The National Museum Fellowship program brings leading scholars to Canberra to help promote the National Museum as a centre of scholarly activity.

> Associate Professor Kate Rigby

The Visiting Fellowships scheme encourages research relating to the Museum's collections and programs. It also maintains a flux of new ideas and expertise in the Museum.

Applications for the 2011 round of Visiting Fellowships are expected to open in September 2010.

> Guidelines for applicants (Word)

> Application form (Word)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

The 2009 Visiting Fellows are:

> Dr Timothy Bottoms

> Phil Gordon

> Dr Cressida Fforde

> Dr Ross McMullin

> Kate Walsh

The 2008 Visiting Fellows were:

> Dr Craig Wilcox

> Bill Fox

> Dr Robert Crawford

> Dr Adele Wessell

The 2007 Visiting Fellows were:

> Dr Paul Arthur

> Dr Susan Cochrane

> Robyn Davidson

> Frank Moorhouse

The 2006 Visiting Fellows were:

> Dr Maria Nugent

The Director's Fellowship is an award which allows the foremost practitioners in disciplines across the Museum's themes to visit Canberra to continue their research, consult with colleagues and to speak about their work.

The 2008 Director's Fellows were:

> Mickey Dewar

> Professor Alistair Thomson

The 2007 Director's Fellows were:

> Professor David Day

The 2008-09 Early Career Summer Fellows were:

> Dr Fran Edmonds

> Dr Kate Bagnall

The 2007-08 Early Career Summer Fellows were: