Contacts

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NHMRC Training Fellowships for 2006

• Contacts
• Fellowship types
• Statistics
• Application requirements and procedures

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Training Awards SecretariatContact details web
addresses

• Sean Davis ( Comttee Secretary Fellowships)
  
• Phone [phone]
• Email sean.davis_at_nhmrc.gov.au
• Mr Trevor Lord (Assistant Director)
  
• Phone [phone]
• http//www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/fellow.htm

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Office of Research Postgraduate StudiesContact
details web addresses

• Fellowships
• Sharon Doyle Brenda Coate
• Phone [phone] Phone [phone]
• Email s.doyle_at_research.uq.edu.au Email
  b.coate_at_research.uq.edu.au
• ORPS Website http//www.uq.edu.au/research/orps/
• Scholarships
• Marijke Schmidt
• Phone [phone]
• Email m.schmidt_at_research.uq.edu.au

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Research Committee August 2003 - December 2005
Chair Judith Black Deputy Chairs Terry Nolan,
David Hill
NATIONAL RESEARCH CAPACITY Partnerships Tania
Sorrell/Tony Jorm from 2004 RESEARCH
ADVISORY Gene Related Therapies Advisory Ron
Trent Animal Welfare Elizabeth Grant
RESEARCH Project Grants Rick Kefford Program
Grants Nick Nicola PEOPLE Fellowships Phil
Robinson Training Awards Carol Armour
Other members Rosemary Aldricht, Gary Anderson,
Kim Boyer, Don Cameron, Clive Deverall, Sandra
Eades, Jacinta Elston, Bronwyn Kingwell, Sarah
Robertson, Bruce Robinson
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Training Awards Committee

• Carol Armour (Chair)- Biomedical, Asthma, Allied
  Health (NSW)
• Robert Baxter - Biomedical , Protein Targeting
  (NSW)
• David Hay - Behavioural Genetics, Psychology (WA)
• Keryn Williams - Biomedical, Vision Science (SA)
• Helen Christensen - Epidemiology, Mental Health
  (ACT)
• Christopher Ormandy - Biomedical, Cancer,
  Developmental Biology, (NSW)
• Judith Walker - Rural Health (TAS)
• Dorota Gertig - Epidemiology , Public Health
  (VIC)
• Gary Anderson - Biomedical, Asthma,
  Commercialisation (VIC)
• Sanchia Shibasaki - Indigenous Health, Primary
  Health Care (Qld)

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Post-Graduate Scholarships (Australia-based only,
access to Travelling Awards) 171 of 350
applicants Total 445
PhD
Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowships (4 yrs in
Aus, or 2 yrs OS 2 yrs in Aus) 88 of 295 Total
315
No more than 2 years post-doc at application
Industry Fellowships (2 yrs in industry OS or in
Aus 2 yrs in research institution in Aus) 4 of
10 Total 25
Howard Florey Fellowships (2 yrs Aus-based only,
returning from OS) 8 of 25 Total 26
2-5 years post-doc
Career-Development Awards (Australian-based
only) 42 of 170 Total 140
3-9 years post-doc
Practitioner Fellowships (Australian-based
only) 7 of 12 Total 38
Research Fellowships (Australian-based only) 36
of 100 Total 276
Usually more than 9 years post-doc
Researcher Support Path (NHMRC Funding for 2005)
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Training Awards
2005 Schedule of Events
Applications Open 2 May 2005
Training Fellowships Close 1 July 2005
Scholarships Close 5 August
2005
Applications to Assessor Panels
15 July 2005
Applications to Assessors Panels 19 August 2005
Assessor Panel Teleconferences earlymid
September 2005
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Training Awards 2005 Schedule of
Events (Continued from previous slide)
Recommendations to Training Awards Committee
Early October 2005
TAC meeting and Recommendations to Research
Committee
early October 2005
TAC Recommendations to Research Committee, then
Council mid - late
October, then Minister Nov
2005
Advice to Applicants mid November 2005
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NHMRC Training AwardsOverseas Fellowships
Biomedical - CJ Martin Clinical - Neil
Hamilton Fairley Public Health - Sidney
Sax INSERM - exchange with France
Eligibility Postdoctoral Awards up to 2 years
post PhD at application 2 years postdoctoral
reflects active research time Must be actively
pursing health or medical research at the time of
application Tenure 2 years overseas 2 years back
in Australia Up to 2 years suspension
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NHMRC Training Awards Australian Fellowships -
Full-time
Eligibility Postdoctoral Awards up to 2 years
post PhD at application The institution and
supervisor must be different from PhD, with
limited exceptions (refer to Flyers and
Instruction Booklets) Tenure 4 years in an
Australian institution Up to 1 year suspension
permitted
Biomedical - Peter Doherty Clinical -
Australian Clinical Public/Population Health -
Public Health Australia
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NHMRC Training Awards Australian Fellowships
Part-time
Health Professional Research Training - Clinical
and Population Health Eligibility Postdoctoral
Awards preferably 2 years post PhD at
application This must be connected to a Health
Professional activity relevant to the field of
research must be specified. Fellowship is
pro-rated 50-70 Tenure 3 years in an
Australian institution up to 1 year suspension
permitted Australian Part-time (in any
category) Eligibility Criteria as for
Australian fellowships but allowed to go
part-time for compassionate reasons must be
specified Tenure 4 years in an Australian
institution up to 1 year suspension permitted
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NHMRC Training Awards Other Fellowships
Howard Florey Centenary Eligibility 2 to 5 years
postdoctoral must be overseas at time of
application Tenure 2 years in Australia General
Practice/Primary Health Care/Training Fellowship
for Aboriginal TorresStrait Islander Health
Research Same as Australian-based full-time
Fellowships
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Fellowship Salary Packages

