ARC Fellowships: Positioning and bid strategy for EMCRs

Course description

Aimed at those researchers considering applying for an ARC DECRA or Future Fellowship, this session run by Nicole Thompson, Research Advantage Consulting will focus on:

  • Overview and drivers – DECRA and Future Fellowship schemes
  • Lead-in, calibration and timing of application attempts
  • Why me, why now, why this?
  • Track record and trajectory
  • Project troubleshooting
  • Strategic Alignment
  • Pathways to independence
  • Grantscraft take-home messages

There will also be an opportunity for Q&A at the end of the session.

This session will be run via MS Teams and a link will be sent to you prior to the session. 

Please contact researcherpd.rds@flinders.edu.au if you have any questions.

Type of course

Information session

Who should attend

  • Prospective Flinders’ applicants to the ARC Future Fellowship and Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) schemes.
  • University academic and professional staff involved in supporting Future Fellowship and DECRA bidding efforts.
  • University research development and/or research office staff.

What you will learn

  • Developing a bidding strategy for ARC DECRA and Future Fellowships.

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