

University of Sydney

2019

Dr Scott B. Lindstrom

University of Newcastle

2019

Dr Tianshu Liu

University of Melbourne

2019

Dr Dilan Pathirana

Griffith University

2019

Dr Erchuan Zhang

University of Western Australia

2018

Dr Mark Bugden

2018

Dr Alex Casella

2018

Dr Jens Grimm

2018

Dr Branko Nikolic

2018

Dr Sudeep Stephen

2018

Dr Christopher Taylor

2018

Dr Kyle Wright

2017

Dr Zeinab Abolhasani

2017

Dr Sangeeta Bhatia

2017

Dr Ting-Ying Chang

2017

Dr Joshua Ching

2017

Dr Adrian Grantham

2017

Dr Stuart Johnston

2017

Dr Jason M. Whyte

2017

Dr Joachim Worthington

2016

Dr Narjess Afzaly

2016

Dr Alex Amenta

2016

Dr Chris Bourne

2016

Dr Alexander Campbell

Macquarie University

2016

Dr Chen Chen

2016

Dr Ashish Goyal

2016

Dr Alexandra Hogan

2016

Dr Joshua Howie

2016

Dr Daniel Ladiges

2016

Dr Ravinda Pethiyagoda

2016

Dr Matthew Tam

2016

Dr Elena Tartaglia

2016

Dr Hayden Tronnlone

2016

Dr Ioannis Tsartsaflis

2015

Dr Koenraad van den Dungen

2015

Dr Caley Finn

2015

Dr Kristen Harley

2015

Dr Andrew Holder

2015

Dr Naghmana Tehseen

2015

Dr Ying Wan Yap

2014

Dr Yi Huang

2014

Dr Stephen Maher

2014

Dr Hui Li

2013

Dr Brian Corr

2013

Dr Natalie Aisbett

2013

Dr Nahid Banihashemi

2012

Dr Nicholas Beaton

2012

Dr James Caffrey

2012

Dr Bao Ho

2012

Dr Anthony Mays

2011

Dr Tyson Ritter

2011

Dr Joanne Hall

2011

Dr Wendy Baratta

2011

Dr Michael Pauley

2010

Dr Neil Saunders

2010

Dr Philip Brooker

2010

Dr Judith Egan

2010

Dr Michael Haythorpe

2010

Dr Roslyn Hickson