Research Funding - Finding

Funding Opportunites Email Updates

The Office of Research distributes email bulletins of research funding opportunities to the Researchers email list.  Go to http://mailman.cqu.edu.au and click on the Researchers list name for instructions on how to subscribe to the list.

Research Professional

The University subscribes to Research Professional. This international database boasts a comprehensive listing of funding opportunities. To access the Research Professional database visit their website at http://www.researchprofessional.com. Researchers are also encouraged to set up a profile to access subscriber benefits including regular funding opportunity email alerts, and international research news related to your discipline.

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Research Funding Opportunities Calendar

Click on the month for a list of that month's funding opportunities.  (Note: calendars are updated weekly as funding opportunity information is updated.  Where new information has not yet been released by the Funding Body the most recent round information will remain displayed).

January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

 

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Australian Research Council (ARC)

Funding Rules and Instructions for Applicants are available on the ARC website.  Please note that internal CQU deadlines will apply for the following grant schemes:

Scheme	Internal Deadline (EOIs)	Internal Deadline (Full Applications)	ARC Deadline
Discovery Projects	Wednesday 23rd January 2013	Wednesday 20th February 2013	06 March 2013
DECRA	Wednesday 6th February 2013	Wednesday 13th March 2013	27 March 2013
Discovery Indigenous	N/A	Wednesday 27th March 2013	10 April 2013
LIEF	Wednesday 6th March 2013	Wednesday 10th April 2013	24 April 2013
Centres of Excellence	Wednesday 27th February 2013	Wednesday 24th April 2013	08 May 2013
Linkage Projects	TBA	TBA	TBA
Industrial Transformation - Training Centres	TBA	TBA	TBA
Industrial Transformation - Research Hubs	TBA	TBA	TBA
Future Fellowships	Wednesday 2nd January 2013	Wednesday 6th February 2013	20 February 2013
Australian Laureate Fellowships	N/A	Wednesday 16th January 2013	23 January 2013

Contact the Office of Research (x2601) to obtain an Expression of Interest Form for any of the above schemes.

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National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Funding policies, Advice and Instructions for Applicants are available on the NHMRC website.  Please note that internal CQU deadlines will apply for the following grant schemes: 

Funding Initiative	Applications Open	External Close	University Closing Date
Centres Of Research Excellence	28/11/12	20/02/13	Minimum information must be entered into RGMS by 16 January 2013 Full Application: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Research Fellowships and Practitioner Fellowships	12/12/2012	Wednesday 13 February 2013	EOIs: Wednesday 2nd January 2013 Full Application: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Project Grants	05/12/12	19/03/2013	EOIs: Tuesday 22nd January 2013 Full Application: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Career Development Fellowships	15/01/13	06/03/13	EOIs: Wednesday 9th January 2013 Full Application: Wednesday 20th February 2013
TRIP Fellowships	TBA	TBA	TBA
Early Career Fellowships	TBA	TBA	TBA
Program Grants	06/03/2013	05/06/2013	EOIs: Wednesday 10th April 2013 Full Application: Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Development Grants	10/04/2013	10/07/2013	EOIs: Wednesday 15th May 2013 Full Application: Wednesday 26th June 2013
Post Graduate Scholarships	TBA	TBA	TBA
Partnership Projects - 2013 First Call      Partnership Projects: - 2013 Second Call	30/01/2013        01/05/2013	30/04/2013        06/08/2013	EOIs: Wednesday 27th February 2013 Full Application: Wednesday 17th April 2013   EOIs: Tuesday 11th June 2013 Full Application: Tuesday 23rd July 2013

  Applicants are advised that their complete application must be uploaded into RGMS by 5:00pm (AEST on the UNIVERSITY closing date. All NHMRC applications will be subject to internal peer review prior to submission to the NHMRC. Applications that are not uploaded into RGMS by the UNIVERSITY closing date may not be certifiable by the RAO.

Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR)

The ACGR listing includes grants which have met criteria, specified by DIISRTE, for inclusion on the Register (which is updated annually).  Criteria for inclusion include: nationally competitive and for research only; available for allocation throughout Australia; and the budget for the scheme must be at least $200,000 for the most recent year.

The Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG) allocation for the University is determined by our success in obtaining grants listed on the ACGR.

Click here for a link to the most current listing.

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INTERNAL GRANTS

CQUniversity Research Infrastructure Grants (RIG) Scheme

CQUniversity receives funding from the Commonwealth government through the Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG) to support Australian Competitive Grant funded research activities.  A portion of this Block Grant allocation will be distributed through a competitive application process under the CQUniversity Research Infrastructure Grants (RIG) Scheme.

The RIG Scheme will support the objectives of the RIBG by

• encouraging the development of collaborative arrangements among and between University institutes and research centres, and with external organisations, to enhance and build research infrastructure; and

• building research capacity in designated and emerging areas of research strength. 

Applications close The next round will open in April 2013

Vice Chancellor’s Engaged Research Initiative: Regional Sustainability

 CQUniversity is currently implementing an ambitious agenda of research and innovation which will have a significant impact on the University and the communities we service.  The University has a key role to play in the region as a contributor to, and driver of research and development that ‘meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’. 

Under the Vice-Chancellor’s Engaged Research Initiative applications are now invited for research which explores the social, cultural, economic and environmental needs, challenges and solutions which will contribute to regional sustainability. 

Three types of Awards are available: Student Support Award; Start-Up Award; Full Project Award

•  Funding Rules
•  Application Form
•  Budget Worksheet

Applications close The next round will open in 2013

Research Development Incentives (RDI) Program

The Research Development Incentives (RDI) Program is a competitive research grant program open to CQUniversity staff who meet the eligibility criteria of the relevant scheme.

RDI Seed Grant Scheme (SEED)

The primary purpose of the Seed Grant Scheme is the provision of initiation funding to encourage early career researchers to undertake an internally funded research project. The Scheme provides researchers with both a developmental experience and a means of initiating a project that will result in a research publication and/or obtaining funding from other sources.

Project support of up to $10,000 is available for up to one year.

• Funding Rules
• Application Form
• Budget Worksheet
  

 The next round will open in June 2013

RDI Merit Grant Scheme (MERIT)

The purpose of the Merit Gran Scheme is the provision of opportunities for individuals or groups with well established or developing track records in research to initiate high quality research projects as demonstration of proof of concept, and for which external funding will be sought (within twelve months of completion of the project) from a Category 1 or other competitive grant program.

In this round applications are particularly encouraged that demonstrate engagement with stakeholders (end-users, policy-makers etc), and cross-disciplinary approaches to the research question.

Project support is available for up to two years in the range of $10,000 to $50,000.

The next round will open in June 2013

• Funding Rules
• Application Form
• Budget Worksheet
  

The purpose of the CQUniversity/Industry Linkage Application Support Scheme is to assist research collaboration between the University and eligible industry partners to prepare ARC Linkage Grant applications. Up to $10,000 will be provided to competitive quality research projects (that attract at least matching cash contributions from industry sources), through two funding rounds each year.

 

RDI IERC Research Grant Scheme

This Grant Scheme is now CLOSED

IERC Research Grant Scheme

 

Research Advancement Award Scheme (RAAS)

The Research Advancement Award Scheme (RAAS) is a competitive funding program open to the University's active researchers who meet the eligibility criteria for the relevant award. Applications are called for biennially.

RAAS Early Career Fellowship

The Research Committee of Academic Board has established the RAAS Early Career Fellowship as a mechanism to recognise the contributions to the University by our future research leaders by enabling them to pursue a period of dedicated research effort to produce significant and measurable research outcomes and to consolidate their research profile. The overall aim of the Scheme is to provide for the University's intellectual environment by facilitating mentoring, team building, and career development in areas of current or future research strength.

RAAS Postdoctoral Research Award

The RAAS Postdoctoral Research Award was established by the University as a mechanism to recognise outstanding research contributions to the University, by providing for the recruitment of targeted research personnel.  The overall aim of the Scheme is to facilitate mentoring, team building, and career development in areas of current and future research strength.

Applications are invited from established CQUniversity researchers seeking funding to recruit a postdoctoral research fellow to join their research team, to support project-based funding that has already been secured, and to increase the overall research capacity and productivity of the team.

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