Fellowships and Awards
Herb Feith PhD Scholars
The prestigious Herb Feith PhD Scholarship is for Indonesian citizens who will complete their PhD based at Monash Indonesia
Elaine McKay Indonesian Studies Award
About
This award was established in 2024 in memory the late Elaine McKay, long time supporter of Herb Feith’s impact. Developed In consultation with her family, the annual annual Elaine McKay Indonesian Studies Award will continue in her memory.
This award was presented at the Herb Feith Research Symposium at Monash University, Indonesia. Read more here.
Herb Feith Academic Boost Awards
About
This program is designed to recognise and boost the passion of master’s level students at Monash Indonesia in writing about issues related to social justice in Indonesia.
Social justice issues include but are not limited to topics addressing unequal distribution of accesses and benefits across diverse members of society (e.g., intersectional inequalities in subnational policies regulating the labour force, coding against online gender-based violence, disability-friendly urban design, preventing ethnic bias in giving credit loans, etc.).
Students can either be nominated by their unit coordinators or self-nominate themselves for having submitted a quality assignment related to issues of social justice in Indonesia during the academic year.
2025 Recipient
We are delighted that the Herb Feith 2025 "Elaine McKay Prize" for contribution to Indonesian Studies and the Australia-Indonesia relationship goes to Mr Muhamad Argi Afriandi. Argi has been actively involved in promoting Indonesian language learning in Australia, particularly through universities and youth community initiatives.
2024 Recipients
Annisa Istikawati for the paper titled: Analyzing the Customer Experience at Kopi Kamu: A Social Impact Study in Inclusive Employment.
Rizky Widodo for the paper titled: Climate Change-Related Disasters and Optimal Utilisation of Maternal Healthcare and Pregnancy Outcome in Indonesia: A Cross-sectional Study from SKI 2023 and Disaster Database
These awards were presented at the Herb Feith Research Symposium at Monash University, Indonesia. Read more here.
2023 Recipients
Angela for the analytical paper titled: MUDKampung Melayu: Urban design solution to public health risk of water and air pollution.
Muliadi Limanjaya for the analytical paper: MPHUnshackling Minds: Indonesia's quest to revolutionize mental health care
We were delighted to have presented the 2023 awards at the Herb Feith Gala held at Monash University, Indonesia, December 2023. Watch the highlights here.
Herb Feith Centre Fellowship
About
The inaugural Herb Feith Centre Fellowship assists doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars with the publication of their research in relation to social justice in Indonesia. This prestigious Fellowship includes financial support for publication, and ongoing connection with the Herb Feith Centre.
2023 recipients
Apriwan - The University of Western Australia
Fandi Akhmad - The University of Melbourne
Trissia Wijaya - Murdoch University https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644016.2024.2332129
Clara Siagian - Australian National University - Paternalistic state care and the dynamic of COVID-19 pandemic governance in Jakarta's rented social housing
Ravando - University of Melbourne