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Research Home go Our Research Industry Partnerships Research Students For Researchers Ethics Grants and Contracts Contact Us Information for Researchers Information for researchers Measuring research performance Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) HERDC publication collection HERDC income collection Sustainable Research Excellence The Research Bulletin Managing research data Resources for researchers Research technology information Media training Research Classification codes ARC College nominations LAP publishing FAQ Forms Researcher induction Research training Research brochures file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Search Site Search Research Search Swinburne Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology > Research > Information for Researchers > The Research Bulletin Print this page: Issue No. 285 - 22 October 2014 Top of the News Department of Industry - Industry Growth Centres Initiative & CRCs & Commonwealth Science Council (website) The Industry Innovation and Competitiveness Agenda was announced by the Department of Industry 14 October 2014. It focuses on providing the right economic incentives to enable businesses, big and small, to grow and includes the Industry Growth Centres Initiative. The Initiative will initially focus on five growth sectors in which Australia already has a competitive advantage: Food and Agribusiness Mining Equipment, Technology, and Services Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals Advanced Manufacturing Oil, Gas, and Energy Resources Industry Growth Centres will be established in each of the five growth sectors to deliver the Initiatives. The Centres' objectives include the improvement of collaboration between businesses, scientists, and researchers, thereby enabling the adoption of new processes and development of new products. file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology The Centres will encourage businesses in these industries to form commercial research and development partnerships with each other, and with the research sector. Each of the five Centres will receive funding of up to $3.5 million per year. The Centres will be required to establish a plan to become self-sustaining after four years and the Government will look to establish further Centres if the programme is successful. Each Centre will be able to apply for competitive grants from a $63 million Growth Centre Project Fund. The Minister for Industry will seek expressions of interest from business-led consortia to establish these Centres. Consultation A series of roundtables will be conducted around Australia, chaired by ministers and co-chaired by business leaders to consult the business community, industry associations and peak bodies, as well as academia, on the policy directions outlined in the Competitiveness Agenda. The initial reaction to these measures by industry and the research sector has been positive. CRC Review On 16 September 2014, the Australian Government announced a review of the Co-operative Research Centres Program, to be conducted by Mr David Miles, AM, former chair of Innovation Australia and the former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of the national law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth. The CRC program was officially launched in 1990. Since the commencement of the program in 1991, 200 CRCs have been funded, and there are currently 36 CRCs operating across a range of fields. The CRC program makes a significant contribution to health and wellbeing with 11 current CRCs operating in this space: CRC for Alertness, Safety and Productivity CRC for Cancer Therapeutics CRC for Cell Therapy Manufacturing CRC for Living with Autism Spectrum Disorders CRC for Mental Health Oral Health CRC The HEARing CRC The Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC The Vision CRC Wound Management Innovation CRC Young and Well CRC The Terms of Reference for the review have been released but the discussion paper has yet to be released. The review is due to complete its report in early 2015. CRCs and Industry Growth Centres In discussing the Government’s proposal for Industry Growth Centres on 14 October, the Industry Minister, the Hon. Ian MacFarlane, stated "… we want to bring industry research development and the whole policy area into focus and having CRCs as an adjunct to this just simply won’t work. We’ll be looking at how we bring them into this process. Some CRCs will continue and complete their contracts, some will be folded into this process and some will terminate, but I will wait to see David Miles’ recommendations in relation to that." Commonwealth Science Council 14 October also saw the Prime Minister's announcement of the establishment of the Commonwealth Science file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology Council ‘as the pre-eminent body for advice on science and technology in Australia.’ Replacing the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) and chaired by the Prime Minister, the Science Council will advise the Government on areas of national strength, current and future capability, and on ways to improve connections between Government, research organisations, universities, and business. The Commonwealth Science Council will include the Minister for Industry, Minister for Education, Minister for Health and the Chief Scientist. Other Ministers will participate in the Science Council’s discussions as required. Five eminent scientists, researchers, and educators and five business leaders will make up the majority of the Science Council to ensure discussions address the need for industry and science to work together closely to boost Australia’s competitiveness. The Science Council’s members are: Professor Timothy Davis Professor Ian Frazer AC Professor Nalini Joshi Professor Tanya Monro Professor Brian Schmidt AC Mr Ken Boal Dr Michael Chaney AO Dr Jackie Fairley Mr David Knox Ms Catherine Livingstone AO The Science Council will meet twice yearly and its first meeting will be held before the end of the year. Back Special Announcements ARC ARC 2015 Australian Laureate Fellowships - Now Open The ARC 2015 Australian Laureate Fellowships are now open for applications. Please see the item in the ARC, NHMRC & Other Major Initiatives section of this edition of the Research Bulletin for more information. Funding Rules for Schemes under the Discovery Program for the Years 2015 and 2016 Now Available (website) The ARC have released the Funding Rules for schemes under the Discovery Program for the years 2015 and 2016. These schemes are: Australian Laureate Fellowships Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Discovery Projects Discovery Indigenous file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology ARC - Results to be Announced Soon Results from the most recent rounds of the following ARC schemes are due to be announced soon: Discovery Projects Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Keep an eye on the Research Bulletin! ARC Medical Research Policy (Version 2014.3) FAQs (website) On 25 August 2014, the ARC updated its Medical Research Policy. In response to queries received, and to assist the sector in interpreting the policy, the ARC has now produced a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document. The FAQs document is now available online. ARC - ARChway (website) The latest edition of the ARC newsletter ARChway is available online. NHMRC NHMRC Results For the second year in a row, the success rate for researchers applying for National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant funding including Project Grants and Early Career Fellowships has fallen. This year, the success rate for Project Grants was 14.9% compared to 16.9% last year and 20.5% in 2012. The success rate for Early Career Fellowships was 22.4% compared to 23.8% last year and 23.2% in 2012. Swinburne was awarded $882,988 in funding through these two schemes. The NHMRC funding outcomes highlights the need for researchers to seek other funding opportunities for health and medical research. The Swinburne Research Office scours numerous databases and funding bodies to source funding opportunities, which we publish in the fortnightly Research Bulletin. We strongly encourage all researchers to read them and to subscribe to Research Professional. Research Professional provides a comprehensive funding opportunities database offering researchers the opportunity to search for research funding in all disciplines from a wide range of sponsors in Australia and overseas. All funding opportunities in the database are eligibility verified for Australian researchers. The database has a userfriendly interface and features powerful searching and customisation tools designed to assist in searching for research funding. For more information, please contact Sally Fried ( [email protected] / ext. 8145 ). NHMRC - RGMS: Preview Upgraded Version (website) The upgraded version of RGMS is available for viewing until this Friday 24 October. Updated RGMS user guides and eLearning courses are also available for users to trial until this Friday. Researchers are reminded that RGMS will be offline from 22 October until 14 November as a result of the RGMS upgrade. The upgrade should improve the usability of the program; provide a cleaner, more intuitive user interface; and ensure that the NHMRC continues to receive strong support from the provider. NHMRC - Dementia Research Priorities Consultation (website) Researchers are reminded that the NHMRC is seeking views on dementia research and translation priorities to file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology inform the strategic roadmap for the new NHMRC National Institute of Dementia Research. Stakeholders interested in participating in the consultation process are invited to register their interest before this Friday 24 October. Reminder: NHMRC & Department of Industry Commercialisation Workshop (website) Researchers are reminded that the NHMRC and the Department of Industry are jointly organising a workshop aimed at ‘bridging the gap’ between proof-of-principle research and further commercial development. The workshop will be held in Melbourne on 14 November and includes a networking function on the preceding evening. The NHMRC intends for the workshop to expand the networks of enterprising researchers, critical to future prospects of commercial success. Details of this year’s workshop and networking function are available online. All NHMRC-funded health and medical researchers