I was sitting in a cafe in Canberra recently where I spotted a postcard...
The Churchill Memorial Trust offers annual fellowships to Australian Citizens of about $25,000 each! They award about 120 fellowships per year.
You don't need qualifications, and merit of your proposed project and a desire to report your findings back to the Australian community is the only requirements. It can be on any subject... exciting...
Each fellowship includes international travel and a living allowance... from looking at previous winners one can see that a whole cross section of the Australian community has been successful at obtaining these fellowships, not just academics and/or high flyers!
Click below for further info, applications close on the 29th February, 2008.
http://www.churchilltrust.com.au/index.php
