1. ARC Updates University of Tasmania 16 June 2016 Professor Marian Simms Australian Research Council

2. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Overview 1.Funding Statistics 2.Assessment Cycle and issues 3.Interdisciplinary research 4.Continuous Linkage 5.College of Experts—call for nominations 6.HASS—Disciplinary success rates per funding scheme

3. 2015–16 Federal Budget—$429 billion

4. 2015–16 Federal Budget—R&D $9.7 billion

5. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Selected research agencies 2003–2016 funding ($m) Source: Science, Research and Innovation Budget Tables 2015–16

6. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Researchers by sector of employment Source: OECD, Research and Development Statistics Database, www.oecd.org/sti/rds, June 2013.

7. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au ARC NCGP funding by scheme 2008–2015

8. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Linkage fraction vs Discovery fraction

9. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au UTAS NCGP funding 2008–2015

10. Linkage Projects —UTAS Linkages Source data: Australian Research Council Higher Education Government Industry/business Non-profit/other 2011–2015

11. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success in grants by gender

12. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au DE 2016—Success—years since awarded PhD

13. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Average age of lead CIs in Future Fellowships, DP and DECRA 2002–2016

14. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au ARC grants—overview All grants that are successful should provide exciting new outcomes and be excellent investments Decisions will align with Scheme Objectives Not all excellent proposals can achieve funding; most applicants will be disappointed

15. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Insights into the grants process Consider where to apply for funding; choose a scheme. Pay attention to eligibility and ARC ‘cross scheme limits’. The scheme objectives and the selection criteria—address every one of them Choosing Fields of Research Codes—assisting the ARC choose the right assessors Record and research and research-related outputs—career interruptions/industry and/or end-user experience—the ROPE provision Apply by yourself (DP, IN, DECRA, FT and FL) or as a team member… Seek mentors on writing good grant applications, and rejoinders! Your first grant application ̶ Write for your peers—write so that someone broadly in your field will understand your project ̶ Write for the public—write a plain English statement Don’t over-inflate authorship claims but don’t undersell yourself either

16. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Assessment Process 1.The external (detailed) assessor—1 or 2, or up to 5 or 6 proposals 2.The ARC panel member, depending on scheme—10–120 3.The ARC selection meeting—100–900 Detailed assessors are assessing a small volume of applications. Their comments are provided to applicants but not their grades The ARC provides detailed advice to assessors regarding the attributes of good quality (i.e. helpful) and reliable assessments The ARC aims for both a good volume of assessments, around 3 per application, and for good quality assessments

17. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Assessment Process—the rejoinder The rejoinder is provided to the panel members assigned to your proposal, NOT to the assessors It provides valuable additional insights into your proposal for consideration by the panel—you may clarify issues but not provide additional information At the selection meeting it is also available to all panel members in the room at the time (i.e. those not conflicted with the proposal).

18. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Selection Panels: Who, How, What and When Who Who: Panels are normally selected from members of the College of Experts whose expertise, including in cross-disciplinary fields, is most relevant to the scheme How How: For many schemes each proposal is assigned to two panel members, a first and second carriage What What: The first carriage assigns the detailed assessors, reads the proposal carefully and prepares a budget. After initial consideration they confer with the second carriage. They also have access to the rejoinder before providing scores to the ARC When When: Panels meet at specified times that are advertised on the ARC website

19. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au The Assessment and Selection Process

20. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Disciplines and Panels The ARC recognises the need to have a flexible approach to suit volume and disciplinary spread in each scheme The number of discipline panels varies by scheme—funds are apportioned according to demand. For example, Discovery Projects typically has five panels: − BSB (Biological Sciences and Biotechnology) − EMI (Engineering, Mathematics and Information Sciences) − HCA (Humanities and Creative Arts) − PCE (Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences) − SBE (Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences) However, proposals can be assigned across two panels to ensure appropriate expertise, and assigned to a breadth of detailed reviewers Some other schemes use a single multi-disciplinary panel (e.g. Australian Laureate Fellowships, ITRP).

21. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Number of panels

22. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au The Selection Meeting Typically all panels are addressed by the ARC CEO at the outset and reminded of the selection criteria and other key issues such as ROPE All panels selected for the same scheme, regardless of discipline, utilise the same selection criteria from the relevant funding rules A growing number of proposals are cross panel ones, i.e. the carriages are from different panels The ARC has asked applicants to provide information regarding whether their proposal is cross-disciplinary

23. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au DP16 submission of detailed assessments

24. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Requests not to assess DP17 497 requests 1187 people excluded

25. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Interdisciplinary research (IDR) Interdisciplinary research (IDR) is becoming increasingly important to the national and international research effort From December 2015 the ARC has asked applicants to identify whether their research is interdisciplinary and in what way In the recent ARC Discovery round 60% of applications identified as IDR and 54% in DECRA The ARC is seeking information on IDR activity to understand the scope of interdisciplinary research in Australia, to more effectively assess and support it and to inform future policy development.

26. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Discovery Projects 17— ‘Is your project interdisciplinary?’ by 2-digit FoR code

27. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au IDR—by type

28. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Gender of First CI: LP14 and 15

29. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Gender of First CI: LP16

30. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Participation and success rates by age and gender for Linkage Projects 2016 Source: LP Selection Report 2016, Fig 2.

31. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Comparison of Linkage Projects success rates between female and male participants from 2010 to 2016 Source: LP Selection Report 2016, Fig 3.

32. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Instances of international collaboration on approved proposals in Linkage Projects 2014

33. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Continuous Linkage: The Annual Cycle

34. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au The Annual Cycle (2)

35. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Continuous application, assessment and funding process

36. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Assessment Scoring Grants will be assessed in the normal way, but “ranked” against previous history of applications Normalisation of scores of all assessors

37. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Issues and challenges Transitional −LP16 already underway! (Funding from July 2016) NO extra funding for continuous round Withhold a small amount from current round! Ongoing −Irregular demand cycles −Assessment (Scoring) −Recycling −Fast tracking.

38. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au College of Experts 2017 Nominations for the 2017 College of Experts will be opening mid 2016. We are very keen for all the brightest researchers to come forward for our 2017 college. Information about college membership is on our website—new nominations info is with your university. Please approach your DVCR if you are interested.

39. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au ARC Schemes Success Field of Research (FoR) 2 digit breakdown

40. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success by scheme 2011–2015—FoR 12

41. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success by scheme 2011–2015—FoR 13

42. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success by scheme 2011–2015—FoR 14

43. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success by scheme 2011–2015—FoR 15

44. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success by scheme 2011–2015—FoR 16

45. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success by scheme 2011–2015—FoR 17

46. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success by scheme 2011–2015—FoR 18

47. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success by scheme 2011–2015—FoR 19

48. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success by scheme 2011–2015—FoR 20

49. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success by scheme 2011–2015—FoR 21

50. Web: arc.gov.au I Email: Communications@arc.gov.au Success by scheme 2011–2015—FoR 22

51. Thank you! www.arc.gov.au/presentations www.arc.gov.au/grants email: ARCAssessorUpdate@arc.gov.au (attach a short bio and five recent, last five years scholarly/refereed publications).