Research grants
ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grant Program
In the 2009/2010 grants round, there are two sets of grants available within the Research Grants stream: General Research Grants and ABRS/CReefs Tropical Marine Research Grants.
All Research Grants (except ABRS/CReefs Tropical Marine Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants) have a cash co-funding requirement. That is, applicants must have obtained a commitment for the applicable amount of cash co-funding for their application to be considered. ABRS will place no restrictions on the source of this cash contribution, but applicants will need to be aware of the rules of other granting agencies, which may limit how funds contributed by them may be used. In-kind contributions will be recognised but will not replace this requirement for additional cash input.
All Research Grants awarded in the 2009/2010 grants round will be of three years duration.
Table 1 below outlines the grants available for general research and the amount of cash co-funding required to be sourced by applicants. Table 2 outlines the grants available for tropical marine research and the amount of cash co-funding required to be sourced by applicants.
| Type of grant & amount (per annum) |
ABRS contribution (per annum) |
Minimum grant application cash contribution (per annum) |
|---|---|---|
| Research grant — $10 000 | 10 000 | 5 000 |
| Research grant — $45 000 | 45 000 | 22 500 |
| Research grant — $70 000 | 70 000 | 35 000 |
| Research grant — $90 000 | 90 000 | 45 000 |
| Postdoctoral fellowship grant — $50 000 | 50 000 | 50 000 |
| Type of grant & amount (per annum) |
ABRS contribution (per annum) |
CReefs contribution (per annum) |
Minimum grant application cash contribution (per annum) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Grant — $10 000 | 5 000 | 5 000 | 1 000 |
| Research Grant — $45 000 | 22 500 | 22 500 | 5 000 |
| Research Grant — $70 000 | 35 000 | 35 000 | 7 500 |
| Research Grant — $90 000 | 45 000 | 45 000 | 10 000 |
| Postdoctoral fellowship grant — $100 000 | 50 000 | 50 000 | 0 |
Application Form and Guidelines
- Research Grant Application Form and Guidelines (Doc - 420 KB))
This form should be used in applying for all Research Grants (including Postdoctoral fellowship grants).
All grant recipients are subject to the terms of the ABRS Grants Conditions of Award. ABRS is currently reviewing the Conditions of Award for 2009/2010. These will be made available online by December 2008.
Assessment Criteria and Process
All research grant applications are assessed by the independent ABRS Advisory Committee, with input from external assessors and ABRS staff, according to the evidence provided in the application. The criteria used by the Advisory Committee to select successful research grant applications are:
| Application completed correctly | Yes/No |
| Host institution able to provide the required support | Yes/No |
| Value for money (e.g. justified expenses, substantial work output) | Yes/No |
| Relevance of the project to the specific objectives of the National Research Priorities and ABRS Research Priorities | 20% |
| Feasibility of the project or merit of the proposed product (including the breadth of the likely client user group) | 40% |
| Ability to carry out the project, or capacity in the case of early career researchers to do the project, as demonstrated in the application | 40% |
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