ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellowship

Overview

The objectives of the Mid-Career Industry Fellowships grant opportunity are to:

• strengthen the industry collaboration skills of mid-career researchers;
• encourage uptake of a wider range of career options for established researchers; and
• supervise and develop future research and nurture their development of collaboration,
  commercialisation and translation skills; and
• deliver significant, actionable outcomes for industry partners and end-users.

Funding

• up to 25 Mid-Career Industry Fellowships may be awarded funding in a grant opportunity;
• the Mid-Career Industry Fellow will receive a contribution to salary and salary related on-costs of $215,410 per year for 2-4 consecutive years (full time equivalent);
• project costs not exceeding $290,000 may be requested over the duration of the grant;
• the grant may be converted to a part-time basis for funded applications, not exceeding 8
  consecutive years (excluding any approved periods of suspension)

LIMITS

An individual may only submit a maximum of three Mid-Career Industry Fellowship applications over the period in which they are eligible.

There are no cross scheme limits applicable in the Industry Fellowships Program. An applicant can apply for an Industry Mid-Career Fellowship, if they are within the eligible criteria regarding research experience (5 – 15 years) but will not be able to hold two concurrent Fellowships. The project start date for Mid-Career Industry Fellowships must be between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025.

Applicants cannot apply for more than one kind of Industry Fellowship during a program round (year). Applicants can apply for one of the Discovery Program Fellowships (DECRA or Future Fellowship) in the same year. However, if they are awarded in both programs, they can only accept one fellowship.

Establishment Grants for Mid-Career Industry Fellows

Establishment Grants are internal grants to support ARC Early Career Industry Fellows at the University of Melbourne. To be eligible for Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research (DVCR) support, matching funding must be provided by the host department/school/faculty on a 1:1 basis.  Applications for Establishment Grants should be requested at the ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellowship proposal stage. Please note, industry-based researchers intending to work in University settings are not eligible for Establishment Grants. Details on how to apply will be available on the Establishment Grants page.

How to apply

1. Submit a Notice of Intent (NOI).

   The NOI should be completed early to provide RIC with the Industry Fellowship candidate's contact details and to ensure the candidate is added to the email list.

2. Update RMS profile

   Obtain access to RMS and update profile information (see RMS information)

3. Review documentation

   Review the Grant Guidelines (released) and the Instructions to Applicants (yet to be released).

4. Complete the draft application in RMS

   Log on to RMS to complete the draft application.

5. Submit review ready application to RIC

   See the Submission Procedure webpage for information on review ready applications.

   Email a PDF copy of the complete review ready draft application*, downloaded from RMS, to RIC (ric-arclinkage@unimelb.edu.au) within the RIC submission period.

   Please ensure that your National Interest Test Statement (NITS) is uploaded into RMS with your review ready application to be approved at Faculty level.

   *A 'review ready' draft application

   • RMS Profile for personnel - should be updated because some parts of the application are auto-populated from the RMS profile
   • Part A - Administrative Summary
   • Part B - Classifications/Statistical Info
   • Part C - Project Eligibility
   • Part D - Assessment Criteria
   • Part E - Participant Details
   • Part F - Project Cost
   • Part G - Partner Organisation  Details

6. Request Not To Assess

   If applicable, the applicant should complete the Request Not to Assess in RMS if they would like to request the exclusion of up to three potential assessor. Submit this to the Research Office in RMS by 9am Friday 28 July 2023.

7. Application review

   Two RIC staff members will review the application and provide the applicant with feedback via email.

8. Complete the application

   After taking feedback from the RIC team into consideration, complete the application in RMS. It is suggested advice is sought from colleagues, Faculty mentors, etc. before finalising the application.

9. Submit the UOM Authority to Submit  form

   If the Authority to Submit form is required, it must be submitted to RIC via email to ric-arclinkage@unimelb.edu.au by 9am Friday 11 August 2023. This form should include:

   • The Head of Department certification
   • The applicant must read through the submission conditions and sign their initials next to each one to confirm that they have been met

   Electronic signatures are permitted.

   This is an ARC requirement and the application cannot be submitted to ARC until the Authority to Submit form is received.

10. Final submission

    By 9am Friday 11 August 2023, the applicant must:

    • Submit their final application by clicking ‘Submit to Research Office’ in RMS.
    • Email RIC (ric-arclinkage@unimelb.edu.au) a pdf copy of the final application and a scanned, signed Authority to Submit form.

    Note: Applications without a completed Authority to Submit form cannot be submitted to the ARC.

11. RIC will submit the application

    Once RIC has submitted the application to the ARC, you will receive an email from RIC confirming submission.

Supporting documents

ARC Documents and Resources

• ARC College of Experts members
• ARC Medical Research Policy
• ARC Science and Research Priorities webpage
• Industry Fellowship Program Grant Guidelines - Variation No 1
• Industry Fellowship Program Grant Guidelines - Summary of changes
• Draft Industry Fellowship Grant Agreement 2024 edition
• IM24 Sample Form (updated 11/07/2023)
• IM24 Instructions to Applicants (updated 11/07/2023)
• IM24 Frequently Asked Questions V1.1 (updated 12/07/2023)
• Letter of Industry Partner Organisation Certification (PDF) (updated 11/07/2023)
• Letter of Industry Partner Organisation Certification (Word) (updated 11/07/2023)
• RMS User Guide - Requesting and Maintaining an RMS Account June 2022 (Version 3)
• RMS User Guide - Submitting an Application in RMS Sep 2022 (Version 3)
• RMS User Guide - Submitting a Request Not to Assess Aug 2021 (Version 3)
• National Manufacturing  Priorities

RIC Documents and Resources

Please note UoM staff credentials may be required to access certain documents. External applicants applying with UoM as the Administering Institution should contact ric-arclinkage@unimelb.edu.au for access to restricted documents.

• Register a NOI (Notice of Intent Submission)
• UoM Industry Fellowship Guide (updated 14/07/23) - contains RIC tips and advice to applicants
• UoM Grants Library of Successful Applications (NOTE:  None available for this new scheme)
• UoM Advancing Melbourne Strategy
• IM24 Research Time Calculator - calculate eligibility regarding 5 to 15 years research experience
• IM24 Authority to Submit Form (updated 12/07/2023)
• IM24 Salary Scales and Budget Preparation (updated 25/07/2023)
• UoM Research Impact Library Advisory Service (RILAS)
• 2024 ARC College of Experts Members - FOR division (updated  23/1/2024)

Seminars and Workshops

• 2024 ARC Industry Fellowships - Information webinar 7 July 2023 - Slides - Video
• NITS Writing Workshop slides and recording 7/11/2023 (UoM login required)
• ARC webinars for potential applicants - Thursday 8 September 2022 13:00-14:00  - presentation slides
• ARC webinars for potential applicants - Wednesday 14 September  2022  13:00-14:00  - this webinar is now full.  For those unable to attend a webinar, a recording of the presentation part will be made available on the ARC website.
• ROPE #1 Presenting your career journey - 12 August 2020 - Slides - Video - Video
• Crafting a well-justified ARC fellowship budget - 22 September 2020 - Slides

Contacts