The ACT Branch provides travel bursaries annually to support ACT Branch member attendance at the Australian Museums and Galleries Association National Conference and, from time to time, other conferences and seminars.
2023 Bursaries
Bursaries are available for ACT AMaGA members to attend the 2023 AMaGA National Conference which will be held on Awabakal & Worimi Land Newcastle Wednesday 17 - Friday 19 May. Please click here to be directed to the portal for further information.
Past bursaries
2019 national conference
For 2019 the ACT Branch provided funds for two bursaries of up to $2250 each for travel bursaries for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association 2019 national conference At the centre - our people, our places, our practices in Alice Springs/Mparntwe.
2018 national conference
Bursaries up to $1500 each for Australian Museums and Galleries Association ACT branch members for attendance at the 2018 national conference Agents of change were decided by competitive application and awarded to Michelle Davenport, Nicole O'Dowd and Shona Coyne. These bursary recipients spoke of their experience at the Conference insights event held on 27 June 2018.
2017 national conference
Two $1500 bursaries for Australian Museums and Galleries Association ACT branch members were decided by competitive application for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association 2017 national conference Museums and galleries in their cultural landscapes 14-17 May 2017 held in Brisbane. The successful candidates were Sheridan Burnett and Sacha Fawkes.
2017 Digital Directions symposium
One $320 bursary was awarded to Alana Sivell for attendance at the third annual Digital Directions symposium held in Canberra 19 October 2017.
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2016 joint Australia and New Zealand national conference
Four branch bursaries to assist attendance at the Museum Australasia 2016 conference in New Zealand were awarded to:
- Barbara Paulson, National Museum of Australia
- Rachael Coghlan, PhD Candidate, Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies, Australian National University
- Hakim Abdul Rahim, Australian National Museum of Education
- Grace Blakeley-Carroll, National Portrait Gallery.
Top ten tips
Here are some tips on how to make a good bursary application:
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