Visiting Fellowships

The Robert Bartnik Fellowship is for researchers within 14 years of having completed a PhD, to enable them to visit Monash for at least three weeks.

History: These Fellowships are named after Professor Robert Bartnik. Professor Bartnik is renowned internationally for the application of geometric analysis to mathematical problems arising in Einstein's theory of general relativity. His work is characterised by his ability to uncover new and anticipated phenomena in space- time geometry, often employing sophisticated tools from linear and nonlinear partial differential equations as well as elaborate numerical computations. He has contributed greatly to our understanding of the properties of the Einstein equations and gravitation.

Purpose and eligibility: The Robert Bartnik Visiting Fellowships are visiting positions for researchers within 14 years of having completed a PhD, to enable them to visit Monash University for a period of at least three weeks, hosted by one or more members of the School of Mathematics. The Robert Bartnik Fellow would be an academic (faculty) staff from other institutions (including postdocs) who wish to establish and/or enhance ongoing research collaborations. Awards are conditional on the visitor obtaining an appropriate business visa. It is expected that the visitor will interact with researchers on current and planned research projects and give seminars to staff and postgraduate students. The seminar might be recorded and a link to the video might be posted on this website. Awardees are expected to spend at least three weeks at Monash University. Visits must commence within 12 months of the offer.

Award: The award is up to AU$20,000 per fellowship to cover travel, visa, accommodation, and local living expenses. The living allowance is set at AU$700 per week and accommodation costs are capped at AU$1,300 per week.

Application process: Applications should be made by a single electronic submission via email to Angelika Nikolov-Arvela and should include:

• A letter of support (up to one page in length) from the proposed host in the School of Mathematics, addressed to the selection committee. The goal of the letter is to endorse the application and briefly comment on the strength of the applicant relative to opportunity and discipline, and on how the visit will be of benefit to the research program of the host(s) and to the School. The letter should also contain the proposed visit dates and a brief budget estimate.
• A research proposal (up to one page in length), written at a level accessible to a broad mathematical audience. This may be distributed to the School of Mathematics in advance of the visit.
• CV (including qualifications, appointments, awards and publications).

The Faculty is strongly committed to improving the diversity of our staff and students, and promoting a culture of equity, fairness, respect and openness. We fully support the gender equity principles of the Athena SWAN Charter.

Any changes to the proposed visit schedule must be within your original budget proposal amount, and must be approved by the committee prior to commencement of the visit. Application rounds will be announced on this webpage when open. Applications will be assessed by a selection panel. Potential hosts should contact the panel for further information and internal guidelines.

• Awardees 2016: A/Prof Tamás Kálmán (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Dr Mathew Langford (Free University Berlin), Dr Paul Laurain (Paris Diderot University - Paris VII), A/Prof Primož Moravec (University of Ljubljana), Dr Maria Trnkova (University of California, Davis), Prof Bastian von Harrach (Goethe University Frankfurt), Dr Olivier Zahm (MIT).
• Awardees 2017: Dr Elie Aidekon (Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris VI), Dr Steven Frankel (Washington University in St Louis), A/Prof Paul Jung (KAIST), Dr Luciano Mari (Scuola Normale Superiore), A/Prof Sergey Norin (McGill University), A/Prof Mariel Sáez (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile), Prof Stoyan Stoyanov (Stony Brook University), A/Prof Yifei Wu (Tianjin University), Dr Liana Yepremyan (University of Oxford).
• Awardees 2018: Dr Alexandru Hening (Tufts University), Dr Christine Lee (University of South Alabama), Dr Danilo Lewański (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics), Dr Leonardo Rolla (University of Buenos Aires), Dr Jeroen Schillewaert (University of Auckland), Dr Changhua Wei (Zhejiang Sci-Tech University).
• Awardees 2019: Dr Alex Amenta (University of Bonn), Dr Sergey Dolgov (University of Bath), Dr Renato Dos Santos (NYU Shanghai), A/Prof Luca Fanelli (University of Rome), Dr Elba Garcia-Failde (Institut de Physique Théorique of Paris-Saclay), Dr Annika Heckel (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), Prof Maria Kazachenko (University of Colorado), Dr Ousmane Kodio (MIT), Dr Ian Lizarraga (University of Sydney), Dr Padraig Ó Cathaín (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), A/Prof Romain Petrides (University of Paris), Dr Matthew Tam (University of Goettingen), Dr Jim Thomas (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Dr Shengguo Zhu (University of Oxford), A/Prof Maksim Zhukovskii (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology).