Research Office Newsletter

18 September 2008

Links

News

Research Office Website

From the Director of the Research Office

RO 2008 Calendar

From the Research Office

2008 Research Development Forum Dates

From the Office of Sponsored Research

 

 

From the Office of Research Excellence

From the Director of the Research Office


Welcome to the second September issue of the Research Office Newsletter.

 

The major announcement this week is the launch of the new Research Office website http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/.  This includes a major re-working of the Research Integrity, Sponsored Research and Research Excellence pages. My thanks to Annika Landsmann and Jaime Radcliffe for the work in revamping the site.

 

If you have any comments on the new pages, or notice links etc that are not working or can't find information please contact RO IThelp.

Please note the request on the first page for additional images to be used on the site. If you have photos you wish to contribute please email them to RO IThelp

  

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From the Research Office

Lunchtime Seminar
Topic: MEC (Major Equipment Committee) seminar
Presenter: Dr Laura Dan
Date: Tuesday, 23rd  September 2008

Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm

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

 

Seminar: Building your Research Career
Presenter: Professor Mandy Thomas, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Date: Wednesday, 15th October 2008

Time: 2pm – 3pm

Venue: Finkel Theatre, JCSMR

 

The "Applying for ARC Funding" seminar on 15 September was a real success - a big thank you to the speakers and to all those who attended. The slides of the presentation are available on the OSR's webpage at http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/OSR/OSR_calendar.php

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From the Office of Sponsored Research

News & Notices

ARC Schemes

2009 Linkage Projects Round 2 (for funding commencing in July 2009) – Eligibility Exemption/Ruling Request

A reminder that the Eligibility Exemption/Ruling Request (EERR) proforma is available on the OSR Linkage Projects website, under Forms & Documentation : http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/OSR/Funding/funding_ARC_LP.php or on the ARC website at http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/lp/lp_eligibility.htm

 

Eligibility Exemption Requests : Please refer to section 10.1 of the Funding Rules

 

Academic submission

For further information and College/Local Area deadlines, Academic staff are advised to please contact your College/Local Area Research Administrator.

 

College/Local area submission

For Colleges/Local Areas, the deadline for submission to the OSR for completed EERR proforma/s is: Monday, 6 October 2008. 

 

Please submit an electronic (.pdf) version of the signed and completed EERR form. Hard copies are not required, but College/Local Areas are advised to keep the hard copy and upload the document into ARIES.

 

Please note: Eligibility Exemptions must be submitted through the OSR for forwarding to the ARC.

 

Other updates

2008 ANU Linkage Pilot Project Fund (Round 2)

The Vice-Chancellor is offering another round of the Linkage Pilot project funding scheme.

This internal fund seeks to identify ANU researchers who are able to demonstrate a potentially viable pilot project involving one or more industry partners which can then be developed to apply for ARC Linkage Project funding within the next year.

Mentoring support will be available, both for the researchers and their local area administrators, to ensure that the budding applications have the greatest internal support possible for success with the ARC.

The guiding principles for the applicants will be:

1. To develop collaborative research alliances with organisations outside the University;

2. To encourage innovative research;

3. To enhance the ANU’s industry-oriented research and our ability to provide a fertile training ground for future researchers and industry leaders.

Dates for 2008 : Round Open from 3 November 2008 to 1 December 2008.

For further information regarding the Scheme and for Funding Guidelines, please see : http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/OSR/

College Research Managers/Administrators please contact your College Contact in the Office of Sponsored Research for further information and assistance.

OTHER RESEARCH  FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Dear Researchers: please note the first point of contact for research management related matters is your College Research Office and Research Managers/Administrators or your Local Business Office.

Australian-Italy Award: for PhD Students and Early Postdoctoral Researchers.

The Australian Academy of Science is inviting applications for the Australia-Italy Award for short-term scientific research visits (1–3 months) between Australia and Italy in 2009.

Proposals in any field of natural science, basic and applied, including mathematics and engineering science, will be considered. 

Information, closing deadlines and application forms are available on the web site:

 

http://www.science.org.au/internat/australia-italy.htm

 

The Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation at the University of Sydney (NEAF) Grants – closing 30 September, 2008

NEAF are seeking applications from recent graduates of an Australian or New Zealand university for the following grants:

 

The Catherine Southwell-Keely Travel Grant for 2009 - value: $3500.

The Leone Crawford Travel Grant for 2009 - value: $5000

The Sam Eames Grant-in-Aid for 2009 - maximum value: $1500.

General Grants-in-Aid for 2009 - value: up to $5000

 

For further information please contact NEAF neaf@arts.usyd.edu.au or visit http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/neaf/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=13&Itemid=41

 

Expression of Interest – Research Funding and Partnership Opportunity

The Lyndon Community (LTC) is seeking partners for research into rural and remote drug and alcohol treatment, service delivery and community development projects for funding amounts up to $30,000. plus a range of in-kind contributions available for research projects that will assist clients and communities with substance use problems and improve service delivery in NSW.