are encouraged to attend. Places are limited so interested researchers are asked to register by e-mail. Those interested in also attending the annual NHMRC Research Translation Symposium are able to register online. NHMRC - International Research Engagement (website) Health research has always been an international endeavour, but never before has there been so much international co-operation. The NHMRC is involved in over a dozen international collaborative efforts; some multilateral, some bilateral. Information regarding its current involvement in international activities and its processes for considering involvement in international activities is available online. Other News Swinburne Research Scholarship Round now open (website) 2014 Main Swinburne Research Scholarship Round is Now Open The 2014 Swinburne Research Main Scholarship Round is now open and applications for scholarship supported PhD candidature are now being accepted. Swinburne offers opportunities for exceptional students in many areas including Design, Engineering, Health, Humanities and Social Sciences, Manufacturing, Science and Technology and Sustainability. Swinburne scholarships include a tax-free stipend to assist with living expenses and a tuition fee scholarship valued at up to $30,000 per annum. Find out more, or apply, at the website. Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO) - PhD Student Sponsorship (website) Under the model of the newly established Defence Science Partnerships, the Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO) is looking to sponsor a PhD student to investigate novel magnetic materials by offering a top-up to the APA Scholarship and access to DSTO equipment and a DSTO co-supervisor (if desired). The project will be unclassified but the student and potentially the university supervisor will require a baseline file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology national security clearance (for which you must be an Australian citizen and have a traceable background for the last five years). Interested parties are advised to contact the DSTO directly in order to be put in touch with the relevant researchers in DSTO’s Maritime Division in Melbourne. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Grand Challenges To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s launch of the initial Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative, three new initiatives aimed at creating breakthroughs in science have been launched. The three new initiatives are: Creating and Measuring Integrated Solutions for Healthy Birth, Growth, and Development (part of the All Children Thriving platform) Putting Women and Girls at the Centre of Development New Interventions for Global Health For more information, please see the item in the Grants section of this edition of the Research Bulletin. Open Access Week (website) Swinburne Library is holding a series of lunchtime discussions this week in recognition of International Open Access Week, a global event that promotes Open Access (OA) in scholarship and research. All sessions run from 12.30 until 2.00pm in the Conference Room, Level 3, Hawthorn Library and include a light lunch. Sessions include: Wednesday 22 October: Should researchers publish in OA journals? Thursday 23 October: OA, public policy and the value of grey literature Friday 24 October: Roundtable on OA and data IMPACT Philanthropy (website) IMPACT Philanthropy has been created as a result of Perpetual’s recent acquisition of The Trust Company. The combination of Perpetual and The Trust Company makes IMPACT Philanthropy one of Australia’s largest managers and distributors of philanthropic funds, with 990 charitable trusts and endowments, and $2.1 billion in philanthropic funds under management. In the last financial year, Perpetual and the Trust Company distributed grants totalling over $83 million to notfor-profit organisations on behalf of its clients. The inaugural IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program will open soon - please keep an eye on the Research Bulletin for information on how to apply. Please also note that John Humann ( [email protected] / ext. 5589 ) is the Swinburne Research Trusts and Foundations contact. Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated (ACSPRI) - 2015 Summer Program (website) Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated (ACSPRI)'s 2015 summer program is now open for registration. The Melbourne courses will be held from 2 - 13 February 2015. file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology Please note that early bird registration closes 19 November. Please also note that as Swinburne is an ACSPRI member, researchers are eligible for member prices. New Chief Executive for CSIRO (website) The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) recently announced that Dr Larry Marshall has been appointed as its new Chief Executive. Dr Marshall takes over from Dr Megan Clark whose six-year tem will conclude at the end of this year. Dr Marshall is currently Managing Director of Southern Cross Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm specialising in creating Australian technology companies and growing them globally in Asia and the United States. Dr Marshall began his career in the Defence