The Australian Academy of Science's Early- and Mid-Career Researcher (EMCR) Forum is hosting an interactive session with the ARC on improving grant outcomes for EMCRs. This 2-hour online workshop will discuss the current priorities of the ARC, including the ARC’s view on funding fundamental research and supporting career mobility, as well as provide advice on writing the National Interest Test (NIT) statement and ROPE statements. There will also be ample opportunity to ask questions during this workshop.

At the workshop, Dr Mary Kelly, ARC Executive Director (Biological Sciences and Biotechnology), will provide valuable advice on strengthening your grant applications, particularly in the STEM fields.

This online-only event is free for all EMCRs (please consider becoming a member of the EMCR Forum).
Please do not miss this rare opportunity to obtain direct advice from the ARC on improving grant success!

Workshop Details

Date: 16th November 1pm to 3pm (AEDT)

Speaker: Dr Mary Kelly (ARC Executive Director for Biological Sciences and Biotechnology)

Venue: Online (details to be emailed closer to the date)

Duration: 2 hours

Speaker’s Biography

Dr Mary Kelly joined the ARC in February 2020 as Executive Director for Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, having served prior to that as an Adjunct Executive Director. In 2019 Dr Kelly was inaugural Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology, a joint initiative of the Australian National University and the CSIRO, and from 2015 to 2018 Dr Kelly was Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Development and Industry at Charles Sturt University. Dr Kelly’s research background includes a PhD in Microbiology from the University of Georgia where she was a Fulbright Scholar, followed by a Conway Research Fellowship and Health Research Board Research Fellowship at University College Dublin. Over the last two decades Dr Kelly has established her career in research, research management and senior executive management both in Ireland and Australia. Driven by a constant desire to contribute to an ecosystem that can maximise the potential for research impact, the return on research investment and the establishment of high-achieving research career pathways, Dr Kelly has worked in multiple sectors. Mentorship, collaboration and diversity of roles has underpinned Dr Kelly’s career to date. Experience gained on international assessment panels, with Boards, as a Graduate of the AICD, with start-ups and regional communities, and within Australia’s research ecosystem, are just some of the perspectives which she brings to her role of Executive Director.