Two new scholarship funds for researchers are now being established (via ALIA):

Australian Prime Ministers’ Centre Research and Scholarship program
Fellowships are offered for research scholars, and Summer scholarships are offered for early career researcher. One of the eligible disciplines is librarianship.  

Jean Whyte Fund
The Jean Whyte fund, supporting research in librarianship and archives, will be launched at an event for the Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics on September 11 at Victoria’s Monash University.