Atax, the Australian Taxation Studies Program within the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales, is accepting applications for 2005 Research Fellowships. Research Fellows are expected to spend four weeks (normally in August) at Atax. A grant of up to AUD$7,500 will be paid to cover travelling expenses and per diem allowance. Atax will provide office space and computer equipment at the Atax campus in Sydney, Australia.

During their stay at Atax, Research Fellows will:

• Produce at least one tax research paper to be published as part of the Atax Research Paper Series (and which may be published elsewhere as well)
• Conduct an Atax seminar for tax academics
• Collaborate with Atax staff in writing a tax paper for eventual publication in a referred journal
• Participate in Atax collegial activities

Here are the prior Atax Research Fellows:

• 2004: Peter van der Hoek (Eramus Univ., Netherlands) & Amin Mawani (York Univ., Canada)
• 2003: Judith Freedman (Univ. of Oxford, UK) & Stewart Karlinsky (San Jose State Univ., USA)
• 2002: Bev Dahlby (Univ. of Alberta, Alberta)
• 2001: Ernie Larkin (Georgia State Univ., USA) & Nina Crimm (St. John’s Univ., USA)
• 2000: Andrew Lymer (Univ. of Birmingham, Alberta) & Kenneth McKenzie (Univ. of Calgary, Alberta)

Applications must be received by Nov. 30, 2004, and successful applicants will be notified by Dec. 31, 2004. For further information, see here or email Binh Tran-Nam.