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Research Office Newsletter
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23 August 2007 |
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Office of Sponsored
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From the Director of the RO |
For
more information on upcoming dates see the RO Calendar. |
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From the Office of Sponsored Research |
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From the Office of
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From the Office of Research Data and Analysis
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From the Director of the ROThe
Go8 is undertaking a joint venture called the Future Research Leaders Program
which aims to deliver best-practice training in the skills and knowledge
critical for research project leadership to 1,000 researchers in Go8
Universities. The
project, which is funded by DEST, aims to develop eight training modules for
use at all the Go8 universities:
ANU’s
HR Division is managing the overall project with each of the eight modules
being undertaken by one of the Go8 universities. The
ANU is developing the module on Starting
Out and Collaboration with Professor Mandy Thomas chairing a working
party and with the lead developers being Karen Burke and Ann Goldwater from
the Office of Sponsored Research. |
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From the Research Office
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From the Office of Sponsored
Research
Workshop Major Equipment Grants Workshop 14 Sept at 2-4pm, McDonald Room, Menzies
Library The ANU Major Equipment Committee
(MEC), a sub-committee
of the Research Committee, invites proposals for the purchase of large
equipment for research purposes on a yearly basis. The Office of Sponsored
Research in collaboration with MEC will run a Major Equipment Grants
workshop, where an expert panel will answer questions and offer advice and
information to potential applicants.
Potential applicants attending the Workshop are welcome to bring their
proposals or applications. Further
info regarding the workshop or to RSVP, please contact Funding Opportunities
Consultancy opportunities –
Gates Foundation is seeking consulting support on global health related
issues and health technology. The Gates Foundation is inviting expressions of
interest (EOI) from individuals, firms, or consortia for the establishment of
a Business Planning Resource Capability. It is envisaged this would provide
consulting support to the foundation and its Global Health product grantees
to strengthen their business practices and strategically plan for health
technology uptake. Expressions of
Interest are due on 31 August. Further
information is available from the Gates Foundation website: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/Grantseekers/RFP/RFP_CES.htm Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) -Indo-Australian Science and Technology
Fund and the Indo-Australian Biotechnology Fund The fund opened on Monday 6 August 2007 and closes
at 5pm (AEST) on Friday 28 September 2007. The AISRF provides
funding support for Australian researchers to participate in strategically
focused, leading edge, scientific research and technology collaborations with
Indian counterparts. Applications will be assessed on a competitive basis
against specific criteria. Applicants should refer to the AISRF
Guidelines – August 2007. For further
information, please visit http://www.dest.gov.au/science/aisrf or
contact the International Science Branch at DEST via email: aisrf@dest.gov.au or
by phone: (02) 6240 9387 ARC
- Grant Advice If a project has a carryover of
more than 75% and the project started at a date later than expected for
example, due to a late appointment of staff, then it is satisfactory to refer
to this matter using the ANU proforma approved letter from the ARC. Please
use the Carryover comments field in current and future ARC End of Year
Reports. If you are using the above
situation and other grant money has also been carried over, it is
satisfactory to refer to the reason already provided in the Progress
Report. Please provide a reason for
the carryover of other funds for example give a Breakdown of project equipment,
along with the reference to the approved letter for the late start. (i.e. two
reasons in the one letter) Reminders Go8
Information detailing submission requirements
has been sent to the College Research Administrators, requesting distribution
in Colleges and Local Areas. http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/funding/DAAD.php The 2007 round of Criminology Research Grants -
closes on Friday 24 August. Grants are to
support research on the causes, correction and prevention of criminal behaviour, and related matters. Research grant funding
can vary from small funded projects through to larger funded research grants
up to $300,000. For
more information, please visit http://www.aic.gov.au/crc/applications/ ,
and contact the CRC at crc@aic.gov.au
for further assistance and questions.
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From the Office of Research
Integrity
Human Research Ethics and Qualitative
Methods The 2007 National Statement defines
qualitative research as involving disciplined enquiry that examines people’s
lives, experiences and behaviours, and the stories
and meanings individuals ascribe to them.
It can also investigate organisational
functioning, relationships between individuals and groups, and social
environments. This approach to research can involve the
studied use and collection of a variety of empirical materials such as case
studies, personal experience, life stories, interviews, observations and
cultural texts. The commonly used approaches to data
collection in qualitative research are:
For more information regarding
qualitative methods, please read the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in
Human Research (2007) Pg 25-28. |
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From the Office
of Research Data and Analysis
New Staff Alanah McCann will be working in the
Office of Research Management Data for the next three months, helping with
data entry and support for the RQF. Alanah will be working on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays. We are very pleased to have Alanah
working with us. From the Business Solutions Group The next
scheduled ARIES training session for basic data entry is as follows: Date: Monday,
3rd September 2007 Time: 9.30am
till 12.30pm (morning tea included) Venue:
Chancelry 10A Lower Ground Floor, Finance & Business Training Lab To register
your participation, please logon to HORUS (https://anubis.anu.edu.au/login.asp), go to the Training Catalogue (Training Code:
RO001) and fill in the online form. |
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PLEASE CONTACT JENNY TAYLOR IN THE
OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH |
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