Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)

2013 Documents

Closing Dates

  • Draft applications due to Research Office - Monday 20 February 2012
  • Strategic Statement due to PVC Office - Wednesday 22 February 2012
  • Strategic Statement due (endorsed by PVC Office) to Research Office - Wednesday 29 February 2012
  • Final applications due to Research Office* - Wednesday 7 March 2012
  • ARC closes - Wednesday 21 March 2012

* Please note applications received after the Research Office final application due date will not be eligible for a University of Newcastle Near Miss grant.

PowerPoint Presentation

ARC Discovery Projects and DECRA Workshop presented by Research Office on 24 January 2012 - pptx (1019kb)

Strategic Statements Faculty Contacts

Please contact the following person within your Faculty to assist with preparing your Strategic Statement.

Faculty

 Contact

Business and Law

Jim Jose

Education and Arts

Catherine Oddie

Engineering and Built Environment

Chanel Hopkinson

Health

Shirley Savy

Science and Information Technology

Lina Bozinovksa


The Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme is a separate element of the Discovery Program. The DECRA scheme will provide more focused support for researchers and create more opportunities for early-career researchers in both teaching and research, and research-only positions.

The objectives of the DECRA scheme are to:

  • support and advance promising early career researchers;
  • promote enhanced opportunities for diverse career pathways;
  • focus research effort in the National Research Priority areas to improve research capacity and policy outcomes; and
  • enable research and research training in high quality and supportive environments.

Link to the ARC DECRA website.

DECRA Presentation

A presentation by the Research Office took place on 30 March 2011.  If you were not able to attend, a PowerPoint of the presentation is available (ppt).

Tools for Completing Your Application

Please note: The ARC used to warrant confidentiality.  Now the Funding Rules state " the ARC gives no undertaking to keep confidential any information provided in the Proposal except where required by law". Due to this change it is now recommended that the researcher submitting a research project with potential IP which could be patented/exploited or involves an Industry Partner which requires confidentiality should insert the following sentence at the start of the project Description within their application:

"The following project is disclosed to the ARC in confidence for the purpose only of applying for ARC Funding."

  • Important Notes regarding Lodgement of ARC applications:

  1. Validate and Local Submit the application in RMS.
  2. In RMS generate a PDF copy of the application.
  3. Email research-grants@newcastle.edu.au advising application submitted in RMS.

  • ARC Reporting

If you have a current ARC grant, please see the reporting requirements at the ARC Reporting page

RMS and GAMS Access

All new applications for ARC grants need to be prepared in the ARC's RMS system. Final reports need to be completed and submitted in GAMS. To access either RMS or GAMS follow the instructions on the ARC web site. For assistance on using RMS/GAMS please contact Neroli Finlay on extension 15353.

Click here on 'How to set up an RMS Account and create a Partner Organisation'.

Using RMS

The RMS system is best supported using these browsers in order of preference:

  1. Firefox 3.0
  2. Internet Explorer7
  3. Alternatively, Internet Explorer6 can be used if Adobe Flash Player10 ActiveX is installed. To install Flash Player, go to http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html.
    NB: This is not a self-extracting file. It has to be downloaded, unzipped, find the folder, find the file, unzip again and install.