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Opportunities and Challenges for Health & Wellbeing Research Forum. Dr Kathy Avent & Rosalba Drummond Monash University Research Office 13 Feb 2006. RESEARCH OFFICE GRANTS TEAM. RESEARCH OFFICE LINKS & WEBSITE. http://www.monash.edu.au/research/contacts/research-office/
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Opportunities and Challenges for Health & Wellbeing Research Forum Dr Kathy Avent & Rosalba Drummond Monash University Research Office 13 Feb 2006
RESEARCH OFFICE LINKS & WEBSITE http://www.monash.edu.au/research/contacts/research-office/ • Funding Opportunities Calendar • Grants Watch • Seminars and Information Sessions • Coversheet
HEALTH & MEDICAL FUNDING • ANZ Charitable Trusts • The Jack Brockhoff Foundation • L E W Carty Charitable Fund • CASS Foundation Limited • Collier Charitable Fund: Equipment Grants • The Harold Mitchell Foundation • Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation • Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation
HEALTH & MEDICAL FUNDING • Equity Trustees: Discretionary Charitable Trusts • The Bernard Judd Foundation • Nurses Board of Victoria • Palliative Care Australia • Perpetual Trustees Australia • Clive & Vera Ramaciotti Foundation • Windemere Foundation • NHMRC
GENERAL TIPS AND ADVICE • Read the rules or guidelines • Address selection criteria and identified areas of interest of funding body • Introduce topic and educate assessor, don’t assume they are an expert in the field • Follow the instructions eg page limits • Use highly appropriate referencing • Always support statements with facts or refs
CONTRACT RESEARCH • Researcher or client initiated project • Publication rights, outcomes, payment schedule and project ownership determined in contract • No grant assessment “lag” time • Targeted to client needs • Findings beneficial in future research • Start small, set realistic plans, budgets, timeframes
Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grants • 2 Rounds per year: RO deadline 19 April, 6Nov • $20K to $500K per annum, 1-5 yrs • Partner Organisation (PO) required • Industry, government, community group • Collaborative project with joint benefits and outcomes transferred into practice via PO • Cash and in-kind contribution of PO must match $ requested from ARC (cash 20%)