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Project Grants
Introduction
A Project Grant is a funding agreement with an eligible Australian institution to enable an individual researcher or a group of researchers to undertake a scientific investigation.
The Project Grant Scheme is the NHMRC's main avenue of support for individuals and small teams of researchers undertaking biomedical, clinical, public health or health services research in Australian universities, medical schools, hospitals or other research institutions.
While a Project Grant specifies financial support for individual researchers working on a specified topic, the institution is responsible for administration of the award and accepts responsibility for the financial management of the grant. The institution is also responsible for providing basic infrastructure support to those involved in the research project.
A further research question may arise as a result of the successful completion of a Project Grant. This will require a new application for an NHMRC Project Grant and that application will be peer reviewed and considered with all other applications submitted in that application year. On average 25% of applicants each year are successful in obtaining a grant through this scheme.
Advertisements inviting applications for Project Grant support appear in the press and by electronic notification to Australian research institutions in December each year.
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Project Grant types
The types of Project Grants available are described below.
Standard Project Grants
If you are requesting more than three years of funding you must provide justification for this request in the Background and Research Plan.
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New Investigator Grants
Those eligible to apply for a New Investigator Grant include (but are not restricted to) holders of salary-only awards from the NHMRC, such as Career Development Awards or Training Awards, or equivalent awards from other organisations that do not contain more than a total of $60,000 in research support, and those returning to the workforce or returning from overseas, who:
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are not named as a Chief Investigator on a previously supported NHMRC Project or Program Grant; and
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have not received competitive research grants from the NHMRC and/or other sources as a Chief Investigator or equivalent (excluding funding from the institution at which the researcher is previously or currently employed), where the combined total of the grants exceeds $60,000.
Applications requesting funding as a New Investigator must be justified.
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Cancer Council funding
All applications for funding by a Cancer Council are to be submitted and reviewed through the Project Grant funding scheme.
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Heart Foundation
All applications for funding by the Heart Foundation are to be submitted and reviewed through the Project Grant funding scheme.
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HeartKids Australia
HeartKids Australia offers support, encouragement and hope to families of children with congenital and acquired heart disease, while raising awareness and vital funding into the causes of this chronic disease.
Applications for funding by HeartKids Australia are to be submitted and reviewed through the Project Grant funding scheme.
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Cancer Australia – Priority driven Collaborative Cancer Research Grants
All applications for funding by Cancer Australia are to be submitted and reviewed through the Project Grant funding scheme.
Introduction
The Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme is an annual national research project grant scheme which funds cancer research in identified priority areas to help reduce the impact of cancer in the community and improve outcomes for people affected by cancer.
Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research grants will support Australian researchers to work collaboratively to generate evidence, increase knowledge, improve the translation of research into policy and practice in identified priority areas.
2009 Round of the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme
This program is an initiative of Cancer Australia and involves the following funding partners: National Breast Cancer Foundation, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, Radiation Oncology Section of the Department of Health and Ageing, beyondblue: the national depression initiative, Cure Cancer Australia Foundation, Cancer Council Australia, CanTeen, Leukaemia Foundation, National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers, Meat & Livestock Australia, and Starlight Children’s Foundation Australia. The NHMRC is facilitating the registration and assessment of grant applications, and will co-badge and endorse grants funded through the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme.
Applications are now invited for Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Grants to commence in 2010. Researchers working in Australia are eligible to apply.
Several types of project grants are offered to support the conduct of cancer research in Australia. These are:
- Project grants of up to three years duration, with funding available up to $600,000 (GST-exclusive), with a maximum in any one year of $200,000 (GST-exclusive) will be offered (alone or jointly) by Cancer Australia, beyondblue, Cancer Council Australia, the Leukaemia Foundation Australia, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, the Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia and Radiation Oncology Section of the Department of Health and Ageing. All project grant applications ranging from 1 to 3 years within a budget ranging from $10,000 to $200,000 per annum will be considered by Cancer Australia and these funding partners;
- Project grants of one year duration up to $90,000 (GST exclusive) will be offered by the Cure Cancer Australia Foundation, to support post-doctoral researchers with less than seven years post-doctoral experience;
- Project grants of up to two years duration, with funding available up to $135,000 (GST-exclusive) per annum will be offered by the consortium of CanTeen, beyondblue and Starlight Children’s Foundation Australia;
- Project grants of up to three years duration, with total available funding of $250, 000 (GST-exclusive), and with a maximum in any one year of $200, 000 (GST-exclusive), will be offered by Meat & Livestock Australia; and
- Project grants of up to two years duration, with funding available up to $200,000 (GST-exclusive) per annum will be offered by the National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers.
Grant applications must relate to the research priority areas identified by Cancer Australia and its funding partners. The research priority areas for 2009 Round of the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme can be found on the Cancer Australia website at http://www.canceraustralia.gov.au/research-and-clinical-trials/priority-driven-research.aspx.
For further information, including the Guide for Applying for Grants from the
Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme and the Additional Questions Form, visit www.canceraustralia.gov.au
Contact:
- Dr Paul Jackson
Program Manager, Research, Cancer Australia: 02 6289 1368
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