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Research Office Newsletter

24 January 2008

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From the Office of Research Integrity

From the Office of Research Management Data

From the Director of the Research Office

As mentioned in the last RO Newsletter, Fiona Nelms has now left the ANU to take up a new position in Melbourne. She has made a vital contribution to the commercialisation of ANU research both in ANUTECH/ANU Enterprise as well as in her role as Director of the Office of Commercialisation. We wish her well in her new position. I expect to be able to announce arrangements to cover Fiona’s departure in the next newsletter. Commercialisation contacts in the Office are: Karen Jackson (Physical Sciences), Victor Pantano (Engineering), Karen Edwards and Gavin Clydesdale (Life Sciences) and Bev Cooper (Patents).

In the last newsletter I commented on the importance of the work of research development officers in supporting the ARC Discovery 2009 Round. My comments should also be taken to apply to the support provided by research development officers to the NHMRC applications which are equally important to those parts of the University engaged in medical research.

From the Research Office

JANUARY LUNCHTIME SEMINARS

Topic: NHMRC Overview of Project Grants

Date: Tues 29th January

Time: 12.30pm -1.30pm

Venue: Ross Hohnen Room, Chancelry Tower (Bldg 10)

From the Office of Sponsored Research

2007 Linkage Pilot Rd 2 Outcomes
Congratulations to those who have been awarded funding for the Linkage Pilot Rd 2, this was an immensely successful round with 36 highly competitive applications and up to $100K being awarded to a variety of projects. It is expected another round of the Pilot scheme for 2008 will be conducted due to the success of the previous rounds. Thanks again to all those who participated in this scheme. In light of this success please consider completing Linkage Projects Evaluation Survey detailed below.

REMINDER: Linkage Projects Evaluation Survey : ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF and RESEARCHERS
As previously announced, the PVC and the Office of Sponsored Research are inviting ANU administrative staff and researchers to comment on the ARC Linkage Project Scheme by answering some short questions in an on-line Apollo survey. Your responses to the survey will help us to evaluate the University's response to the Scheme, and assist us to add value to the administration of the ANU's ARC Linkage Project submissions.

The Apollo Form opened at 9am Monday 14 January 2008, and will be closed at 5pm Friday 1 February 2008. The 12-question survey will take approximately 15 minutes of your time to complete.

For all participants, please accept our thanks for agreeing to complete this evaluation of the Linkage Project Scheme. Your participation will be completely anonymous with the exception of any identifying information you choose to provide.

Please access the survey at the address: https://apollo.anu.edu.au/default.asp?pid=2523, using your HORUS login details, then press the "Begin" button to start the survey.

OSR Website Update
As some of you may have noticed there have been some ongoing updates and changes to the OSR website. We hope these changes will make access to NHMRC/ARC funding information, tools such as the DP09 Gold Application, FAQ's, RDF and Lunchtime Seminar dates easier.

The OSR aims to review and develop our website further in the latter half of the year, however, in the interim these changes and updates will be ongoing.
Quick Links
OSR - http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/OSR/OSR_index.php
DP09 - http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/grants/DPmanagers.php
NHMRC 09 - http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/grants/NHMRC.php
OSR Calendar - http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/OSR/OSR_2008calendar.php

Grants.gov
Grants.gov Winter 2008 Issue can be found at http://www.grants.gov/assets/GrantsWinterNewsletter2008.pdf

ARC Instructions for Requesting Carry Forwards of ARC Funding into 2008 can be found at http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/grants/Carryforward_Instructions%202008.doc

NHMRC Project Grants:

Important: updates to the Project Grant informed filler application form available at Changes to Project Grants Informed Filler

NHMRC Application Due Dates
Applications for the following NHMRC schemes are due at the OSR 1st February (please contact your College Research Administrator for College Due Dates):

NHMRC Program Grants applications are due at the OSR 8^th February (please contact your College Research Administrator for College Due Dates).

OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE) Projects Funding (3^rd Call)
Application Deadlines: 30 January 2008 – 1 March 2008 (Varied)
For more information, please visit: http://www.britishcouncil.org/delphe-what-is-delphe-what-we-do.htm

Australia-China Council General Funding Grants
Application Deadline: 2 February 2008 and 14 April 2008 (to be confirmed)
For more information, please visit http://www.dfat.gov.au/acc/guidelines.html#app

KAUST Research Fellowship Program
Application Deadlines: 20 February, 2008
For more information, please visit http://www.kaust.edu.sa/research/global-partnership.aspx
Any queries, please direct them to Research Office.

The Alcohol and Rehabilitation Foundation (AER) Grants for Professional Development
For more information, please visit http://www.aerf.com.au/pages/page17.asp

The Australian Academy of Humanities Funding Schemes

Publications Subsidies Scheme
Application Deadline: 14 July 2008
For more information, please visit http://www.humanities.org.au/Grants/PubSubs/PubSubs.htm

Humanities Travelling Fellowships 2008
Application Deadline: 31 July 2008
For more information, please visit http://www.humanities.org.au/Grants/HTF/HTF.htm
The McCredie Musicological Award
Application Deadline: 31 July 2008
For more information, please visit http://www.humanities.org.au/Grants/McCredie/

From the Office of Research Integrity

Human Ethics Training Sessions for ARIES for Feb 2008

All training sessions will be in the Ross Hohnen Room, Chancelry Bldg (Bldg 10)

Friday February 1 10am to 11am

Tuesday February 12 10am to 11am

Tuesday February 26 10am to 11am

Human Ethics ARIES training sessions will increase in frequency in March and dates and times through to end of June 2008 can be viewed at: http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/ORI/human_dates.php#TrainingSessions

From the Office of Research Management Data

ARIES

ANU senior management is examining the university's research collaboration with researchers in other institutions. The data is being drawn from Aries. The data entry from EXTERNAL INVESTIGATORS has been entered in many formats which is making it difficult to analyse the information. In future, please take care when adding external researchers

data in INSTITUTION field = top-level institution only, eg University of Sydney, NOT department name

data in INSTITUTION ADDRESS = department can go here

data in COLLABORATION TYPE = select appropriate category, DON'T select "not known"

WHAT TO ENTER IN ARIES FOR ANU ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS
The Research Office will import data from the ARC'S GAMS database where a record already exists in ARIES, and where the application is submitted by ANU.

Data to be entered in Aries by Local Business Offices:

Main tab	Title, Area processing application
Investigator tab	First-named ANU investigator
Department tab	Primary department (usually that of the first-named ANU investigator)
RFCD tab	One RFCD code - the other codes will be imported
Schemes tab	(1) Funds provider (Australian Research Council) and Scheme (2009 Discovery Grant). (2) Enter the application number given to the researcher by GAMS in the “Funds Provider reference number” data entry box. This number has the format DP09xxxxxx.
Notes tab	Notes may be added and will not be over-written when data is imported
Documents tab	Documents may be added and will not be affected when data is imported.
Progress steps	Progress s