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Summary of Changes to Australia Fellowship Round Three Policy Documentation
NHMRC has revised the Peer Review Timeline for Australia Fellowship Round Three for funding in 2009.
The following summary reflects the changes that have been made to the Australia Fellowships Peer Review Timeline that take effect from 1 May 2008:
Call for Full Applications:
- Revised date is 13 June 2008
Full Applications Due:
- Revised date is 18 July 2008
Interviews and Final Consideration of Applicants:
- Revised date is 22-23 September 2008
Australian Fellowship Peer Review Timeline Third Round of Applications
» Download: Revised Timeline AF R3 (PDF, 21kb) 
Australia Fellowships Expressions of Interest (EOI) open |
December 2007 |
EOI due |
4 March 2008 |
Review of EOI by the AFRP including removal of non-competitive applications and identification of appropriate external assessors |
23 May 2008 |
Call for full applications |
13 June 2008 |
Full applications due |
18 July 2008 |
External assessment of applications |
July/August 2008 (due 22 August) |
Interviews and Final consideration of applications – AFRP |
22-23 September |
Rank ordered list to RC |
October 2008 |
Recommendations to Council |
October 2008 |
Recommendations to CEO |
October 2008 |
Recommendations to Health Minister |
October 2008 |
Advice to Applicants |
November 2008 |
Funding Commences |
1 January 2009 |
The following changes to Australia Fellowship Round Three Funding Policy take effect from 11 December 2007:
Change 1 - Page 7, section 2.4
Previous version;
EOI will be checked by NHMRC Officers for completeness and eligibility purposes before proceeding to the initial review. The applicant is responsible for ensuring that their nominated referees submit the reports to NHMRC by the due date.
Revised version;
EOI will be checked by NHMRC Officers for completeness and eligibility purposes before proceeding to the initial review.
Change 2 - Page 11, section 3.3
Previous version;
Information contained in applications is regarded as in-confidence, unless otherwise stated, and will be received and treated as in-confidence by the NHMRC. It is the responsibility of all NHMRC committee or panel members, and persons assisting these committees, not to disclose any personal confidential information to which they become privy as a result of exercising of their responsibilities to the NHMRC.
Revised version;
Information contained in applications is regarded as confidential, unless otherwise stated, and will be received and treated as confidential by the NHMRC. It is the responsibility of all NHMRC committee or panel members, and persons assisting these committees, not to disclose any personal confidential information to which they become privy as a result of exercising of their responsibilities to the NHMRC.
Change 3 - Page 12, section 3.3
Previous version;
The Code was been jointly developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Research Council and Universities Australia, and has broad relevance across all research disciplines. This Code replaces the Joint NHMRC/AVCC Statement and Guidelines on Research Practice (1997).
Revised version;
The Code was jointly developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Research Council and Universities Australia, and has broad relevance across all research disciplines. This Code replaces the Joint NHMRC/AVCC Statement and Guidelines on Research Practice (1997).
Change 4 - Page 14, section 3.9
Previous version;
Applicants may contact the NHMRC seeking clarification on the outcome of their application for Project Grant funding, or to state an objection to that outcome. The objection must be lodged in writing through the Administering Institution’s Research Office and be received within 28 days of the date on the letter notifying the outcome of the application.
Revised version;
Applicants may contact the NHMRC seeking clarification on the outcome of their application for Australia Fellowship funding, or to state an objection to that outcome. The objection must be lodged in writing through the Administering Institution’s Research Office and be received within 28 days of the date on the letter notifying the outcome of the application.
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The following changes to Australia Fellowship Round Three Guide for Applicants take effect from 11 December 2007:
Change 1
Previous version;
No page numbering.
Revised version;
The document will be page numbered throughout.
Change 2 - Part 1, page 2, Privacy/Confidentiality
Previous version;
All EOI and applications submitted to NHMRC are treated in confidence and are not public documents. However, some of the information you provide may be extracted in order to assist in making recommendations to the Minister for Health and Ageing and for post award reporting. In addition, information from successful applications may be used by the NHMRC for statistical reporting and in publications about research funding including details such as; recipient details, period and amount of funding and broad outline of the research.
Revised version;
All EOI and applications submitted to NHMRC are treated as confidential and are not public documents. However, some of the information you provide may be extracted in order to assist in making recommendations to the Minister for Health and Ageing and for post award reporting. In addition, information from successful applications may be used by the NHMRC for statistical reporting and in publications about research funding including details such as; recipient details, period and amount of funding and broad outline of the research.
Change 3 - Part 3, page 5, Format of Electronic Lodgement
Previous version;
Header: The App ID is to be included in bold at the top right hand corner of each page of the application. The applicant’s surname is to be at the top left corner of each page.
Revised version;
Header: The App ID is to be included in bold at the top right hand corner of each page of the application. The applicant’s surname is to be at the top right corner of each page.
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