Several initiatives have sought to increase the number of First Nations individuals with a higher degree in research (i.e., PhD or research masters)—in Australia and in similarly colonised countries. However, little has been written on day-to-day support structures and mechanisms that might help First Nations Australian candidates thrive in postgraduate research degrees and beyond. For sensitive research fields such as alcohol, emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers must grapple with topics which are stigmatising and in some instances associated with traumatic associations. There is also a lack of studies internationally that describe optimal support for First Nations students undertaking a higher degree by research with a primary focus on alcohol. Here we discuss what we have learned from the support offered through the Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Health and Alcohol—from the perspective of academic staff, students, trainees and early career researchers. We consider what may be generalisable lessons from this experience.

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并肩前行：支持澳大利亚原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民在酒精研究方面处于领先地位


多项举措试图增加澳大利亚和类似殖民地国家拥有较高研究学位（即博士或研究硕士）的原住民人数。然而，关于可能帮助澳大利亚原住民候选人在研究生研究学位及其他领域取得成功的日常支持结构和机制的文章却很少。对于酒精等敏感研究领域，新兴的原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民研究人员必须努力解决带有污名性、在某些情况下与创伤性关联相关的主题。国际上也缺乏研究来描述对原住民学生通过主要关注酒精的研究来攻读更高学位的最佳支持。在这里，我们从学术人员、学生、实习生和早期职业研究人员的角度讨论了我们从土著健康和酒精研究卓越中心提供的支持中学到的东西。我们考虑从这次经历中可以得到哪些具有普遍意义的教训。