Future Fellowships for funding commencing 2012

In 2008, the Australian Government announced the creation of a new scheme, Future Fellowships, to promote research in areas of critical national importance by giving outstanding researchers incentives to conduct their research in Australia. The aim of Future Fellowships is to attract and retain the best and brightest mid-career researchers.

At present many highly qualified mid-career researchers choose to work overseas to further their careers due to lack of opportunities in Australia. The Future Fellowships scheme addresses this problem and will significantly boost Australia’s research and innovation capacity in areas of national importance.

Future Fellowships will encourage proposals from researchers working in areas of national priority. Preference will be given to those researchers who can demonstrate a capacity to build collaboration across industry and/or research institutions and/or with other disciplines.

Although international experience is important for Australian researchers, it is also important they have the opportunity to return home to continue their work. Future Fellowships will aim to encourage outstanding Australian researchers currently based overseas to return to Australia.

2012 Documents

Closing Dates

  • Eligibility Exemptions Requests due to Research Office 5:00pm Wednesday 12 October 2011 (email pdf to Rebecca Ford)
  • DRAFT Application due to Research Office 5:00pm Wednesday 2 November 2011 (email pdf document to Rebecca Ford)
  • Strategic Statement due to Research Office 5:00pm Monday 14 November 2011
  • FINAL Application due to Research Office 5:00pm Monday 21 November 2011

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 Bozinovska