Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Faculty Research Grant 2013 for 2014
New Project Application Form
Please read the guidelines and instructions to applicants carefully before completing this application
form – see at http://flinders.edu.au/sabs/research/faculty-funding/frg.cfm
Please submit the single-sided original plus 12 copies (double-sided, NOT stapled please) to the Faculty
Research Officer in Room 250SSS by c.o.b. Tuesday, 8 October 2013. Please note: this is an absolute
deadline. There will be no extensions. The outcome of this application will be advised in January 2014.
It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the form is completed in full and all information is
provided under all relevant headings including all required attachments to be accepted for consideration
by the Faculty’s FRG Assessment Panel.
For advice on grant writing please contact your School Research Committee Chair in the first instance.
The Faculty recommends that, especially for applicants claiming ECR status, your draft proposal is read
by a research mentor within your School.
To use the check boxes on this form: double-click on a check box, click the ‘Checked’ button, select OK.
1. Project Information
Lead CI Name
Project Title (descriptive, no more than 20 words in length):
Project Summary (Max. 100
words): summarise aims,
significance and expected
outcomes
If this application is successful would you be
willing for it to be viewed by future intending
applicants as a Staff Development exercise?
Yes
Total amount requested from Faculty S&BS
(maximum request $15,000, minimum $5,000)
Commencement / Completion date for this
Project
No
$
How long will it take? _______________ (months / years)
Commencement date : _______________
Anticipated Completion date: _______________
List of all Chief Investigators named on this
project:
CI 1:
Note: the first-named CI must be from
S&BS and take intellectual responsibility for
the project.
CI 3:
Ethics approval is:
required
/ not required
If required please advise as appropriate
CI 2:
CI 4:
Approval:
a)
has been sought ________ date of application
OR
b)
has been granted ________ approval number
OR
c)
has not yet been sought
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2. Researcher Information:
please replicate this section for each CI
CI Number:
Researcher Name / School / Faculty
CI :____________
(CI 1, CI 2, CI 3 etc.)
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Highest Academic Qualification:
_____________________________________
If yes: Degree:________________ Finishing Date:________________
and
Are you undertaking an
UG or PG degree?
Yes
No
Attach a statement as to how the FRG project is compatible with your
studies. If undertaking a research degree, clarify how the proposed FRG
project is consistent with making satisfactory progress with your studies
and provide brief details about the nature of your PG research.
Advice attached Yes
If yes:
ECR status
For S&BS researchers
only
Do you wish to claim
ECR status (conferral
date from 1 March 2008
– or exemption)
Yes
No
Date of Conferral _____________ OR
if conferral pending, thesis completion date________ AND
Awarding Institution: ____________________________________
I am claiming ECR status exemption to the 1 March rule
Yes
NOTE: to claim for an ECR status exemption to the 1 March 2008 rule, you
will need to provide details of career interruptions which you claim would
justify an adjustment to the eligibility date. Please include enough detail in
Section 3-Researcher Track Record to enable the Panel to consider your
request.
Your appointment:
Type of appointment : _____________________________________
(continuing, full
academic status, fixed
term contract etc.)
Fraction: Full-Time (1.0)
If you are on a contract:
OR
Part Time
Fraction: 0.__________
Please advise expiry date of current contract
dd/mm/yy________________________
Does your current contract cover the years of the proposed project?
Yes
No
If your current contract does not cover the project timeline: has your Dean
certified that your contract will be extended or renewed to cover the years of
the proposed project should your application be successful?
Yes
No
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Fill in this section only if
your salary is funded
from a research grant or
a fellowship.
Advise your time available for this project ________________ (e.g. 0.2 – or
one day per week – of your time)
Attach evidence that this project will not contravene the guidelines under
which you are awarded the grant/ fellowship funding your salary:
Evidence is attached: Yes
Any anticipated
absences of more than
one month in 2014?
Yes
No
If yes, please explain how the proposed project will be managed in your
absence:
No
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3. Researcher Track Record:
please replicate this section for each S&BS CI ONLY
CI Name (CI number):
Flinders Research Grant Progress or Final
Reports for the last three rounds:
Did you receive any FRG funding in the
previous three rounds?
(i.e. from FRG 2010 for 2011 funding to FRG
2012 for 2013 funding rounds)
Yes
No
If any CIs have received FRG funding in the previous three
rounds and have not yet submitted a final report, please
attach a one page statement for each project detailing
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Have you submitted a Final Report yet?
