NEER Discretionary Fund 2009

In its final year of ARC funding, NEER is pleased to announce the continuation of the Discretionary Fund in 2009. Under the 2009 NEER Discretionary Fund, a limited number of small grants of up to $2,000 will be available on a competitive basis to support proposals relevant to the aims of NEER whose priorities remain three-fold: to provide infrastructure to enable Australian researchers to collaborate on projects both across Australia and internationally, to further the training of postgraduates and early career researchers, and to sponsor events which lead to measurable research outcomes such as publications, datasets, exhibitions, workshops, and others. With this in mind, NEER will support the following types of activities, here listed in no particular order of priority:

1. Events that lead to the preparation of collaborative applications for external grants;
2. Top-up funding for newly-formed research clusters which need assistance in preparing collaborative grant applications or in working towards collaborative research outcomes;
3. Support for events which aim to produce a clearly defined research outcome;
4. Postgraduate/ECR assistance to attend NEER-sponsored events. In providing assistance to postgraduates and ECRs, distance and the relevance of the event to the applicant's training or research topic will be taken into account. Postgraduates/ECRs who have already received $1000 or more in NEER grants will not be eligible for further funding.

Guidelines for applications

Applicants should explain, in around 450 words:

The nature and aims of the proposal
The relevance of the proposal to NEER's aims
The possibility of collaborative research emerging from the proposal
The likelihood of a grant application or publication being an outcome
Any other expected outcomes

If previous NEER funding has been received by any of the applicants, a brief statement of outcomes should be added.

The deadline for the receipt of applications is Monday 9 March 2009.

Applications should be addressed to:

Dr Claire McIlroy, ARC Network for Early European Research, School of Humanities (M208), University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009

Please also provide an electronic copy: cmcilroy@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

*Please note: NEER is not able to support individual research (ie. attending or giving papers at conferences). Events supported must be of a collaborative nature.

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