Fellowship and grant opportunities
A variety of support is available to researchers who apply for research grants through Macquarie University. The 2022 major grants round calendar for download. The links below provide details for each of the Australian Research Council (ARC), National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), internal, and other external funding schemes, including links to funding rules, contacts, key dates, application deadlines and resources.
Fellowship and Grant Opportunities
ARC
NHMRC
The DVCR Co-funding is to support MQ researchers to successfully complete their proposed NHMRC and MRFF projects by providing up to 20% co-funding on funds to remain at Macquarie. The goal is for the DVCR Co-funding is to facilitate MQ applicants in providing a ‘top-up’ of NHMRC salary costs (PSP’s), which are lower than MQ equivalent salary rates.
These changes align the principles of DVCR Co-funding with other external funding schemes and assist the University in rationalising the allocation of internal funding used to leverage competitive, external funding opportunities. As Macquarie researchers continue to excel in the NHMRC and MRFF funding scheme, we need to find a mechanism to ensure all successful NHMRC and MRFF grants can be supported. As context, since 2015, our application volume for NHMRC and MRFF funding has nearly doubled year on year. We know that health and medical researchers at Macquarie will be more active than ever in the coming years in applying for NHMRC and MRFF funding to support their research, hence the need to make changes to meet the growing volume of awards.
Eligibility for DVCR Co-Funding is still contingent on submission of a full application by the Macquarie submission date. Further to this, the Pre Award team has recommenced tracking the on-time submissions after pausing this due to the impacts on workload brought about by COVID-19.
Ideas Grants
Investigator Grants - EOI Now Open
Synergy Grants
Strategic and Leveraging Grants
Centres of Research Excellence
EU Collaborative Research Grants - 2022 topics now available
NHMRC–NIHR (UK) Collaborative Research Grants
Partnership Projects - OPEN
Clinical Trials and Cohorts Studies
Targeted Call for Research - OPEN
MRFF
For MRFF Grants (submitted via the NHMRC Sapphire Grant portal) applicants will now be required to submit a formal DVCR Co-funding request. The formal DVCR Co-funding request replaces the previous support of the Strategic Research Fund (SRF), which was managed directly between your Faculty Research Office and the DVCR Office and was not directly visible to academics as internal co-funding for their successful grants.
The DVCR Co-funding is to support MQ researchers to successfully complete their proposed MRFF(submitted via the NHMRC Sapphire Grant portal) projects by providing up to 20% co-funding on funds to remain at Macquarie. The goal is for the DVCR Co-funding is to facilitate MQ applicants in providing a ‘top-up’ of NHMRC salary costs (PSP’s), which are lower than MQ equivalent salary rates.
These changes align the principles of DVCR Co-funding with other external funding schemes and assist the University in rationalising the allocation of internal funding used to leverage competitive, external funding opportunities. As Macquarie researchers continue to excel in the MRFF funding scheme, we need to find a mechanism to ensure all successful MRFF grants can be supported. As context, since 2015, our application volume for MRFF funding has nearly doubled year on year. We know that health and medical researchers at Macquarie will be more active than ever in the coming years in applying for MRFF funding to support their research, hence the need to make changes to meet the growing volume of awards.
Eligibility for DVCR Co-Funding is still contingent on submission of a full application by the Macquarie submission date. Further to this, the Pre Award team has recommenced tracking the on-time submissions after pausing this due to the impacts on workload brought about by COVID-19.
MRFF Strategies and Priorities
Researcher Exchange & Development in Industry (REDI) Fellowship (administered by MTPConnect)
MRFF Funding Opportunities and Successful Grant Recipients
Internal Funding
Fellowships
MQ Fellowship for Indigenous Researchers Scheme - OPEN
MQ Research Fellowships - OPEN
Grants
MQ Carer Conference Support Scheme - OPEN
MQ Co-Funding Scheme - OPEN
MQ DVCR Discretionary Fund - OPEN
MQ Enterprise Partnerships Scheme - OPEN
MQ Research Acceleration Scheme - OPEN
Other External Funding
Australia-China Joint Research Centres
Australian-American Fulbright Commission
Capstone Editing Grant for Mid-Career Researchers
DAAD Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme
Horizon 2020 - Summary for Australian Researchers
National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education
Office of Learning and Teaching
Research Professional (database)
For other external funding opportunities, search Research Professional
Impacts of COVID-19 on Research
Information on the Impacts of COVID-19 on External and Internal Research Funding
The ARC and NHMRC have confirmed that any variations to funded research projects and researchers that have been directly affected by the Coronavirus pandemic can be considered via their usual post-award procedures.
Impacts may involve changes in circumstances, including scope changes, personnel changes, suspensions and extensions to end dates. The ARC and NHMRC will consider variation requests on a case-by-case basis. It is currently recommended that requests for variation not be submitted immediately as circumstances are rapidly changing. The ARC has provided information, guidance and FAQs on the impact of COVID-19 at the Pre Award and Post Award stages. The NHMRC has released FAQs on the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on applications for NHMRC funding, peer review, grant management and other NHMRC processes.
