Grant Funding – How to find it! Steven Oswald, Manager, Grants & Contracts Maya Roberts, Senior Grants Officer Research Services Office

Definition of Research Research is defined as: ‘creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge – including knowledge of humankind, culture and society – and to devise new applications of available knowledge.’ For an activity to be an R&D activity it must satisfy five core criteria: To be aimed at new findings (novel), To be based on original, not obvious, concepts and hypotheses (creative), To be uncertain about the final outcomes (uncertain), To be planned and budgeted (systemic), and To lead to results that could be possibly reproduced (transferable and/or reproducible). Source: 2017 Higher Education Research Data Collection Specifications for the collection of 2016 data

Funding Categories Research income falls into one of four categories: Category 1: Australian competitive grants Schemes listed on the Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR) including the ARC, NHMRC Category 2: Other public sector research income Category 3: Industry and other research income Category 4: Cooperative Research Centres research income The income received across these categories is a metric used in driving the allocation of the Australian Government block grants.

Research Funding Sources – the big two Australian Research Council National Competitive Grants Program Discovery Program Linkage Program National Health and Medical Research Council Current Grants to Create New Knowledge Grants to Accelerate Research Translation Grants to Build Australia's Future Capability Grants to Work with Partners New grant scheme For funding commencing in 2020 Applications from late 2018

Research Funding Sources - other ACGR – other schemes Australian (non-category 1), State and local government schemes Industry funding Philanthropic funding e.g. Brain Foundation International schemes e.g. NIH Crowdfunding Government tenders e.g. AusTender Word of mouth Medical Research Future Fund

Internal University Schemes Innovation Partnership Seed Grants - encourage new partner organisation-linked research and provide seed-funding to assist in developing long-term research engagement with partner organisations leading to high quality external grant applications Conference Travel Fellowship Carer Support - assists researchers who would have difficulty attending and presenting at research conferences due to carer responsibilities. Visiting International Research Fellowship - provides funds to Schools to attract a visiting international researcher Re-Entry Fellowship - assists researchers in re-establishing their research career after time away from research due to parental leave Faculty Schemes – research project, student, travel and other grants specific to each Faculty

Tools to find funding Research Professional Grants Bulletin a powerful funding opportunities search engine and database allows you to create and save your own custom searches for national and worldwide funding opportunities searches can be filtered by funder, funder type, deadline, discipline, keyword etc. Grants Bulletin regular bulletin with funding opportunities emailed to Flinders researchers Scholarships database comprehensive list of student scholarships International funding databases including Euraxess UK, Proposal Central and GRANTS.GOV Google!

Found an opportunity - now what? Are you eligible? Check eligibility rules for institution, CI and partners Is your project a good fit? Check objectives of the scheme Max/min funding available Are you competitive? Check assessment criteria and assessment process Success rates Previous projects funded

Good Luck! Contact: research.grants@flinders.edu.au

What is Crowdfunding? “Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or cause by raising money from a large number of people, typically through the Internet. It is a form of peer-to-peer fundraising that harnesses the power of social networks to raise awareness and draw donations from around the world for online campaigns.”

How does it work? Provider hosts website platform e.g. www.pozible.com Usually has inbuilt “create or build campaign” function Build your project – upload text, video clips etc directly Once finalised – campaign goes live Share campaign via social media (Facebook, Twitter, email)

How does it work? Donations direct through site – usually credit card pledges Donations attract “rewards” – staged at different $ values Two models – “All or nothing” or “All raised” Once closed, if successful funds transferred less provider fee (5-15%) and relevant credit card fee (3-5%) Results are published/disseminated as promised

What type of projects work? Generally… There has to be real outreach or impact or benefit “Wow factor” is good: is it cute/scary/odd/trending etc. It has to be not too expensive to carry out (average $9k) It has to be realistic and achievable Interesting science “for the sake of it” will not fly… Works best where there is a community who feel strongly on the issue addressed by the campaign

Crowdfunding @ Flinders http://www.flinders.edu.au/research/researcher-support/grants-contracts/crowdfunding/crowdfunding_home.cfm

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