ARC DISCOVERYPROJECTS FUNDING 2006

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ARC DISCOVERY-PROJECTS FUNDING 2006

• Office of Research and Postgraduate Studies
• January 2005

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OVERVIEW

• Statistics from previous round
• Overview of Funding Rules

• Timelines
• Web Addresses

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DP Selected Statistics

• Success Rates for Discovery-Projects Commencing
  in 2004 -2005
• No applications 2004 2005
• Received 3260 3441
• Funded 875 1,051
• Success Rate 27 30.8
• UQ Success 25.9 31.4

• Numbers and Success Rates for Discovery Projects
  by Discipline Group
• BSB 647 190 29.4
• EE 474 142 30.0
• HCA 565 185 32.7
• MIC 485 154 31.8
• PCG 599 179 29.9
• SBE 643 201 30.8

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DP Selected Stats Cont.

• Average total grant size for Discovery commencing
  2004-2005
• Program 2004 2005
• D-P 271,939 281,136
• 4/5 Year Grants
• Applctns Grant Success 751 134 17.8

• Amounts requested by and allocated to successful
  applicants for Year 1
• Grp Req Award
• BSB 142,596 104,993 73.6
• EE 147,928 110,951 75.0
• HCA 91,525 70,071 76.6.6
• MIC 135,220 92,075 68.1
• PCG 169,330 121,590 71.8
• SBE 102,216 71,632 70.1

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Fellowship Statistics - 2005

• 1,024 Fellowship applications
• 165 Fellowships awarded
• 112 APDs
• 30 ARF/QEIIs
• 23 APFs
• Overall success rate
• APD 19.6
• ARF/QEII 11.4
• APF 13.1

• Funding Options for APDs
• 100 Sal 505 98 19.4
• 75 Sal 65 19 21.5
• Funding Options for ARF/QEIIs and APFs
• ARF/QEII
• 100 Sal 254 28 11.0
• 50 Sal 10 2 20.0
• APF
• 100 Sal 112 14 12.5
• 50 Sal 64 9 14.1

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Further Statistics

• Further Stats on all ARC programs (Funding to
  Commence in 2005) available at
• http//www.arc.gov.au/funded_grants/default.htm

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KEY CHANGES

• Funding Rules for funding to commence in 2006 are
  available.
• Partner Investigators (PIs) may hold 4 DP
  grants.
• Researcher can apply for a Fellowship (salary)
  within a Centre if Centre supports other research
  costs.
• Substantial association with Centre 30
  salary (previously 20).

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Funding Priorities

• An Environmentally Sustainable Australia
• Transforming the way we use our land, water,
  mineral and energy resources through a better
  understanding of environmental systems and using
  new technologies.
• Promoting and Maintaining Good Health
• Promoting good health and well being for all
  Australians
• Frontier Technologies for Building and
  Transforming Australian Industries
• Stimulating the growth of world-class Australian
  industries using innovative technologies
  developed from cutting-edge research
• Safeguarding Australia 
• Safeguarding Australia from terrorism, crime,
  invasive diseases and pests, strengthening our
  understanding of Australias place in the region
  and world, and securing our infrastructure,
  particularly with respect to our digital systems.
• Further detail available from
• http//www.arc.gov.au/grant_programs/priority_are
  as.htm

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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Individual researchers or teams
• Small single research projects to larger
  collaborative projects
• Research project costs and Fellowships

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DURATION AND LEVEL OF FUNDING

• Duration of Funding
• 1 to 5 yrs
• Normal 3 yrs. APF, QEII and ARF standard 5 yrs
• Few 5 yr (non Fellowship grants) to be awarded
• Level of Funding
• 20k to 500k pa
• Few 500k grants to be awarded

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ELIGIBILITY

• Roles
• Chief Investigator
• Partner Investigator
• Research Fellow
• Each application must have at least one CI or
  Fellowship applicant
• All applicants must have fulfilled obligations
  from previous ARC grants (including reporting
  obligations)

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Chief Investigator Eligibility

• Active researcher serious commitment
• Reside predominantly in Aust
• Meet one of the following
• be an employee of an Australian higher education
  institution, museum or herbarium. The applicant
  must derive at least 50 per cent of her/his
  salary from, that institution or
• be the holder of an adjunct appointment, or
  equivalent, at an Australian higher education
  institution, museum or herbarium or
• Be the holder of a Federation Fellowship.

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Not eligible as CI

• Notwithstanding her/his eligibility under the
  criteria above, researchers in the following
  categories are not eligible to apply as a Chief
  Investigator
• undergraduate students, or
• postgraduate students (unless eligible to be a CI
  because of employment and then only for research
  which lies outside the scope of the postgraduate
  studies), or
• researchers who derive more than 50 per cent of
  their salary from organisations outside the
  higher education sector that are funded primarily
  for research from State or Commonwealth
  Government sources. These include, but are not
  limited to
• Defence Science and Technology Organisation
  (DSTO)
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
  Organization (CSIRO)
• Geoscience Australia (GA)
• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
  Organisation (ANSTO)
• Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
• State/Territory Research and Development (RD)
  organisations

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Partner Investigator Eligibility

• Researchers who are not eligible to be Chief
  Investigators but who are providing significant
  commitment, intellectual input, relevant
  expertise and significant financial contribution
  to the project can apply as Partner
  Investigators.
• To be eligible to apply as a Partner
  Investigator, a researcher must
• be ineligible to be a Chief Investigator, and
• demonstrate a significant contribution of funds
  (other than salary) or other material resources
  from the researchers organisation for the
  proposed project (having regard to the total cost
  of the project and the relative contribution of
  each Chief Investigator).

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Eligibility continued

• Fellowships
• APD awarded PhD since 1/3/02, or submit by end
  of 2005
• ARF/QEII not more than 8 yrs since award of PhD
• APF outstanding, international reputation
• Eligibility exemption request to be submitted to
  ORPS by 19 January 2005

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LIMITS ON APPLICATIONS AND GRANTS 2 LIMIT RULE

• No more than 2 apps from CI or Fellow
• No more than 4 apps from PI
• CI or Fellow - Max of 2 apps until 2 grant limit
  reached (if 1 grant then only 1 app)
• If eligible to submit two apps one must involve
  another CI
• Only one application as a sole CI/Fellow
• Submitting over limit results in exclusion

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Limits on applications and grants cont.

• CI s/Fellows Max 2 grants. At least one with
  other Investigators
• PI Max 4 grants
• Limits on grants applies to 2006 funding
• Applicants who are substantially associated
  with a Commonwealth-funded research centre (ARC
  CoE, SRC, CRC, NHMRC Program grant) may hold only
  one DiscoveryProjects grant.
• Fed Fell Max 2 grants

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EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS

• ARC Identifies funds specifically to support ECR
  applicants.
• To be assessed as an ECR app all applicants must
  satisfy criteria
• Criteria one holding a PhD or equivalent awarded
  since 1/3/2000. Exceptional circumstances may
  warrant waiver see Funding Rules
• Success Rate for ECR only apps in 2005 Rnd was
  22.8

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FELLOWSHIP FUNDING

• Three Research Fellowship categories
• Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (APD)
• Australian Research Fellowship (ARF)/QEII
  Fellowship
• Australian Professorial Fellowship (APF)
• 5050 Partnership available for ARF/QEII and APF
  to maintain cont. appt
• University contribution to salary to be provided
  from School funds

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APPLICATION FORMAT

• Application Form (to be completed on GAMS)
• Additional Text Project Description, Research
  Record, ARC Grant Reports, Budget Justification

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APPLICATION PROCESS

• Obtain copy of funding rules and instructions to
  applicants
• http//www.arc.gov.au/apply_grants/discovery_proje
  cts.htm
• Contact ORPS for GAMS Id and Logon
• (Email arc_at_research.uq.edu.au - Include in
  subject heading Request for GAMS Id). Include
  in text of message Full name, Department, Date
  of birth. GAMS Id from 2003 will remain.

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Application Process cont.

• Log on to ARC site to complete application form
  and update user information
• http//www.arc.gov.au/arc_home/default.htm
• UQ Help Desk for technical assistance email
  arc_at_research.uq.edu.au. Subject heading for email
  should include GAMS Assistance
• Application form must be validated and submitted
  to ORPS electronically. Hard copy of form should
  be printed after submission

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Application Process cont.

• Hard copy of form and additional text to be
  submitted to ORPS (original only) by internal
  closing date. Submitting after internal closing
  date original 3 copies

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Assessment Criteria

• Investigators (CI PI) (40)
• Project Content (60)
• Significance Innovation (30)
• Approach (20)
• National Benefit (10)

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Readership Program

• Arts Prof Peter Cryle
• BACS Chair, School Research Committee
• BEL Prof Neal Ashkanasy
• EPSA Faculty Research Committee
• c.field_at_epsa.uq.edu.au
• Health Prof Peter Brooks
• IMB Prof Brandon Wainwright
• NRAVS Prof Michael DOcchio
• SBS research_at_sbs.uq.edu.au

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Timeframe

• Internal Deadline
• 11 February 2005
• External Deadline
• 4 March 2005
• Eligibility Exemptions
• 19 January 2005

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UQ ARC Mailing List

• Primary method of communicating with ARC
  applicants.
• Subscribe to the UQ ARC Mailing List if you are
  applying all notices and clarifications will be
  circulated through this email network.
• Subscription details from previous years will
  remain.
• Subscribe to UQ ARC Mailing List
• http//www.uq.edu.au/weborps/mlist/index.php

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Web Addresses

• Funding Rules Instructions
• http//www.arc.gov.au/apply_grants/discovery_proje
  cts.htm
• GAMS Log On
• http//www.arc.gov.au/arc_home/default.htm
• UQ ARC Discovery Information Site
• http//www.uq.edu.au/research/orps/index.html?page
  22649pid22807

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Key ORPS Contacts

• Deb Ford xtn 53571 (D.Ford_at_research.uq.edu.au)
• Melanie Gunn ext. 54789 (M.Gunn_at_research.uq.edu.au
  )
• Kerry Johnston ext. 50456 (K.Johnston_at_research.uq.
  edu.au)