The DVCR portfolio is in the process of establishing variation procedures for internal grants affected by Coronavirus. Please keep records of the nature and length of impacts of Coronavirus (e.g., research data collection impacted by an inability to recruit required participants from March 2020).
In relation to internal grants that are due to finish
- in late April-early June 2020 – please liaise with your Faculty Officers for submission of variation/carry forward requests.
- at the end of 2020 – please do not submit variation requests at this time. Post Award will be in touch with further information as it becomes available and in good time for variation requests, if necessary.
Meanwhile, the ARC, NHMRC, Macquarie and other organisations are continuing to administer schemes and provide updates on submission deadlines. The Pre Award team will share advice on changes but researchers can continue to aim for planned funding submissions in 2020.
- Pre Award – please refer to the Fellowship and grant opportunities links above for current details.
- Post Award FAQ – current information for Post Award management is available at Research Project Management COVID-19.
For further information on Macquarie University's response to COVID-19, please visit the Macquarie University’s COVID-19 website.
Research Grant Resources
Changes to Eligibility for DVCR Co-Funding
Eligibility for the DVCR Co-Funding Scheme is now contingent upon on-time submission of grant applications by the Macquarie University submission date. Many applications for external funding require cash and in-kind contributions from the host institution in order to be considered for funding. In most cases, researchers request cash contributions, such as project support funds, funding for research associates, scholarships and major equipment, from the DVCR via the DVCR Co-Funding Scheme to support their external funding applications. To be eligible to request this DVCR Co-Funding, grant applications must be submitted internally, via Pure, by the Macquarie University submission date.
- Applications for major grant rounds (ARC and NHMRC) must be submitted to the Research Services Pre Award team 4 or 5 weeks prior to the external deadline, depending on the scheme. View further information on deadlines, processes and FAQs.
- Applications for miscellaneous grants (including, but not limited to, Perpetual; MNDRIA - Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia; NSW Environmental Trust; Ian Potter Foundation; Australian Rotary Health) must be submitted to the Pre Award team 2 weeks prior to the external deadline.
- Applications that do not have a Pure record and/or do not have all the appropriate approvals in Pure (Head of Department [HoD] and Associate Dean Research [ADR]) will not be submitted to the external funding body.
Research Professional Database
Macquarie University staff are encouraged to use the Research Professional database to search for research funding opportunities. To set-up your Research Professional Fingerprinting follow the user guide.
2022 Major Grants Round Calendar
Download your copy of the 2022 major grants round calendar which contains important internal and external deadlines for ARC, NHMRC, Cancer Australia and Cancer Council funding opportunities.
Notification of Intent to Apply for Major Schemes
Inform your Faculty and the University Research Services teams of your intention to submit an application in future funding rounds.
Complete a Notification of Intent form for each of the following schemes you intend on applying for in the future:
- ARC Discovery Projects
- ARC Discovery Indigenous
- ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
- ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
- ARC Linkage Projects
- ARC Laureate Fellowships
- NHMRC Investigator Grants
- NHMRC Ideas Grants
- NHMRC Synergy Grants
- NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
- NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohorts Studies
- NHMRC Development Grants
- NHMRC Partnership Projects
- MRFF funding
- Other Category 1 funding schemes
Important note: do not use these forms for the ARC DECRA, Future Fellowship, LIEF or Centres of Excellence schemes, which have a separate expression of interest process.
After completing a form, you will be provided with regular updates about your funding scheme and sent valuable resources that will assist you in developing a highly competitive research grant application.
Training and Support
On the training and support page, view the successful grants library, find details on upcoming workshops, download slides and recordings from past workshops, and view other online resources, such as Advice Toolkits, Budget Calculators, NHMRC RGMS User Guides and general resources.
MQ Salary and Scholarship Rates
Download the MQ salary rates for proposals submitted in late 2021 and 2022 that contains the costs for academic, professional and PhD scholarships for grants
Pure Research Management System
All research grant applications (apart from partner-funded research) must be submitted using the Pure Research Management System. This system is used to obtain the necessary approvals required for submitting grant applications.
Process for HDR Candidates Applying for External Funding
Macquarie University is supportive of Higher Degree Research (HDR) Candidates applying for relevant external grants, such as grants for travel, conference attendance, project costs, or scholarship top-ups. Nonetheless, the University expects that external research grants should not interfere with candidature at the University nor require extended periods of Offsite Research. HDR Candidates who intend on applying for external funding must follow this University process.
MQ Compliance Checking Deadline
Please note that unless stated otherwise (eg: major grant schemes such as those run by ARC and NHMRC), the Research Services deadline for draft applications to external funding agencies is a minimum of two weeks prior to that of the funding agency. View the grant applications process. This allows the proposals team to compliance check applications and provide feedback. Please contact your Faculty Research Office for the dates of earlier deadlines.
Open Access and Funding Compliance
This open access and funding compliance guide explains how to ensure research outputs are as openly accessible as possible (Open Access) and how to comply with Open Access policies of funding agencies (i.e ARC and NHMRC). Making research outputs as openly accessible as possible increases the impact of Macquarie’s research on wider audiences and helps increase citation rates for our researchers.
Content owner: Research Pre-award Last updated: 15 Oct 2021 11:32am