Future Fellowship Seminar Humanities and Social Sciences AD Hope Conference Room 17 September 2013.

Future Fellowship SeminarHumanities and Social Sciences

AD Hope Conference Room

17 September 2013

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Future Fellowship Seminar

Speakers:

• Douglas Macnicol, Deputy Manager, CASS Research Office

• Dr Laurajane Smith, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, College of Arts and Social Sciences

• Dr Simon Avenell, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific

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• Key features

• Some changes from last round

• Resources

• Dates

• ARC assessment process

• Grant Writing tips

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Eligibility:

• Candidates should be mid-career researchers with between 5 and 15 years research experience since the award of their PhD, and

• have been awarded a PhD on or between 1 March 1999 and 1 March 2009.

• Future Fellows are eligible for two DP in addition to the Future Fellowship (FT) – but no DORA.

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Success rates:

Round 2009 2010 2011 2012% Overall 20.5 26.4 30.7 34.7% ANU 26.3 35.7 42.6 28.6

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Funding:

• 4 years of salary and project funding • A Future Fellowship may be requested at 1 of 3 salary

levels • Limit on project funding of $50K pa which may be used

for infrastructure, equipment, travel and relocation costs directly related to the Future Fellow’s research.

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Host Organisations:

The Future Fellow must be working at the ANU for a minimum of 24 months.

Beyond that, they may conduct their research at other universities and even non-university organisations.

They may also be away on fieldwork.

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Selection Criteria:

• 40% - Future Fellowship Candidate • 35% - Project Quality• 15% - Strategic Alignment• 10% - Collaboration / Outreach

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Some changes from previous years (budgets):

• Salary levels have increased• The limit on (non-fieldwork) travel is now $100K• Publication and dissemination costs may now be included

as budget items• Web development and hosting may now be included

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Some changes from previous years (cont.):

• The selection criteria make explicit reference to employment status following the Fellowship (4.3.1c)

• The 12-month limit on time spent at Host Organisations no longer is mixed up with fieldwork

• Requests not to Assess limited to three unless signed off by DVC

• Projects must comply with the ARC Open Access Policy

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Structure of the ARC form in RMS:Part A: Administrative Summary

Part B: Classification and Other Statistical Information

Part C: Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence

Part D: Description of Project / Program of Research

Part E: Project Cost

Part F: Budget Justification

Part G: Personnel

Part H: Host Organisation

Part I: Statements on Progress of ARC Funded Projects

Part J: Additional Details

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Some key sections:

• Title• 100 word summary• Keywords and FoR codes• Project Description• Strategic Statement

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ARC assessment process

• Selection of assessors• ARC College• Assessments and rejoinder process• Feedback

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Grant Writing Tips

Clear, direct writing -

What, why and how?

A sales document for a skeptical audience

Interrelationships within the form:

The idea is to construct one story

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Top-ranking applications will:

• Balance technicality and accessibility• Balance ambitious goals and plausibility• Present problems or controversies• Show how momentum of research calls for funding now• Show how Australian work fits internationally

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Resources:

• Funding Rules and Instructions to Applicants• ARC website, eg ‘Information for Applicants’• Other documents and templates• Local Research Office (check timelines)• Heads of School, mentors, fellow applicants

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College Research Office Coordinators:

• CAP – Masayo Tada• CASS – Douglas Macnicol• CBE – Dora Gava • CoL – Katy Paterson

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College Research Office Websites:

• http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/researchoffice/staff.php

• http://cass.anu.edu.au/research-office/ARC-funding/Future-Fellowships

• http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/college/administration/research-services/

• http://law.anu.edu.au/research/research-management

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Dates:

• October 2: proposals open in RMS• _______ : budget and peer review deadlines• _______ : internal deadlines for requests not to assess• _______ : compliance deadlines• Late Nov / early Dec: ARC deadline

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Dr Laurajane Smith,

ARC Future Fellow,

School of Archaeology and Anthropology,

College of Arts and Social Sciences

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Dr Simon Avenell, ARC Future Fellow,

School of Culture, History and Language,

College of Asia and the Pacific

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Questions?

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