Am I ready for Cat1? – Strategies for success in Nationally Competitive Grants – ARC

“The Australian Research Funding Landscape” (ARFL) is a series of workshops delivered by the ‘UTS Aspire’ Program through RES Hub. It aims to introduce and showcasing the diversity of opportunities available to UTS researchers in attracting external research funding. 

The series will begin with an overview session, showcasing the breadth of the research funding landscape in Australia. A number of follow-on sessions are offered in subsequent weeks, each providing detailed insights into the different funding types. Recordings of previous sessions can be viewed here.

This is the registration page for the follow-on session ‘Am I ready for Cat1? – Strategies for success in Nationally Competitive Grants – ARC’. 

In this session, we will explore funding schemes from the Australian Research Council (ARC) under the Nationally Competitive Grants Program – from fundamental and applied project grants, to fellowships and beyond. For each scheme, eligibility and selection criteria will be explained, as well as competitiveness and success factors. Finally, we will share some important, strategic tips with prospective ARC applicants.

Expected learning outcomes are:

• Awareness of different ARC scheme objectives for projects (e.g. Discovery, Linkage) and Fellowships/Awards (e.g. Future Fellowships, DECRA).
• Awareness of special eligibility criteria for Fellowships, including application limits, timing and strategies
• Ability to self-assess competitiveness – is the ARC the most appropriate choice of funder at this point in time, in future?
• Tips & tricks for capability development towards ARC grants

This session will be recorded and the recording possibly uploaded as online training. It is currently intended as hybrid mode delivery – as face-to-face session in RES Hub Physical event space and via Zoom. Please select the appropriate ticket type at registration.

About the presenters
Dr Thorsten Kostulski is a Manager in the Research Capability & Development (RCD) Team in the UTS Research Office. He has a research background in engineering and can draw on 10 years of experience working on a wide variety of ARC grants. In particular, he focuses on and analysing success patterns and on providing strategic advice to prospective applicants. He will be joined by James Walsh (also RCD Manager) who specialises on strategic advice for DECRA candidates. Their presentations will be complemented by several UTS researchers who have successfully attracted ARC funding in the past and who will share their insights and tips with participants.

Other follow-on sessions in the “The Australian Research Funding Landscape” series include:

• Thursday 20 May -- Stepping the Stones – Australian grant opportunities for ECRs and MCRs 
• Thursday 10 June -- Good funding – philanthropy 101
• Thursday 17 June -- Why Tenders Matter: What Matters in Tendering
• Thursday 24 June -- Growing the Pie - International Grant Opportunities  
• recording -- Am I ready for Cat1? – Strategies for success in Nationally Competitive Grants - Health & Medical