The CCAMLR Scientific Scholarship Scheme is designed to encourage early career scientists to participate in the work of the Scientific Committee and its working groups. The objective is to contribute to capacity building within the CCAMLR scientific community to support the requirements of CCAMLR in the long term.

Scholarships of up to A$30 000 are available to facilitate participation in CCAMLR Scientific Committee workshops or working group meetings, relevant preparatory meetings, and exceptionally, meetings of the Scientific Committee, over a period of two years.

Scholarships are open to post-graduate scientists who are actively engaged in relevant research and who is a citizen of a Member of the Commission. Preference will be given to early career scientists who have not previously, or routinely, participated in CCAMLR working groups and are actively seeking to contribute to important areas of science for CCAMLR. High priority  and urgent topics of research can be found in the Strategic Plan for the Scientific Committee.

Each application to the CCAMLR Scientific Scholarship Scheme must have the support of the applicant’s Scientific Committee representative. Please contact your Scientific Committee representative as an essential first step.

Another key element of the CCAMLR Scholarship Scheme is that each recipient of a scholarship has a Mentor who is familiar with the work processes and procedures of CCAMLR and its working groups. A Mentor should be from a different Member than the applicant. Finding a suitable Mentor is a key part of the Scholarship application and often requires assistance from the applicant’s Scientific Committee Representative.

Completed application forms must be submitted to by 31 August.

Proposals will be reviewed by the Scholarship Review Panel using the following criteria:

• Scientific and other qualifications of the candidate
• Relevance to the work priorities and work plan of the Scientific Committee and the extent to which it will strengthen the scientific capacity and engagement in the work of the Scientific Committee of the applying Member
• Strength of the linkages between the applicant and mentor scientist(s)
• Justification for the budget requested.

Applications or questions can be submitted to ccamlr [at] ccamlr [dot] org.