-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
ARC Future Fellowships – FT17UQR&I Information Session
Nicole Thompson - Director, Research Management Office,
UQR&IKate Hellings - A/Manager, Sponsored Research
(Fellowships), UQR&IProf Brad Sherman – ARC Australian Laureate
Fellow, School of Law
26 October 2016
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
Agenda
• UQ Performance in ARC Future Fellowships• ARC Future
Fellowships (FT) Scheme Overview:
o Objectives & Criteriao Funding Rules o Key Section
Tips
• Writing Your Strategic Statement• FT17 Application Process•
Q&A
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
UQ Performance in Future Fellowships
Go8 – Future Fellowships – Awards (including national rankings)
2009 - 2015
Go8 University
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Totals
Awarded Awarded Awarded Awarded Awarded Awarded Awarded Awarded
Rank
Adelaide 5 8 8 9 10 11 1 52 8ANU 21 25 26 16 14 16 5 123
3Melbourne 25 17 17 18 27 22 6 132 1Monash 11 17 21 18 18 10 8 103
5New South Wales 15 14 15 19 14 10 1 88 6
Queensland 16 31 21 19 22 16 5 130 2
Sydney 17 21 17 22 11 13 3 104 4Western Australia 10 8 14 6 11 4
2 55 7
National 200 200 203 209 201 150 50
…..awaiting 2016 Future Fellowship outcomes!
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT Scheme Overview - Objectives
• In 2017, the scheme is offering up to 100 awards nationally,
with preference given to Australian Researchers.
• The Scheme Objectives are to: ensure that outstanding
mid-career researchers are
recruited and retained, by Administering Organisations in
continuing academic positions;
build collaboration across industry and/or research institutions
and/or disciplines;
support research in national priorities that will result in
economic, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for
Australia; and
strengthen Australia’s research capacity by supporting
innovative, internationally competitive research.
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT Scheme Overview - Selection Criteria
Changes have been made to the Selection Criteria from the
previous round: Fellowship Candidate remains at 40%, with separate
criteria for
Levels 1-2 and Level 3. Project Quality remains at 35%, with a
focus on significance,
innovation and advancement of knowledge. Feasibility &
Strategic Alignment is now 10% (down from 15%),
with the addition of ‘Feasibility’ as a key criteria. Benefit
& Collaboration/Outreach is now 15% (up from 10%),
with the addition of:• ‘Benefit’ as a key criteria;•
Sub-criteria regarding the delivery of new knowledge and/or
innovative benefit to the community; and• Sub-criteria regarding
the project’s cost-effectiveness and
value for money.
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT Funding Rules - Eligibility
• A FT17 Candidate must, at the closing time of submissions: o
have been awarded a PhD on or between 1 March 2002
and 1 March 2012; oro have obtained DVCR certification for the
equivalency of their
postdoctoral research experience taking account of any
significant and not overlapping career interruptions.
• A researcher may only apply for up to two FTs over the period
in which they are eligible.
• Key changes to eligibility under FT17: Removal of Eligibility
Exemption Request process – UQ
now manages certification internally; and Primary carers can
still claim up to 2 years per dependant child
as a career interruption, with provision for additional claims
for extensive caring responsibilities.
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT Funding Rules – Project Limits
• Within the Discovery Programme a researcher can be funded for
a maximum of:
a. two Projects as a CI, or b. one ARC Fellowship or ARC Award,
and one Project
as a CI • Key changes to limits under FT17: Limits are now
considered in terms of the life of the project
ie. including project carry-forwards and end date extensions;
Future Fellowship proposals will not be ruled ineligible at
the time of application due to these grant limits; Successful
Fellows would still be required to relinquish any
additional ARC projects after the award; and Current DECRAs can
only apply for an FT in the final year
of funding, inclusive of any approved salary carryover.
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT Application – Key Sections
PART A – Administrative Summary
A4 – Proposal Summary:• Write this for non-expert in your
research field• Aims, Significance, Expected Outcomes and Benefits•
ARC now provides a defined format for A4 under FT17
A5 – Impact Statement:• Demonstrable contribution beyond
academia (economy, society,
culture, national security, public policy or services, health,
the environment or quality of life)
• Outline the intended path to impact of the proposed research –
use the ARC Research Impact Principles and Framework as a guide
-http://www.arc.gov.au/research-impact-principles-and-framework
Don’t forget the word cloud!
http://www.arc.gov.au/research-impact-principles-and-framework
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT Application – Key Sections
PART C – Personnel and ROPE• The quality of Future Fellowship
applicants will be assessed on the
basis of their Research Opportunity and Performance
Evidence(ROPE).
