The Fellowship I've just been awarded is the Churchill Fellowship, from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. 101 Fellowships nationally were awarded this year, from over 1000 applications. (28 of these Fellowships were awarded in NSW). You have to submit a written application, then if successful, have a State based interview, then if successful, go to a national interview, then the final decisions are made.

These Fellowships have been going for over 40 years. They are awarded to "Australians who are striving for excellence, are passionate about their profession and who have a strong community focus". It is a travelling fellowship to enable people to study in their field of work, that they wouldn't be able to do in their own country. I'll be looking at "the implementation of community based preventive dental practices in rural and remote Indigenous communities." and will be going to Canada and Brazil, in June - July next year for 5 weeks. The NSW awards will be presented by Marie Bashir at Government House on Friday 23 July.

Flyer of Churchill Fellowship Recipients (PDF)


Sandra Meihubers

http://www.churchilltrust.com.au/