Euan Crone Asian Awareness Scholarship
Euan Crone Asian Awareness Scholarships
Scholarship Background & Intended Outcomes
The Australian Institute of International Affairs was proud to have been invited by the late Euan Crone to administer the scholarship program which he created in 2013 following his involvement in study tours to China (2012) and Myanmar (2013) organised by AIIA Victoria. At the time Mr Crone believed that there was a demand in the community for young Australians to undertake projects in Asia. He subsequently created a charitable endowment fund providing grants of up to $5,000 for each project involving in-country research into hitherto unknown or widely understood aspects of a country or the Asian region as a whole. Mr Crone died in 2017 but the charitable endowment fund lives on so that AIIA receives funds each year to continue the program.
Euan John Dalrymple Crone was educated at the University of Melbourne (BA) and the University of Hong Kong (Diploma of Chinese). His career included working with the Australian Trade Commission in Hong Kong before becoming Executive Producer, Chinese Language Programs and Manager of North Asia at Radio Australia (1976 to 1997). He was also Executive Producer, English from Australia, at the ABC. In 1997 he became the Research Assistant and Webmaster at the Australia China Business Council. He was also the Administrative Officer, Chinese Language Teachers Federation of both Victoria and Australia
Scholarships are open to young Australian residents up to the age of 35 who are members of the AIIA in any Australian state or territory at the time of application.
The closing date of the Euan Crone Scholarship is 15 September each year. Key selection criteria are outlined in the application process.
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Past recipient report: Luisa Cools Report
2015 recipient Anton Lucanus in Singapore