 

Email: jallan@lyndoncommunity.org.au to Dr Julaine Allan

Telephone 0437 869 033

Closing date 5pm September 30, 2008

Flagship Collaboration Fund–postgraduate scholarships 2008/09

Top-up scholarships are available to PhD students who have gained (or expect to gain) an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or equivalent scholarship.

 

Applications close 30 November. Please refer to www.csiro.au/FlagshipScholarships

 

Further information: CSIRO Careers on 1300 301 509

Flagship Collaboration Fund:  02 6276 6183, or

Web: www.csiro.au/org/ps1e.html

Email: kathy.dunn@csiro.au

 

 

The Spitfire Memorial Defence Fellowship 2009
Applications are invited for up to a value of $15,000 to support Australian defence-related studies or research at the UNSW or other appropriate institution.

Applicants will be Australian citizens who are suitably qualified graduates or persons with significant relevant work experience.

Please refer to www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/units/research/index.html

Applications close Friday 31 October 2008.

Email: spitfire@adfa.edu.au Telephone (02) 6268 9585

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From the Office of Research Excellence

 

Loading documents into ARIES - How to reduce your file size

When uploading documents into ARIES users need to be aware that larger sized documents (over 10mB) may fail to load.  Try these tricks to reduce the size of the file.

Trick # 1: Use Adobe Acrobat

For an existing pdf file or Word file: This answer is based on Windows applications but should be the same on Apple computers  (This usually reduces the file size by 50%):

  1. Open an existing pdf in Adobe Acrobat (Standard or Professional), or open a Word document in Microsoft Word
  2. Go to the File menu, select Print
  3. Instead of choosing your normal printer select the option “Adobe PDF”, then select “Properties”
  4. Under the tab “Adobe PDF Settings” note the “Default Settings” option
  5. Choose the drop down option next to “Standard”
  6. Choose “Smallest file size”
  7. Click o.k., then click o.k. again
  8. When the option “Save PDF File As” appears give the file a new name (in line with the naming conventions)
  9. Save.

Once the file has been saved you can check its size by right clicking and choosing “Properties”

Trick # 2: Split a file into multiple documents:

  1. Word documents: Create a copy, rename it, delete the first half of the document in one file and the second half of the document in the other file
  2. PDF documents: use the Documents tab in Adobe Acrobat to extract or copy pages to a new document
  3. Reminder – use the naming conventions.

Trick # 3: Scanning from hardcopy

  1. If you have two scanners check if one makes much smaller pdfs
  2. Check the default settings and choose:

(i) DPI 300  (for Konica Minolta scanners choosing 200 dpi makes no difference)

(ii) Colour Greyscale

(iii) Standard pdf setting (the Compact pdf setting is worse than the standard setting)

(iv) REMEMBER – you can adjust all the relevant settings for individual jobs if you need colour/better quality.

Naming Conventions

You must save the document with a unique filename that include the ARIES grant id plus something which is not used more than once e.g. 18999_Authority_to_Apply

 

Adding a NEW PROVIDER

If you need a new FUNDS PROVIDER created in Aries please do the following:

1.       When entering the grant in Aries, go to the Schemes tab.

2.       Under Providers/Schemes click on the ‘Add’ button.

3.       Where it says ‘Fund Provider’ enter the word ‘Provider’ and hit enter/Search.

4.       You will get the provider name ‘Provider not in ARIES’ – click on the ‘Add’ button.

5.       Where it says ‘Please select scheme’ use the drop down option to choose the scheme called ‘Funding’

6.       Then go to the Notes tab and enter the following:

              I.      Name of funds provider

            II.      Address

          III.      Main contact name

          IV.      Phone

            V.      Fax

          VI.      Email

        VII.      Web address for company.

      VIII.      Scheme name – this is the name used by the funds provider. It may be something simple such as grant,  consultancy, PhD scholarship, or something more formal such as Arts Fund or Paddy Pallin Foundation Research Grant

7 Add financial data: once you have selected 'Provider not in ARIES' enter the amounts applied for/awarded for the current application/grant. When we create the new funding provider or scheme we are able to transfer the financial data to the new provider.

 

Adding a NEW SCHEME

Follow steps 1 – 7 above PLUS include the provider’s name in the Notes tab. 

 

NB

(1) Reminder: amounts applied for must be entered under the Schemes tab (and uploaded to the Funding Tab when the grant is successful). The reason is that statistical reports need to include amounts applied for as a component of both applications and successful grants.

 

(2) If you need the new provider entered urgently email RO.ITHelp@anu.edu.au advising the urgency and quoting the ARIES id.

 

(3) Research Office staff identify the need to create a new provider by running a report looking for ‘Provider not in ARIES’ so don’t put in an already existing provider as we won’t find it

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Please contact Research Office  (ext 50099) for further information.