1. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
NOVEMBER 2011
Dr Gayle Morris
Director, Research Services

2. Research Funding Information
Research Grants Bulletin
Weekly academic bulletin listing current funding opportunities and news.
ORB: ‘Office of Research’ Blog
Regular research related news and information. Users can subscribe to RSS feeds or mailing lists by category:
COS: Community of Science
Flinders University subscribed. Searchable with regular notifications.
GrantsLink
information about federal, state and local government funding programs:
UniSA grants calendar:

3. Flinders Research Support
Development support:
Building Research Leaders Program: round II occurring 2011/12
IRU Highly Effective Researcher Program: annual (current program )
includes: Turbocharging Your Writing; Time for Research
ECR Mentoring scheme: opening today
University investments:
VC Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: annual; open April – close June
Partnership Program grants (via Flinders Partners)
Collaborative research grants: annual (2011 round closed 9 November)
Faculty grants

4. Building Your Research
Plan
Benchmark track record
Focus on quality outputs
be selective and use time management
Start small
Pilot projects
Leverage research project idea (target up to 3 different funding sources)
Utilise and build networks
Professional service: grant assessor, committee membership
Senior, successful researchers: mentors or collaborators

6. Grant Application Successes
Applications reflect quality and strong track record, relative to opportunity.
Consider assessors view
Quality applications:
Flawless presentation
Evidence of your/team experience on the topic
Explicitly show you/team have thought about risks and know how to handle them