• Applicants should give very careful consideration to how ROPE
is crafted in Part C of the application:
Part C9: Career and opportunities for research - this is a key
context setting exercise. Answer each component of the ARC’s line
of questioning as relevant to you.
Part C12-C15: Performance evidence and track record – link
directly to attributes of applicable FT candidate Level, justify
every claim, highlight achievements and provide evidence of
quality, performance and impact.
Reminder - must include a mobile number in your RMS profile
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT Application – Key Sections
PART D – Project Description
D1 – Project Description (8 pages, including references):• Must
use the ARC’s heading structure: UQR&I has provided a
template.• Keep selection criteria and weightings in mind.
D3-D4 – Medical Research:• ARC Medical Research Policy defines
research ineligible for
ARC support.• Focus on direct research outcomes and take care
when
selecting FoR Codes.• Make use of the D4 Medical Research
Statement question as
necessary.
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT Application – Key Sections
PART E – Project Cost• When entering information into the budget
table please remember
to choose the academic level one step higher than you current
academic level (or equivalent) at the closing time of submission of
Proposals.
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT Application– Key Sections
PART E – Project Cost
• Ensure that each budget item requested can be fully justified
in terms of need and cost in Part F1.
Higher degree by research stipends have a fixed rate of $26,300
(2016$) per annum and a maximum of one per proposal.
Travel costs are limited to $100,000 over the life of the
Fellowship(not including field research travel or carer’s costs in
travel).
The ARC will not support budget requests for bench fees, capital
works, costs not directly related to the research e.g.,
professional membership fees, visas, insurance, patent application
fees, relocation.
Only enter Administering Organisation contributions above and
beyond the requirements of the scheme – do not include in-kind
contributions in Part E budget table.
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT Application– Key Sections
Parts F and G – Use the UQR&I templates• F1 - fully justify
each budget item for each year – use the same
headings entered under Part E.• F2 - in-kind contributions from
the Administering Organisation can
be included under Part F2.• G1 - research support for FT
Candidate (2016-2021).• G2 – statements on progress for ARC-funded
projects.
Part H – Host Organisation• If funding is requested from the ARC
to travel to an organisation to
undertake research, then this organisation must be listed as a
Host Organisation in Part A of the application.
• Part H of the application must also be completed and
signatures from the host secured on the UQ Certification
Proforma.
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
ARC Future FellowshipsWriting Your Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
D2 – Statement by the Administering Organisation outlining
Strategic Alignment• Outlines the area of core or emerging research
strength• Describes the level of resources to be provided to
support the successful Candidate• Outlines plans to retain the
successful Future Fellow in
a continuing position, subject to appropriate performance during
the Fellowship
• Where the Future Fellowship Candidate is an existing employee
of UQ, describes how the salary that was previously provided by UQ
will be used
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
Process• UQR&I provides a template• No “one size fits all”
approach - must be about you and your
fit to UQ research strengths/research strategy• Future
Fellowship Candidate to draft the body of Statement
(with input from School/Faculty/Institute)• Full draft Statement
to be included when the application is
submitted internally for UQR&I review• UQR&I will
provide comment on the Statement, and any
further suggestions for improvement• UQR&I will arrange
DVC(Research) signature and upload
the Statement once it is finalised
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
The process is more like Nomination than Application
• It’s not just about you• Key role for Associate Dean
Research/Institute
Deputy Director and Head of School:• Your post-Fellowship
appointment• Your strategic alignment with long-term
financial and research plans for the research area
• UQ is required to ‘co-invest’ with ARC
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
Consider the strategic purpose of this nomination
Why do we seek to appoint:• Person – ie, someone like you• Place
– in this research area
• At UQ (not necessarily just in your org unit)• At this point
in the development of this
research strength/emerging priority at UQ• Plan – our bigger
plans for this area• Four key parts to the Strategic Statement
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
1. Introduction• An Executive Summary of the Candidate
and their achievements• Crafted to emphasise how your work
has
been influential in its field
The purpose of the introductory statement is to draw out the
main strengths and profile of the applicant and their work in an
accessible summary form, setting the context for the detailed
statements to follow.
