DiscoveryProjects Information Session Presented by Marela Vuckov, Research

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Discovery-Projects Information Session
Presented byMarela Vuckov, Research
Innovation Services
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Why apply for Discovery Project (DP) Funding?

• Support excellent fundamental research by
  individuals and teams
• Foster international competitiveness of
  Australian research
• Encourage research training in high-quality
  research environments
• Assist researchers to undertake their research in
  conditions most conductive to achieving best
  results.

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What type of Research is supported?

• DP supports all types of research including
• Pure basic research experimental/theoretical
  work undertaken to acquire new knowledge without
  looking for long term benefits
• Strategic basic research experimental/theoretica
  l work undertaken to acquire new knowledge
  directed into specified broad areas that are
  expected to lead to useful discoveries.
• Applied research which is original work
  undertaken to acquire new knowledge with a
  specific application in view

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National Research Priority Areas

• RP1 An Environmentally Sustainable Australia
• RP2 Promoting and Maintaining Good Health
• RP3 Frontier Technologies for Building
• RP4 Safeguarding Australia
• Full descriptions are available on the ARCs
  website at www.arc.gov.au

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What type of Research is not supported?

• Clinical, medical and dental research
• Production of
• Teaching materials
• Works of arts
• Research aids and tools
• Compilation of data

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Who can apply?

• Chief Investigator (CI)
• Partner Investigator
• ARC Fellow

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Early Career Researchers (ECR)

• Any of the above may be nominated as Early Career
  Researchers
• PhD or equivalent research qualification
  /experience
• ECR only Proposals

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Chief Investigator (CI)

• Active researcher is considered the Project
  Leader
• Must reside in Australia for the full term of the
  grant
• Derive at least 50 of his/her salary from an
  eligible higher education institution

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Partner Investigator

• Be ineligible as a CI
• Provide significant cash/in-kind contribution
  from his/her organisation
• Take significant intellectual responsibility

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ARC Fellow

• Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (APD)
• Australian Research Fellow (ARF)/Queen Elizabeth
  II Fellow (QEII)
• Australian Professorial Fellow
• Must reside in Australia for the full term of the
  grant
• Must meet eligibility criteria for the type
  sought (more information in Funding Rules)

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Eligibility Exemption Request

• Must be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to the
  external closing date
• Type of Eligibility exemption request
• APD Eligibility
• ARF/QEII Eligibility
• Clinical Medical or Dental Research

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What can I apply for?

• Personnel (salary plus on-costs)
• ARC Fellowships, Research Associates, Research
  Assistants etc
• Equipment
• Maintenance
• Travel

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Level of funding

• Minimum grant size 20,000 and max 500,000 p/a
  over 5 years.
• If applying for ARC Fellowship, request for
  salary and on-costs is to be included in the
  budget

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Number of Grants and Applications

• CIs/Fellows may participate in up to 2 DPs
• Sole CI/Fellows may participate only in 1 DP
• CIs/Fellows associated with CRC may participate
  only in 1 DP
• PIs may participate in up to 4 DPs
• Only 1 proposal may be submitted in respect of a
  particular project in the same round

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Certification

• All parties must sign the Certification Page for
  the proposed project to proceed
• Proforma available on the ARC Site
• http//www.arc.gov.au

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Selection Criteria

• Track Record (40)
• Significance and Innovation (30)
• Approach and Training (20)
• National Benefit (10)

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Examples of Recent Successful DP applications
from ITEE

• Prof JA Filar Dr SK Lucas Prof VS Borkar Prof
  W Murray , Doubly Stochastic Matrices The
  Hamiltonian Cycle Problem . 560,000 over 5
  years.
• Prof V Gaitsgory, Occupational Measures Approach
  to Long Run Average and Singularly Perturbed
  Optimal Control Problems. 225,000 over 3 years.

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How do I submit my application?

• Via the Grant Application Management System
  (GAMS)
• Submit applications to RS by the internal closing
  date to be advised.
• All named investigators require a GAMS ID.
  Please contact Marela.Vuckov_at_unisa.edu.au or
  Jennifer.Kasimov_at_unisa.edu.au
• to obtain an ID.
• An original and 3 copies of the application is
  required by the Internal closing date.

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Questions??

• Please contact
• Maria.A.Arena_at_unisa.edu.au, ext 23954
• Or
• Marela.Vuckov_at_unisa.edu.au, ext 25229