Stepping the stones - Australian grant opportunities for ECRs and MCRs

“The Australian Research Funding Landscape” is a series of online workshops delivered by UTS Aspire with the aim of 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.

This is the registration page for the follow-on session ‘Stepping the stones - Australian grant opportunities for ECRs and MCRs’ convened by Stephan Waibel (UTS Research Office).

Stepping the Stones – Australian grant opportunities for ECRs and MCRs will be delivered as a Zoom session and continue the journey of finding research funding. Participants will be shown how to target funding best aligned to their career stage and research style. This session also aims to clarify some of the long held assumptions about applying for Australian Grant Funding. Tools highlighted during the session include the Impact Project Canvas and Research Professional.

UTS researchers will share their stories of stepping the stones and their journeys of acquiring funding to support their research. You will also be able to ask the presenters questions during a live Q&A.

Specific learning outcomes:

• Awareness of the external research environment and how to approach Australian grant funding
• Ability to prepare a list of fund sources appropriate to the level of experience
• Demonstrate an understanding of how to formulate a research proposal that matches funders expectations using the Impact Canvas
• Overview of avenues to find funding, including performing a basic search in Research Professional.
• Understanding of appropriate levels of support for ECRs and MCRs in the quest for research grant funding.

Please note that this session will be recorded and the recording possibly uploaded as online training.

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

• Thursday 27 May -- Industry collaboration and innovation through Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs)  
• 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
• Thursday 8 July -- Am I ready for Cat1? – Strategies for success in Nationally Competitive Grants – ARC