2016 ARC Linkage Projects What Makes an ARC Linkage Project Fundable? Grant Writing Workshop Hosted by the Research Services Office What Makes an ARC Linkage Project Fundable? Dr Gayle Morris Director, Research Services

LINKAGE PROJECTS - OBJECTIVES a. support the initiation and/or development of long-term strategic research alliances between higher education organisations and other organisations, including industry and other research end-users, in order to apply advanced knowledge to problems and/or to provide opportunities to obtain national economic, commercial, social or cultural benefits b. provide opportunities for internationally competitive research projects to be conducted in collaboration with organisations outside the higher education sector, targeting those who have demonstrated a clear commitment to high-quality research c. encourage growth of a national pool of world-class researchers to meet the needs of the broader Australian innovation system d. build the scale and focus of research in the national Science and Research Priorities.

ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS 2016 AGENDA Professor John Roddick– current member of the ARC College of Experts (Engineering, Mathematics & Informatics) and CI on 3 past and 1 current ARC Linkage Projects Research Team - Investigators (20%) Research Partners - (30%) Professor David Lewis - member of the ARC College of Experts (Engineering, Mathematics & Informatics) Research Project - Proposed Project (25%) and Approach and Training (15%) Research Environment - 10% 2016 Funding Rules and Application Support  Christine Maher & Maya Roberts, Senior Grants Officers, RSO Questions

ARC LPs New rules from January 2017 Continuous - can resubmit twice within 12 months (calendar year) but address any criticism and refine Panels involving 3 college of experts/application Notification - super-fast: 8-12 weeks (ie. A’s or top 5-10% and bottom applications) Fast: 16 weeks Tips – Benefit: capture both field of knowledge (peers) and community Not for profit has same success rate as for profit Expect success and return rates to increase Prof Dennis Del Favero, Exec Dir ARC

Grant Writing Tips: Planning Collaboration to enhance research capacity is an opportunity for HASS ARC collaboration: ~30% HASS, 70% STEM Think strategically for 5 year program Identify program topic, problem, contribution Build a research profile with Library (eg. ORCID) Establish a program support team Prof Dennis Del Favero, Exec Dir ARC

Grant Writing Tips: Project Recognise support team inc. ADR, RO, mentor, colleagues 6-12 months draft writing Telegraph project through: title, summary, impact statement, rejoinder ARC impact table: (http://www.arc.gov.au/research-impact-principles-and-framework#table) Prof Dennis Del Favero, Exec Dir ARC