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Awards & fellowships

Subject	Award	Applications Due
Award: business writing	Ashurst Business Literature Prize Annual. Award of $30,000 For a published work of commentary in the fields of business and finance. Aims to make the general reader better informed about Australia’s commercial life and its participants. (In association with Ashurst)	Applications closed
Award: biographical and autobiographical writing	National Biography Award Annual. Award of $25,000 For a published work of biographical or autobiographical writing. Aims to promote public interest in these genres.	Applications closed
Award: literature	The Premier’s Literary Awards These awards have a proud history, both in celebrating achievement by Australian writers and in helping to establish values and standards in Australian literature.	Nominations open. Close 1 June, 2012
Award: history	The Premier’s History Awards First presented in 1997 to honour distinguished achievement in history by Australian citizens and permanent residents.	Nominations open. Close 1 June, 2012
Research fellowship	C.H. Currey Memorial Fellowship Annual. Award of $20,000 For the writing of Australian history from original sources.	Awarded
Research fellowship	Nancy Keesing Fellowship Annual. Award of $12,000 For research into aspects of Australian life and culture using the resources of the State Library.	Awarded
Research fellowships	National and State Libraries Australasia and Library Council of NSW Honorary Fellowships Annual. No financial award Offered to the top shortlisted applicants for the C.H. Currey Memorial Fellowship and the Nancy Keesing Fellowship	Awarded
Research fellowship	David Scott Mitchell Memorial Fellowship Annual. Award of $12,000 For the research and writing of Australian history using the Mitchell Library.	Applications close 2 July 2012
Research fellowship	Merewether Scholarship Annual. Award of $12,000 For the research and writing of 19th century NSW history using the Mitchell Library.	Applications close 2 July 2012
Research fellowship	Australian Religious History Fellowship Annual. Award of $20,000 For the study and research of any aspects of Australian religious history of any faith.	Awarded
Research fellowship	Sydney Grammar School / State Library of NSW Fellowship Annual. Award of $10,000 For the development of curriculum resources based on the collections of the State Library of NSW	Applications closed
Research fellowship	Purves Environmental Fund Environment & Conservation Fellowship Award of $40,000 This single fellowship, awarded once only, is for a 12 month period to describe the Library's key holdings in this field and for production of a relevant piece of research.	Awarded
Research fellowship	Religion, Church & Missions Fellowship Award of $40,000 This single fellowship will be awarded for a 12 month period to describe the library's key holdings in this field and for production of a relevant piece of original research.	Awarded
Research fellowships	Milt Luger Fellowships Two awards of $5,000 and $3,000 For projects which investigate and document aspects of Australian life, history and culture using the resources of the State Library. Open to persons aged between 18 and 25 years.	Awarded
Librarianship	Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship Annual. Award of $1,000 For an outstanding original paper on any aspect of librarianship by female librarian or female student of librarianship.	Awarded

In association with the State Library of NSW

Subject	Award	Applications Due
Literary	Miles Franklin Literary Award Annual. Award of $42,000 For a novel of the 'highest literary merit, presenting Australian life in any of its phases' and which is published in the year of entry of the Award.
Literary	Nita B. Kibble Literary Awards: Kibble Literary Award Annual. Award of $30,000. For women writers of a published book of fiction or non-fiction classifiable as 'life writing'. Dobbie Literary Award Annual. $5,000 For a first published work by a woman author of fiction or non-fiction classifiable as 'life writing'. (In association with Perpetual Philanthropic Foundations)
Literary	Kathleen Mitchell Award Biennial. Award of $7,500 For a novel by an Australian author under 30 years of age.	To be announced

Subject

Award

Applications
Due

Literary

Miles Franklin Literary Award
Annual. Award of $42,000
For a novel of the 'highest literary merit, presenting Australian life in any of its phases' and which is published in the year of entry of the Award.

Literary

Nita B. Kibble Literary Awards:
Kibble Literary Award
Annual. Award of $30,000.
For women writers of a published book of fiction or non-fiction classifiable as 'life writing'.

Dobbie Literary Award
Annual. $5,000
For a first published work by a woman author of fiction or non-fiction classifiable as 'life writing'.
(In association with Perpetual Philanthropic Foundations)