Alexander Juett Fellowship in Agriculture [F20119]

The late Mrs Ida Juett having left to The University of Western Australia the balance of the residuary trust fund created by her will to use the income from it to establish a research fellowship in memory of her late husband, Alexander Juett, to enable graduates of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences of The University of Western Australia to gain additional knowledge by means of study and research outside the Commonwealth of Australia and thereby providing opportunities for investigation of the late Alexander Juett's belief that the standard of human health can be raised by improvements in the nature and quality of food produced for human consumption, the fellowship is awarded under the following regulations.

General
1. Each fellowship awarded is called an Alexander Juett Fellowship in Agriculture and is awarded at one of the following levels:

(a) postdoctoral;

(b) senior postgraduate;

(c) junior postgraduate.

2. The object of the fellowship is to enable the fellow to gain additional knowledge in some branch of agricultural science by means of study and research outside the Commonwealth of Australia, provided that preference will be given to candidates able and willing to research into methods of improving the quality of food by means of improvements in soil fertility, plant nutrition and animal nutrition or in any one or more of them.

3. The fellowship is open to graduates of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences of The University of Western Australia.

4.(1) The fellowship is awarded by the Scholarships Committee of the Academic Board, on the recommendations of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and having taken appropriate advice as necessary from any other faculty or school in association with which a fellow intends to carry out their proposed research.

(2) If in any year that a new award is to be made there is no applicant of sufficient merit, the fellowship will not be awarded in that year.

5. If no fellowship is awarded in any year, or if the value of the fellowship awarded does not exhaust the available income, the unexpended income is carried forward and becomes part of the income available for the fellowship in subsequent years and may be used to finance the award of one or more additional fellowships in any year.

6. In any year that a new award is to be made, the fellowship must be advertised and applications must be submitted to reach the Registrar by the date fixed and notified in the advertisement.

7.(1) A postdoctoral fellow and a senior postgraduate fellow must not, during the tenure of a fellowship, engage in any work other than that for which the fellowship was awarded except with the permission of the Scholarships Committee.

(2) A junior postgraduate fellow may not, during the tenure of a fellowship, engage in any work other than that for which the fellowship was awarded unless the additional work is undertaken at the request and with the permission of the head of the school concerned.

8.(1) A fellow is ineligible for any other studentship, fellowship, scholarship or similar award within the gift of the University.

(2) A fellow who receives an award from any other source during the tenure of a fellowship must inform the Registrar of the amount of the award and the Scholarships Committee may reduce the value of the fellowship by any amount which it determines.

9. In any publication, thesis, or report resulting from research done under a fellowship the author must acknowledge in the publication that the research was done during the tenure of an Alexander Juett Fellowship in Agriculture.

Postdoctoral Fellowships
10. Candidates for postdoctoral fellowships must have doctoral degrees or equivalent research experience or have completed and submitted a PhD thesis for examination.

11. A postdoctoral fellowship is normally tenable for one year, but the Scholarships Committee may extend the tenure of the fellowship for a second year and, in exceptional circumstances, a third year.

12. The terms and conditions of each postdoctoral fellowship are determined by the Scholarships Committee and are the subject of a written agreement between the fellow and the University.

13. On the completion of a postdoctoral fellowship, the fellow must—

(a) within a period of three months submit to the Scholarships Committee a full report on the research undertaken during the fellowship;

(b) present a formal lecture to an invited audience at a time and place decided by the Scholarships Committee;

(c) if the tenure of a postdoctoral fellowship is extended beyond one year, submit an annual report to the Scholarships Committee at the end of each year, together with details of the intended programme of research for the following year.

Senior Postgraduate Fellowships
14. Candidates for senior postgraduate fellowships must be graduates with not less than five years' postgraduate experience who have demonstrated research capacity.

15. A senior postgraduate fellowship is awarded initially for a period of up to three years subject to an annual assessment of satisfactory progress, but the Scholarships Committee may extend the tenure of the fellowship for a period of up to 12 months.

16. The value of a senior postgraduate fellowship is equivalent in all respects to that of a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Medical and Dental Postgraduate Research Scholarship except that—

(a) it includes a thesis allowance which is equivalent to the thesis allowance under an Australian Postgraduate Award.

(b) where an overseas award is made, and subject to determination by the Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Scholarships Committee, provision is made for travel costs and tuition fees.

17. As soon as practicable after the completion of a senior postgraduate fellowship, the fellow must—

(a) submit to the Registrar a written report of the work done and the experience gained under the fellowship;

(b) if the fellowship was held overseas, supply to the University free of charge two copies of any thesis or matter written on the work done under the fellowship;

(c) present a formal lecture to an invited audience at a time and place decided by the Scholarships Committee.

Junior Postgraduate Fellowships
18. Candidates for junior postgraduate fellowships are graduates with at least second class honours (division A) or equivalent.

19. A junior postgraduate fellowship is awarded initially for a period of up to three years subject to an annual assessment of satisfactory progress, but the Scholarships Committee may extend the tenure of the fellowship for a period of up to 12 months.

20. The value of a junior postgraduate fellowship is equivalent in all respects to—

(a) that of a Hackett Studentship if held overseas; and

(b) that of a University of Western Australia Postgraduate Award if held within Australia.

21. As soon as possible after the completion of a junior postgraduate fellowship the fellow must—

(a) submit to the Registrar a written report on the research or course of study undertaken under the fellowship;

(b) if the fellowship was held overseas, supply to the University free of charge two copies of any thesis or other matter written in connection with the research or course of study.