Yes
No
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If Yes,
Please advise for which years your report(s) has
/ have been submitted and whether it is
attached (Att) or requires attachment (Sub)
___________________________________
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award year,
total awarded,
title of the FRG,
progress and outcomes to date [publications
arising from the project, quality of publications
(e.g. impact factor), external grants arising from
the project].
advise where applicable if the research project
has not been conducted in accord with the
original application outline and budget, and
advise if your FRG was funded as a pilot project
leading to an external grant application.
Total research support 2010-2014: expand the table as required
Please include all Faculty, Flinders University and External research grants for which you received
support, have support, or are awaiting a decision. Asterisk (*) any support closely related to this project.
(*)
Investigators, Project Title, Grant
Scheme
Support type:
Past (P), Current
(C) , Requested
(R), Unsuccessful
(U)
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$
2011
$
2012
$
2013
$
2014
$
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IF you are an ECR claiming
exemption from the 5 year
rule (conferral since 1 March
2008);
Attach a statement of no more than one page outlining the details of
your career and opportunities for research over the last 5 years.
OR
Research record relative to opportunity statement attached?
You are a researcher seeking
consideration of career
interruptions due to
debilitating illness, carer’s
responsibilities etc.:
Yes
Please attach your publication listing for the past five years categorised
according to:
Publication listing
attached
Yes
No
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scholarly books
scholarly book chapters
refereed journal articles
refereed conference papers only when the paper was published in full
in the proceedings
other (e.g. major exhibitions, compositions or performances).
For each give an indication of the publication quality in brackets (e.g. impact
factor, citations).
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4. Project Detail
In no more than five pages please provide the following information detailed using the headings below.
NOTE: applicants should write this text in such a way that it is clear to both specialist and non-specialist
readers.
For advice on what to include under these headings, please refer to Section 4 of the Instructions for New
Project Applicants or the ARC Discovery scheme at http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/dp/dp_instructions.htm.
Note, however, that unlike the ARC, you do not need to advise about research environment nor about
your prospects for obtaining future external funding (unless relevant).
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Project Title
Aims and Background
Research Project
Role of Personnel
Justification of Budget
Selected References (10 point font)
Expand each section as required
Project Title
Aims and Background
Research Project
Role of Personnel
Justification of Budget
Selected References (10 point font)
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5. Budget Table (expand as required)
Detailed Budget Items
Amount Requested
Personnel (Salaries and on-costs, rate and number of hours required)
Equipment
Maintenance (photocopying, printing, stationery, licenses etc.)
Travel (e.g. airfares, vehicle mileage rates, meals and incidentals )
Other
Total $
Attachments
Quotes for airfare, accommodation, licenses etc. to justify costs
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6. Certifications
Chief Investigator(s):
I / We certify to the best of my / our knowledge that:
1. All the details on this form are true and complete;
2. I / We have complied with the Guidelines;
3. I / We understand and agree that all required ethics clearances, as outlined in the application form,
must be obtained before the project commences and before any expenditure against the grant is
made;
4. I / We understand that the first-named CI will take the intellectual responsibility for the FRG project:
and
5. Where I am employed full time on other research projects I have demonstrated that I have sufficient
time to commit to this project and I have demonstrated that my inclusion on this proposed project is
compliant with my existing grant.
Signed (CI 1)
Date
Signed (CI 2)
Date
Signed (CI 3)
Date
Signed (CI 4)
Date
Dean of School:
1.
2.
3.
4.
I certify that the project can be accommodated within the general facilities in my School and that
sufficient working and office space is available for any proposed additional staff;
I am prepared to have the project carried out in my School under the circumstances set out by the
applicant(s);
I have noted the amount of time that the investigator/s will be devoting to the project and certify that
it is appropriate to existing workloads;
Where a CI in my school is employed full time on other research projects they have demonstrated that
their inclusion on this proposed project is compliant with their existing grant (e.g. ARC)
5.
Where the first-named CI is within my school and does not have a current contract to cover the
project timeline: I certify that the contract will be extended or renewed to cover the years of the
proposed project should their application be successful.
Signed (Dean CI 1)
Date
Signed (Dean CI 2)
Date
Signed (Dean CI 3)
Date
Signed (Dean CI 4)
Date
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