Science and Technology Organisation and has 25 years experience as an international technology entrepreneur and holds 20 patents protecting commercial products. Department of the Environment - Experts Sought for National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Assessment Panel (website) The Department of the Environment is seeking leading scientific experts with current or recent research experience to participate on the National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Assessment Panel. Expressions of interest close 9am Monday 27 October. Women's Development Group Information Session (website) The Women's Development Group information session will be held Wednesday 19 November from 12.30 2.00pm. It will explain the purpose and workings of the Women's Development Group. For more information, please see the Swinburne Research website. Research Library News Over 160,000 open access papers at your fingertips Paperity is here! Paperity is the first multidisciplinary aggregator of open access journals and papers. It includes over 160,000 full text articles from 2000 scholarly journals. And it’s growing: the team aim to cover 100 per cent of open access literature over the next three years. Paperity covers all subject areas, from science, technology and medicine to social sciences, humanities and the arts. It’s more than an index: journal references link directly to the full text of articles. If you are an editor or publisher of an open access journal and would like it included, contact Paperity. Search Paperity or follow Paperity on Twitter Back Ethics file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology New Ethics Announcements SHESC and SUHREC Appraisal Deadlines - For current deadlines please visit the Swinburne Research ethics website. Human Ethics Application Deadlines (website) The next deadline for applications for SUHREC review is this Friday 24 October. The next deadline for applications for SHESC review is Monday 3 November. Release of a Guide to the Care and Use of Australian Native Mammals in Research and Teaching (website) The NHMRC has recently released a guide to the care and use of Australian native mammals in research and teaching. This guide supports the implementation of the Australian Code for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes 8th Edition, 2013. The guide seeks to ensure that any care and use of Australian native mammals for the purpose of research and teaching is ethical, humane, and responsible, and accords with current best practice. Back ARC, NHMRC & Other Major Initiatives Search the full list of current opportunities in the funding opportunities database Fund Name Fund Type Closing Date Details *external closing date ARC 2015 Australian Laureate Fellowships ARC, NHMRC 17 November or Major 2014 Initiative More Back Grants Swinburne Research has specific procedures that relate to the review and submission of research grant applications. Please visit the Swinburne Research website for more information. Generally, research income other than donations and income from schemes listed on the Australian Competitive Grants Register will incur a levy. Please refer to the 'Divisional Overhead Recovery' policy for more information on this levy, including the definition of 'donation' in this context and further instances of levy-applicable/levy-exempt funding. Please note that Research funds are assessed for inclusion in the annual HERDC research data collection only where funds are lodged in a research account opened by Swinburne Research as part of the funds acceptance process. file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology All new funding applications submitted to Swinburne Research must be accompanied by an Application Coversheet. Please visit the Swinburne Research website to download the Coversheet. Search the full list of current opportunities in the funding opportunities database Fund Name Fund Type Closing Date Details *external closing date WorkCover New South Wales - Research Program: Licensing of Major Hazard Facilities: Regulation vs Red Tape Grants 24 October 2014 More Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) - Australia-China (CASS) Joint Action Program Grants 24 October 2014 More United States Department of Defense Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program (PH/TBIRP) Community Partners in Mental Health Research Award (CPMHRA) PreApplications Grants 28 October 2014 More Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) National Sea Simulator Expressions of Interest Grants 30 October 2014 More National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS) Grants 31 October 2014 * More WorkCover New South Wales - Value Chain Analysis: Workers Compensation Grants 7 November 2014 More WorkCover New South Wales - Research Project: Sustaining Cultural Change: Return to Work, Focusing on Capacity for Work Grants 7 November 2014 More Grants 14 November 2014 * More Microsoft Azure for Research - Azure Machine Learning: Shared Workspaces for Research Collaboration Grants 15 November 2014 * More Microsoft Azure for Research - Climate Data Initiative: Climate Data Award Grants 15 November 2014 * More Microsoft Azure for Research - Climate Data Initiative: Food Resilience Climate Data Award Grants 15 November 2014 * More Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) - Independent Review of Evidence Base for Thrombolysis Use in Stroke Request for Proposals Grants 20 November 2014 More Rockefeller Foundation - Academic Writing Residency Grants 1 December 2014 * More Sugar Research Australia (SRA) - Early-Career and Mid-Career Researcher Awards Grants 11 December 2014 More Horticultural Development Company (HDC) Protected Edibles including Mushrooms Sector Concept Notes Grants 15 December 2014 More Horticultural Development Company (HDC) Tree Fruit Sector Grants 15 December 2014 More Grants 15 December 2014 * More VicNode - Merit Storage Schemes Microsoft Azure for Research file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Grand Challenges Letters of Intent Grants 5 January 2015 More International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) - Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) Grants 12 January 2015 * More Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Study Grants Grants 15 January 2015 * More Horticultural Development Company (HDC) Field Vegetables Sector Grants 15 January 2015 More Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) - Pro-active Grants Grants Ongoing More Back Fellowships Search the full list of current opportunities in the funding opportunities database Fund Name Fund Type Closing Date Details *external closing date Smithsonian Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation - Fellowships Fellowships 1 December 2014 * More New Europe College – Institute for Advanced Study: International Fellowships Fellowships 8 December 2014 * More Society in Science - Branco Weiss Fellowship Fellowships 7 January 2015 More 15 January 2015 * More School for Advanced Research (SAR) - Summer Fellowships Scholar Fellowships Back Travel Search the full list of current opportunities in the funding opportunities database Fund Name Fund Type Closing Date Details *external closing date Sugar Research Australia (SRA) - Sugar Industry Travel and Learning Awards Travel 29 October 2014 More 12th Congress on Ocular Pharmacology & Therapeutics Travel Awards Travel 21 November 2014 * More Smithsonian Lemelson Center for the Study of 1 December file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology Invention & Innovation - Travel to Collections Awards Travel Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) - Spicer Travel Awards Travel 15 January 2015 * More Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) - Gil Kushner Memorial Travel Award Travel 15 January 2015 * More 2014 * More Back Scholarships Search the full list of current opportunities in the funding opportunities database Fund Name Fund Type Closing Date Details *external closing date International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-Research Program on Climate Change, Scholarships Agriculture & Food Security (CCAFS) Learning Alliance - Concept Notes Australian Wool Education Trust (AWET) Undergraduate Project Scholarships 30 October 2014 More Scholarships 19 November 2014 More Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) Scholarships 28 November - Young Investigator Scholarships 2014 * More Sugar Research Australia (SRA) - Sugar Scholarships 15 December Industry Postgraduate Research Scholarships (SPRS) 2014 More Association for Computing Machinery's Women 15 December in Computing (ACM-W) - Scholarships for Scholarships 2014 * Attendance at Research Conferences More Back Prizes & Awards Search the full list of current opportunities in the funding opportunities database Fund Name Fund Type Closing Date Details *external closing date Australian Psychological Society (APS) Psychology of Eating, Weight and Body Image Interest Group Fourth Year Student Award Prizes and Awards 30 November 2014 * More Cognitive Science Society/ Glushko-Samuelson Foundation - Robert J. Glushko Dissertation Prize Prizes and Awards 15 January 2015 * More Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Student Endowed Award Prizes and Awards 15 January 2015 * More file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM] Research Bulletin > Information for Swinburne Researchers > Swinburne Research > Swinburne University of Technology Back Other Funding Resources Websites Previous issues of The Research Bulletin Research Professional a comprehensive funding opportunities database, with all funding opportunities eligibility verified for Australian researchers. Grants.gov Philanthropy Australia Victorian Government Tender Site databases JASON (Joint Academic Scholarships On-line Network) Swinburne Business and Industry Publications held in the Swinburne library to assist researchers in the grant application process The below links will take you to a list of library resources that have relevance to the following key words: Grant Funding Philanthropy Australia Research Grants Philanthropy Grants Proposal Writing Back © Swinburne CRICOS number 00111D Contact Us Copyright and disclaimer Privacy Feedback Accessibility Information Index Last updated: Wednesday, 22-Oct-2014 13:24:27 AEDT Maintained by: Elizabeth Chomiakmailto:[email protected] Authorised by: Professor George Collinsmailto:[email protected] file:///C|/Users/sfried/Documents/Research/researchers/bulletin/2014/bulletin.php.html[22/10/2014 1:31:26 PM]