School Research Support Scheme
In 2007/8, the School LCL offers research support under the following schemes.
(Staff should consult the Staff Intranet for application details. )
Research Cluster Grant Scheme (RCGS) 2008
The RCGS is designed to:
- strengthen the School's research culture and increase research outcomes
- provide seeding funds in 2008 to support existing or developing research clusters in the School
- facilitate the transition between internal and external grant schemes
- provide an opportunity for emerging researchers in the School to build a grant and publication record
Publications Completion Scheme 2008
The Publications Completion Scheme is offering four $2500 grants to assist staff who have a completed manuscript for a monograph (eligible for counting as an A1 publication or a collection edited by a staff member with multiple LCL B1 Book Chapter contributions in the DEST publications collection process) to prepare it for publication.
PhD Completions Scheme 2007/8
The PhD Completions Scheme is offering support in 2007/8 to assist eligible staff currently enrolled in a PhD program and nearing completion to access a once-off grant of $10,000 to provide relief from teaching duties in one semester.
Conference Travel Grant Scheme 2008
The Conference Travel Grant Scheme is offering support in 2008 for any eligible member of academic staff in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics to present a paper at a national or an international research conference. Such a paper must have been accepted by the organizers of the conference and must result in a publication or authenticated acceptance for a publication that can be included in the DEST collection.
Travel Grants have a maximum value of $2500 (international) and $800 (national) for travel and accommodation expenses and conference registration fees.
Research Incentive Scheme - Publications
The School also continues to support active researchers through the Research Incentive Scheme - Publications. Under the RIS-P scheme, a grant is provided to researchers whose DEST and non-DEST publications earn more than 2 points in a year (or 1 point for emerging researchers). This grant may be used for accepted academic purposes such as travel, conference attendance, library and equipment purchases.
Small Grants Fund
From time to time the School will offer small grants to assist staff with research related activities, such as Conference organization, publications support, short-term, targeted research assistance for a specific project (e.g. preparation of ARC Discovery or Linkage applications), work shops designed to facilitate the preparation of external grant applications and seeding funds for a seminar series involving external visitors .
Support will not normally exceed $5000 per successful application, but requests for up to $10,000 will be considered