• Training Support Package Level 2 - TSP2 -
  currently 72,250
• Howard Florey Centenary Fellows
• Training Support Package Level 1 - TSP1 -
  currently 61,000
• All other Postdoctoral Fellows
• Australian Part-time Fellows receive 50 of TSP1
• Health Professional Fellows receive between
  50-70 of TSP1
• A Clinical Loading will be added to MBBS or BDS
  applicants salary
• package

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Fellowship Allowances

• Howard Florey Centenary Fellowships
• Resettlement Allowance - 5,000(one-off)
  Maintenance - 10,000pa
• Overseas Fellowships
• Accommodation Allowance - calculated for each
  fellow individually, based on the host city and
  the number of persons in the family accompanying
  the fellow
• Cost of Living Allowance - allowance that
  partially compensates for the value of AUD
  against the host countrys currency and for the
  cost of living in the host city
• Australian-based Fellowships/Overseas Fellowships
  yrs 3 4
• Direct Research Costs - 5,000 p.a. - for
  maintenance and conference travel costs

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Fellowship Referees

• Referees are, broadly, asked to comment on the
  quality of the project,
• the research environment, and the capacity and
  potential of the applicant.
• Fellowships
• Applicants should arrange for 3 referee reports,
  one personal referee (applicant-nominated), one
  independent referee, and a report from the
  projected supervisor. While each is important,
  the supervisors report and the independent
  referee report are critical to the applicants
  assessment.
• This referee should have had no substantive
  professional or private contact with the
  applicant, or the applicants recent or future
  supervisors, and should not be from the same
  institution.
• Multi-use form to be used found at
  http//www.nhmrc.gov.au/research/train/awards/felr
  efrep.doc
• To be emailed to NHMRC.Referee.CARRS_at_health.gov.au
  by 1 July 2005

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Fellowships Assessment and Scoring Matrix

• The Howard Florey Centenary Fellowship has its
  own scoring matrix. All other Fellowships have a
  generic matrix, which may be found on the web.
  The assessment teams consider -
• Selection Criteria
• Eligibility is determined
• All applicants are ranked against each other
  within their category
• Scoring and Ranking
• Ranking is determined by each application being
  scored using a matrix. Key criteria are
• undergraduate record
• research experience
• publications (papers/chapters/abstracts/patents)
  - quality, quantity and originality
• professional skills and potential to succeed
• research project and potential benefits
• supervisor and institution
• referee reports

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How to make your application more competitive

• Read the scoring matrix and frame your
  application according to the weighting
• Prioritise your successesrecent rather than
  earlier
• Clearly indicate your research record
• Dont inflate your application with non-events
• Indicate enthusiasm about your project and your
  career plans
• Liaise with your planning supervisor over your
  project, make sure he/she is selling you
• Think beyond refereed publications, for Public
  Health researchers government reports with a high
  impact are valuable too, for Clinical Researcher
  changes in practice recognised by your profession
  are valuable. Across all three areas impact in
  Australia is highly regarded.
• Make sure that when you argue you should not
  transfer institutions, or that you have less than
  two years research, though your PhD is more than
  two years old, you fully document your claims

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NHMRC Training Awards Fellowships Applications
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NHMRC Training Fellowships Success Rates 2004
for 2005
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Submission Requirements and Procedures

• Applications due at ORPS 17 June 2005
• Applications due at NHMRC 1 July 2005. Electronic
  and hard copies must be submitted to the Office
  of Research and Postgraduate Studies by 17 June
  2005.
• Obtain ID number online. To apply for a number,
  visit http//www.uq.edu.au/weborps/id/nhmrc/ and
  fill in your details. You will require a
  different ID number for each application.
• Download instructions and application forms from
  http//www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/fellow.htm
• Ensure that referees submit reports directly to
  the NHMRC via email to NHMRC.Referee.CARSS_at_health.
  gov.au

