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Title: LinkageProjects Information Session Presented by Marela Vuckov, Research


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Linkage-Projects Information Session Presented
byMarela Vuckov, Research Innovation Services
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Why apply for Linkage-Project Funding?
  • Way of leveraging industry funding
  • Encouraging and developing long-term strategic
    alliances between higher education institutions
    and industry
  • Foster opportunities for postdoctoral researchers
    to pursue internationally competitive research in
    collaboration with industry
  • Provide industry-oriented research training to
    prepare high-calibre postgraduate research
    students.

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What type of Research is supported?
  • L-P supports RD projects that are undertaken to
    acquire new knowledge and that involve risk or
    innovation
  • Pure basic research experimental/theoretical
    work undertaken to acquire new knowledge without
    looking for long term benefits
  • Strategic basic research experimental/theoretica
    l work undertaken to acquire new knowledge
    directed into specified broad areas that are
    expected to lead to useful discoveries.
  • Applied research which is original work
    undertaken to acquire new knowledge.

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National Research Priority Areas
  • RP1 An Environmentally Sustainable Australia
  • RP2 Promoting and Maintaining Good Health
  • RP3 Frontier Technologies for Building
  • RP4 Safeguarding Australia
  • Full descriptions are available on the ARCs
    website at www.arc.gov.au

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Areas of investigation not supported
  • Clinical, medical and dental research
  • Projects where the IP is seeking expert external
    assistance, not available within their own
    organisation, in order to develop specific
    applications involving little innovation or low
    risk, which the ARC deems to be contracted
    research or consultancies
  • Projects which do not significantly enhance links
    with industry
  • Production of teaching materials, compilation of
    data or development of research aids

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Who can apply?
  • Chief Investigator (CI)
  • Partner Investigator (PI)
  • Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Industry (APDI)

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Chief Investigator
  • Active researcher who takes intellectual
    responsibility for the project.
  • Must reside in Australia for the full term of the
    grant
  • At least hold 50 of his/her salary from an
    eligible higher education institution.
  • Must not have any in/direct financial interest in
    any of the proposed Industry Partner(s) for the
    project.

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Partner Investigator
  • Be ineligible as a CI
  • Derive 50 of his/her salary from employment in
    the organisation
  • Secure an appropriate contribution of time and
    operating costs from his/her organisation

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APDI
  • Be an ECR (with no more than 3 years postdoctoral
    equivalent experience) who has been awarded a PhD
    not more than three years before the close of
    application for the relevant round, or has not
    yet submitted his/her PhD but will do so within 6
    months after the close of applications in the
    relevant round (in which case the APDI cannot
    commence until the PhD has been awarded).
  • Must also make a full-time commitment to the
    project.

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Eligibility Exemption Request
  • Must be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to the
    external closing date
  • Eligibility exemption must be granted on any one
    of the following matters
  • APDI Career Interruption
  • APDI - PhD
  • Interests of the CI

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What can I apply for?
  • Personnel (salary plus on-costs)
  • APDIs, APA(I)s, Research Associates, Research
    Assistants
  • Equipment
  • Maintenance
  • Travel
  • Linkage-Industry Fellowships

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Level of funding
  • Minimum grant size 20,000 and max 500,000 p/a
    over 5 years.

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Linkage-Industry Fellowships
  • provides support for costs involved in a
    temporary transfer from one of the eligible
    higher education institutions listed on an
    application to one of the Industry Partners on
    that application, or vice versa.
  • May only be funded for a single period of between
    3 and 12 months during the life of the proposed
    project, for an amount up to a maximum of
    100,000.
  • An application may not request more than one
    Linkage Industry

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Industry Partner cash and in-kind contributions
  • The industry partners contributions must match
    at least dollar-for-dollar the financial
    assistance provided by the Commonwealth over the
    life of the project
  • APA(I) students are to be supported by a 6,000
    cash and 6,000 in-kind contribution by the IP
    for each year they are to receive a stipend

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Letters of Support and sign off by the IP
  • F3 INDUSTRY PARTNER CERTIFICATION (hardcopy only)
  • The industry partner must sign this form or the
    project will not be eligible for funding.
  • F4 INDUSTRY PARTNER LETTER OF SUPPORT (hardcopy
    only)
  • Include in your application a letter of support
    of no more than two pages, on the organisation's
    letterhead, from the Industry Partner including
    the following information
  • -        a brief profile of the organisation
  • -        details of the cash and in-kind support
    that will be provided including the purpose of
    the contributions and amounts.

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Selection Criteria
  • Commitment from Industry Partner (25)
  • Significance and Innovation (25)
  • Track Record (20)
  • Approach and Training (20)
  • National Benefit (10)
  • Special consideration also given to
  • applications that are benefit to rural or
    regional community.
  • APA(I) Applications in the field of IT

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Number of Grants and Applications
  • CIs and APDIs may participate in up to 4
    concurrent LP and
  • 4 APA(I) only applications.
  • Various components underpinning a project are to
    be framed in a single LP application.
  • Applications may not be submitted twice in
    consecutive rounds for essentially the same
    project.

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Hallmarks of Successful Applications
  • Balance technical jargon and emphasis with broad
    accessibility to non-experts
  • Present project in terms of hypothesis and
    controversies and explain how you will solve them
  • Explain how the momentum of the subject demands
    funding now!
  • Show how Australian work fits into the
    international picture
  • Back up compelling claims with evidence and
    others judgments.
  • Carefully temper ambitious and risky goals with
    plausible approaches
  • Display evidence of responsible but daring
    approaches to the problem
  • Many (but not all) CIs are demonstrably vigorous
    players in international research networks
  • Present excellent progress reports on previous
    grants
  • Advance compelling arguments in relation to
    national interest (10).

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Characteristics of Lowly Ranked Applications
  • Too much technical jargon
  • Grandiose and implausible claims about outcomes
  • Little evidence to support claims of excellence
    or progress
  • Weakly linked to national and international
    networks
  • Emphasises collection of data rather than
    solution to controversies
  • High rate of spelling or typographical errors.

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Examples of Recent Successful LP applications
from ITEE
  • Gerson, De Vos, Barnes, Development of Dry
    Coated Pigment Particles Durability and
    Dispersion. Industry partner - Tiwest Joint
    Venture, 230,000 2006-09.
  • Prof RS Smart Dr J Li Dr SD Miller Dr RC
    Schumann , Evaluation of reaction mechanisms and
    products in acid rock drainage treatments .
    Industry Partner AMIRA International Ltd,
    514,775 2006-09

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How do I submit my application?
  • Via the Grant Application Management System
    (GAMS)
  • Submit applications to RS by the internal closing
    date to be advised.
  • All named investigators require a GAMS ID.
    Please contact Marela.Vuckov_at_unisa.edu.au or
    Jennifer.Kasimov_at_unisa.edu.au
  • to obtain an ID.
  • An original and 3 copies of the application is
    required by the Internal closing date.

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Questions??
  • Please contact
  • Maria.A.Arena_at_unisa.edu.au, ext 23954
  • Or
  • Marela.Vuckov_at_unisa.edu.au, ext 25229
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