University of Newcastle Research Support Schemes

The University of Newcastle offers a range of research support schemes to foster and encourage researchers to the point where they can become competititve for external research funding. The Research Grants and Infrastructure Sub-Committee (RGIC) and the Research Office manage these internal grant schemes.

Prior to submission to the Research Office applicants should read the materail available on the following pages. The table below lists the University of Newcastle research support schemes:

Scheme	Assessed by	Closing Dates
Application Development Program		Invitation from DVC(R)
Career Enhancement Fellowships for Academic Women	The Career Fellowship Assessment Committee (see Guidelines)	Applications close 27 October 2008 (successful EOI's only )
Centre for Health Record Linkage (CHeReL)	CHeReL	2 May, 1 August, 31 October 2008
Conference Travel Grants	Research Office Personnel	May be submitted anytime, however, the award of a travel grant must be prior to travel.
Early Career Researcher Grants	RGIC	View the RGC meeting dates New guidelines effective 1 Jan 2007
Equity Research Fellowships	RGIC	5pm 14 July 2008
New Staff Grants	DVC(R)	View the RGIC meeting dates
Priority Research Centres Scheme	DVC(R)	Next Round - To be advised
Publication Performance Grants	RGIC	No internal application required
Research Development Fellowship	RGIC	5pm 3 September 2007
Research Fellowships	DVC(R)	2008 Round - Closes 8 August 2008
Near Miss		No internal application required
Strategic Pilot	RGIC	2008 Round -Applications open 28 March and close 8 May 2008