ARCfunded research collaboration with Europe

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ARC-funded research collaboration with Europe

• Professor Sue Rowley
• Executive Director
• sue.rowley_at_arc.edu.au

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ARC international linkages

• knowledge access and sharing
• participation in global innovation
• addressing global problems
• major research infrastructure
• early career researcher development
• international peer review

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Collaborations with EU countries
Incidences of collaboration reported on National
Competitive Grants Program applications
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Collaborations with EU countries on NCGP grants
starting 1998-2003

• 1957 funded prjects applications reporting
  collaboration with EU countries
• 2844 incidences of international collaboration
  with EU countries
• average of 1.5 countries per project reporting EU
  collaborations

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Reported collaborations 1998-2003
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Reported collaborations 1998-2003
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International Partner Investigators Discovery
Linkage Projects 2002
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Collaborations in Discovery Projects

• 1998-2003 113 increase in DP grants reporting
  on EU collaborations
• - from 132 in 1998 to 282 in 2003
• 2003 30.6 of funded DP applications report
  collaborations with EU countries
• 282 out of 921 grants commencing in 2003

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International Partner Investigators Discovery
Linkage Projects 2002

• Overseas Partner Investigators are participants
  on
• 15 funded DP applications
• 10 funded LP applications

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Federation Fellowships

• attract and retain outstanding researchers of
  international renown
• build and strengthen world-class research
  capability in Australia
• expand Australias knowledge base by supporting
  ground-breaking, internationally competitive
  research
• forge strong links between researchers, industry
  and the international research community
• support research that will result in economic,
  environmental, social and cultural benefits for
  Australia

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Federation Fellowships 2002-2003
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Federation Fellowships 2002-2003
Information not available on all applications
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Federation Fellowships
Up to 125 Federation Fellowships funded under
Backing Australias Ability 2003 for 2004
funding call for applications later this year
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Linkage Infrastructure

• access to research infrastructure within
  innovation systems overseas
• infrastructure to support internationally
  competitive research
• enhance opportunities to extend international
  networks and break down barriers of distance
• investment in research infrastructure for
  developing networks
• leverage funding and opportunities to link into
  global innovation networks

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Linkage InfrastructureAustralian access to major
international facilities
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Linkage International

• build strong ongoing collaborations between
  researchers, research teams or centres of
  excellence in Australia and overseas
• strengthen international research experience for
  early career researchers and generate
  opportunities for postgraduate and postdoctoral
  researchers to link into leading edge
  international research networks
• build Australian research capability by enhancing
  existing, and developing new collaborations among
  experienced and senior researchers
• develop innovative modes of international
  collaboration and links into global innovation
  networks
• encourage expatriate Australian researchers to
  maintain ties with Australian research

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Linkage International

• Fellowships
• annual cycle
• reciprocal exchange under international
  agreements
• Australia-Israel Fellowship, co-funded with the
  Australia-Israel Scientific Exchange Foundation
• Awards
• continuous assessment no submission date
• current application form comes off the web 28
  November
• at the time of application, the first named Chief
  Investigator must be a Chief Investigator on at
  least one current ARC grant

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Linkage InternationalAustralian research
international collaborations
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