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
2. Alignment with UQ Core or Emerging Research Strengths• Fit
between the Candidate & research strengths
(or emerging areas) • How does The Person and The Project fit
with,
and complement, The Place• What is the value-add?
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
How well does the person/project align with UQ• Link the focus
of the Candidate & their work to UQ
strength/s and priorities - existing or emerging • Detail how
well the Nominee aligns with UQ research
strengths or emerging priorities • Why is this research area an
existing strength or
emerging priority at UQ? (international profile, critical mass
of researchers or centres in this/related areas)
• ERA outcomes ... some detailed analysis of strength in
relevant related Fields of Research
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
3. Research Environment including support of the Candidate•
Positioning of the Fellow in a quality research
environment (collaborative …intellectual and
physical/infrastructural resources)
• Who will you work with? Alignment with specific expertise of
UQ researchers and/or collaborators working in areas of
strength
• Level of support for the successful Candidate (egsalary
top-up, PhD students, project costs)
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
What will the Fellow add?
• Broader perspective: how the Fellow will complement, enhance
and extend UQ research capacity and profile?
• …our plans to develop the staffing profile, specific portfolio
of expertise in this research area…critical mass
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
What are our bigger plans for this area?
We need someone with these attributes because:• We are working
towards…• S/he will enable our existing human and physical
infrastructure to… (be used in innovative ways)• We have these
colleagues, who s/he will enhance
by…• We have…available support
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
4. Capacity Building and Post-Fellowship retention plan•
“Outline plans to retain the Future Fellowship
Candidate in a continuing position, subject to appropriate
performance during the Fellowship”
• Evidence of institutional plan to integrate the Fellow into
UQ’s research development of this field and maintain the momentum
of the Fellowship
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
Research Capacity Building
How will this Fellowship + post-fellowship employment develop
the Research Capacity of the Candidate?• Why does this person need
to be here, now?• Why do we need to keep them after the
Fellowship?How will This Fellowship + post-fellowship employment
develop national research capacity?Link to statements about
collaboration with• Industry &/or research institutions
&/or other
disciplines, research capabilities, techniques
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
The Person: if you are a continuing UQ employee
You MUST strongly justify how the Fellowship:• will enhance
their research capacity and UQ’s• will facilitate this at this
time• NEVER “more time to do more of the same”
Why award a Future Fellowship to this applicant?Why now?How will
the salary that was previously provided by UQ be used?
ARC Futures – Strategic Statement
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
Application Process – FT17
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT17 - Application Process
Submit application to UQR&I for internal review - once your
full proposal and all of its attachments are ready (and valid) in
RMS, you will need to submit internally as follows:• Submit online
to UQR&I by pressing the ‘Submit to Research Office’
button on the Action Centre home page. • Email
[email protected] to advise that the
application is ready for review. Please attach to this e-mail:o
a scan of your completed and signed UQ Coversheet;o a scan of your
completed and signed Certification Proforma; o where relevant, your
completed Request not to Assess form; o a word document of your
Part D2 Strategic Statement.
UQR&I Due Date: Wednesday 16 November 2016UQR&I will
review and provide feedback to applicant. Final submission
instructions will be provided with review.
mailto:[email protected]
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
FT17 – UQR&I Scheme Contacts
Email• [email protected]
RMS Help•
http://www.uq.edu.au/research/research-management/arc-rms
or• [email protected]
UQR&I Future Fellowships Webpage•
http://www.uq.edu.au/research/research-management/arc-
future-fellowships
mailto:[email protected]://www.uq.edu.au/research/research-management/arc-rmsmailto:[email protected]://www.uq.edu.au/research/research-management/arc-future-fellowships
-
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
Q&A
QUESTIONS?
Slide Number 1AgendaUQ Performance in Future FellowshipsFT
Scheme Overview - ObjectivesFT Scheme Overview - Selection
CriteriaFT Funding Rules - EligibilityFT Funding Rules – Project
LimitsFT Application – Key SectionsFT Application – Key SectionsFT
Application – Key SectionsFT Application – Key SectionsFT
Application– Key SectionsFT Application– Key SectionsSlide Number
14ARC Futures – Strategic StatementSlide Number 16Slide Number
17Slide Number 18Slide Number 19Slide Number 20Slide Number 21Slide
Number 22Slide Number 23Slide Number 24Slide Number 25Slide Number
26Slide Number 27Slide Number 28FT17 - Application ProcessFT17 –
UQR&I Scheme ContactsQ&A