Next ARC Centre of Excellence round has a two-stage application process
The ARC have released the Funding Rules for its Centre of Excellence grant scheme and outlined a new two-stage application process.
ARC Centres of Excellence are prestigious hubs of expertise through which high-quality researchers team together on major research programs and facilitate collaborations between universities and other organisations in Australia and overseas.
The ARC is now calling for Expressions of Interest for funding of a Centre of Excellence.
EOI forms [link above, right] are due at the Monash Research Office on 11 November. The EOIs will then be ranked by the ARC and a shortlist will be invited to submit a full application, due in April next year. The ARC have indicated that full applications will be invited by February 2010.
If you are interested in developing a Centre of Excellence proposal, please complete an Indicative Funding Information Form (contact a MRO ARC Team member to obtain) and get your EOI into the MRO by 11 November.
| Key Dates | |
|---|---|
| 9 Oct 2009 | EoI form released |
| 25 Nov 2009 | ARC closing date for EoIs |
| February 2010 | short-listed applicants contacted and invited to submit full application |
| 19 April 2010 | ARC closing date for full proposals |
Important information on CIs and selection criteria
- Chief Investigators and application limits
Please note that a CI may be nominated on a maximum of two EoIs or Proposals. It's also important to note that the ARC expects little, if any, change between the investigators put forward in the EoI and in the final Proposal. Any significant changes to the investigator teams will need to be explained and will not be viewed positively. - Selection Criteria
Please note that there are different criteria for the two stages outlined below.
Expressions of Interest
Proposed Research Program - 50%
Investigators - 50%
Proposals
Research Program - 25%
Investigators - 25%
Governance, leadership and mentoring - 25%
Outcomes and linkages - 25%
The Funding Rules and other documents are available via the ARC Centres of Excellence page. The link appears in this article's Resources section, above, right.
A recent presentation on the Centres of Excellence scheme by the ARC Executive Director for Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Dr Liz Jazwinska (beginning on page 2), may also be found in this article's Resources section.
For more information, contact Helen Papaefthimiou on +61 3 990 59895, or any of the members of the MRO's ARC team: Prisca Cradick, Carla Bruce, Aysun Alpyurek and Lyndall Sargent.
