UTS staff interested in ARC funding are encouraged to attend a presentation by ARC Executive Director (for Biological Sciences and Biotechnology), Dr Mary Kelly

Dr Kelly’s research background is grounded in biochemistry and microbiology with 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.

The ARC Executive Directors play a critical role in providing strategic policy and operational advice, outreach with the higher education and research sector, along with specific funding scheme and discipline expertise. They are drawn from academia to ensure the ARC has strong expertise from the sector it supports. 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.

The UTS Research Office has co-developed this Zoom session with Dr Kelly. Participants will gain tips on how to better articulate benefit and impact in ARC grant applications.

Dr Kelly will dedicate time at the end for questions. We will call for the submission of questions in advance of the session. Please register for this session to ensure you have the opportunity to post your questions to Dr Kelly. We cannot guarantee that Dr Kelly will have time to respond to all the questions submitted, but we will follow up with the ARC for responses to those questions not answered on the day.

Learning outcomes:

Deeper understanding of how to compellingly articulate benefit and impact in ARC grant applications
Enhanced familiarity with the ARC’s polices and associated processes

Please also note that this presentation will be delivered Face-to-face only in Building 3, Room CB03.05.010. This session will not be recorded so make sure to secure your place.

This is a UTS Aspire event. Aspire is a program of pan-university research development opportunities led by the Research Capability and Development Team.