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Submission Requirements and Procedures

• 1 single-sided original plus 2 double-sided
  copies to be submitted to the Office of Research
  and Postgraduate Studies
• Single electronic copy in RTF format to be sent
  via email to nhmrc_at_research.uq.edu.au, subject
  heading ID_Application. File must be named
  Surname_ID.rtf
• Documents will be converted to PDF from the hard
  copy document by ORPS.
• For technical advice email nhmrc_at_research.uq.edu.a
  u, subject heading Technical Advice

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NHMRC Submission Consists of

• Completed Application Form
• Evidence of Residence Status (if applicable)
• Notification of Award of PhD (as appropriate)
• Academic Transcript (certified)
• Referee Reports
• Supervisors report (for o/seas fellowships this
  is the o/seas supervisor and
• Evidence of Ethics Clearances (not essential
  until funded)

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• Applicants whose most recent degree was obtained
  overseas should consult the National Office of
  Overseas Recognition (NOOSR) Country Education
  Profile to determine the Australian Equivalent of
  their qualifications.

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Changes since 2004

• Overseas Fellowships applications must simply now
  be actively pursuing health or medical research
  at the time of application rather than conducting
  research in Australia in December of the year
  prior to application
• Australian-based Fellowships slight change to
  the requirement to move institutions for at least
  the first two years Minimum requirement to at
  least move department Still need to justify
• Opportunity to get a ruling from NHMRC on
  Eligibility Email training.awards_at_health.gov.au
  explaining circumstances at least 2 weeks
  before application
• Eligibility requirement to not be currently
  supported at Senior Research Officer level or
  above, or hold equivalent status - no longer
  exists

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CAREER PATH
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Career Development Awards 2005formerly R.D.
Wright Awards

• 170 applications in 2004
• 120 Biomedical 29 awarded
• 18 Clinical 5 awarded
• 32 Population Health 8 awarded
• Overall Success Rate 24.7
• Incl Partnerships with Diabetes Aust. (1),
  National Heart Foundation (2) and Alzheimers
  Australia Research (1)
• Career Development Awards are for researchers
  moving towards independent status, in the 3 - 9
  years postdoctoral range.

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Career Development Awards

• Tenure
• 5 years. Clinical and Population Health
  applicants may seek a part-time award of between
  30 - 70. The award package is commensurately
  pro-rated
• Award Package
• 87,250 p.a. for 5 years. This includes salary,
  institutional on-costs, incl. contributory
  superannuation, and a project maintenance costs
  component
• Support Enhancement Options (SEO) - 10,000 each
• Applicants may seek SEOs for Health Practice or
  Industry linkages

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Post-Graduate Scholarships (Australia-based only,
access to Travelling Awards) 159 of 308
applicants Total 395
PhD
Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowships (4 yrs in
Aus, or 2 yrs OS 2 yrs in Aus) 83 of 203 Total
285
No more than 2 years post-doc at application
Industry Fellowships (2 yrs in industry OS or in
Aus 2 yrs in research institution in Aus) 8 of
21 Total 22
Howard Florey Fellowships (2 yrs Aus-based only,
returning from OS) 6 of 15 Total 20
2-5 years post-doc
Career-Development Awards (Australian-based
only) 39 of 148 Total 102
3-9 years post-doc
Practitioner Fellowships (Australian-based
only) 10 of 19 Total 31
Research Fellowships (Australian-based only) 36
of 100 Total 276
Usually more than 9 years post-doc
Researcher Support Path (NHMRC Funding for 2004)
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Post-Graduate Scholarships (Australia-based only,
access to Travelling Awards) 171 of 350
applicants Total 445
PhD
Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowships (4 yrs in
Aus, or 2 yrs OS 2 yrs in Aus) 88 of 295 Total
315
No more than 2 years post-doc at application
Industry Fellowships (2 yrs in industry OS or in
Aus 2 yrs in research institution in Aus) 4 of
10 Total 25
Howard Florey Fellowships (2 yrs Aus-based only,
returning from OS) 8 of 25 Total 26
2-5 years post-doc
Career-Development Awards (Australian-based
only) 42 of 170 Total 140
3-9 years post-doc
Practitioner Fellowships (Australian-based
only) 7 of 12 Total 38
Research Fellowships (Australian-based only) 36
of 100 Total 276
Usually more than 9 years post-doc
Researcher Support Path (NHMRC Funding for 2005)
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Presenters

• Professor Paul Hodges Career Path