Research Funding Opportunities & Development

Graduate Researcher Thesis to Publication Reward Scheme 2025

Graduate Researchers and Graduate Research Supervisors, please be aware of the 2025 funding for the Thesis to Publication Reward Scheme 2025 and the terms and conditions.

The Thesis to Publication Reward Scheme is specifically aimed to assist Graduate Researchers during their candidature to write and submit quality journal articles on their original research produced throughout their candidature. This reward is $1,000 AUD per publication and capped at $3,000 AUD for doctoral candidates (PhD or DEd) and $1,000 AUD for MEd(R) or MPhil candidates.

The journal articles must be accepted for publication in a recognised, peer-reviewed outlet listed on the University’s Open Access Website during their candidature.

Applicants for the Thesis to Publication Reward Scheme must complete a short application form via SmartyGrants where the guidelines can be found.

UoM LabArchives Training Sessions – May 2025

LabArchives is a University of Melbourne supported Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) which can be used by student and staff researchers to record, manage, and safely store research data.

In May, there will be two training sessions open for any UoM students and researchers to attend.

  • Introduction to LabArchives
    Monday, 5 May 2pm – 3:30pm via Zoom
    Register here
  • LabArchives Notebook and User Management 
    Wednesday, 7 May 2pm – 3:30pm via Zoom
    Register here

Please register for this event.

For more information on LabArchives or to create an account, please visit Research Gateway.

Please contact orei-edu@unimelb.edu.au with any questions.

Call for EOIs: Collier Charitable Fund – Education Grants ($30K-$50K)

Advancement is coordinating this and if you are interested in putting forward a project for consideration, please populate this form by COB Tuesday 6 May.

The Collier Charitable Fund’s grant round is now open and closes on 31 May. UoM is eligible to submit one application for the program area Progressing Educational & Training Purposes in Australia so Advancement is coordinating an internal selection process.

Progressing Educational & Training Purposes in Australia
Collier encourages projects with the below focus: early education initiatives for disadvantaged children; improved education for indigenous, immigrant and disadvantaged communities; initiatives designed to educate the public; the improvement of educational outcomes and the completion of schooling; support for the delivery of vocational training programs that provide alternative education pathways; teaching, training or research carried out by universities or other tertiary institutions into any of the above areas.

Guidelines:

  • While the maximum you can apply for is $50,000, the average grant size is $30,000. Considered budgets will be favoured.
  • Project must be completed within 12 months of the date of receipt of the grant (generally about November)
  • Grant can only be expended within Australia

Previous funding provided to UoM:

  • Dookie Support Fund (2020)
  • Strengthening Children & Families in Disaster & Emergency Recovery (2018)
  • Impact of classroom environment on auditory comprehension and academic progress in primary school-aged children (2017)

See attached document and here for a list of projects funded by Collier last year.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Funding Opportunities

Please contact foe-research@unimelb.edu.au if you are interested in applying

Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF) 2025-26 Grant Round

The Australia-Korea Foundation offers annual grant funding to organisations and individuals to support projects or activities which advance Australia’s engagement with Korea, including exchanges, partnerships and other collaborations in the general fields of business, education, academia, arts/culture and society.

The priority areas of the AKF are:
 Cross cultural collaborations including but not limited to arts, society, history, cultural events
and sporting events,
 Technological, scientific and education innovation,
 Trade, agriculture and business collaborations, including increasing Australian business
literacy of doing business with Korea and vice versa, and
 Strategic international relations that build linkages and promote public discourse on bilateral,
economic and broader geostrategic issues.

Application Deadline: 30th April 3:00pm AEDT

Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) 2025-26 Grant Round

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) seeks to advance Australia’s engagement with Japan by supporting people-to-people linkages, promoting a contemporary image of Australia in Japan, and facilitating informed discussion on key bilateral foreign and trade policy issues. 

Priority areas for the AJF 2025 round are:

  • Society, culture and sport
  • Economic diplomacy and geopolitics
  • Education and Australian studies
  • Scientific innovation
  • Communication, information and advocacy

Application Deadline: 6th May 2:00 pm AEDT

Kyoto University Hakubi Project

​Kyoto University is recruiting approximately 20 early-career researchers for five-year faculty positions across all academic fields, aiming to foster next-generation leaders in research.

Application Deadline: 16th May 1:00pm (Japan time).

Researcher Development Unit Opportunities

Undertaking Collaborative Research Workshop Series: Collaborating with Lived Experience Experts
  10:00am – 11:30am Thursday, 1 May Online    Hear from special guests Prof Felicity Baker, Music (Music Therapy) and Prof Michelle Banfield, Co-Director and Lived Experience Research Lead, ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation, who will discuss Collaborating with Lived Experience Experts   This workshop series is designed for mid-career researchers (MCRs) who are interested in building, maintaining and having impact with research collaborators and furthering collaborative relationships.   Focusing on one topic per workshop, PVC Prof Alastair Sloan will lead you through some key considerations for building, maintaining and having impact with research collaborators. This will include identifying common ground, committing time to listen and really hear what partners want, and building sustainable relationships with mutual benefits despite disparate processes and drivers.  
More information and to register:https://gateway.research.unimelb.edu.au/researcherdevelopment/rdu-development-programs/undertaking-collaborative-research-mcrs  
Navigating Career Uncertainty: Your Heroic Journey  
  2:00pm – 3:00pm Friday, 2, 9, 16, 23 May Online    This 4-week personal development program for people striving to navigate the challenges of researcher life. It has been designed to empower researchers to flourish. We call it Navigating Uncertainty because the University can be an intimidating context, triggering anxieties about being good enough and demanding new levels of understanding in the pursuit of knowledge.   Participation will lead to increased awareness and understanding of the context, personal resources and challenges, as well as an opportunity to identify strategies for flourishing.  
More information and to register:https://gateway.research.unimelb.edu.au/researcherdevelopment/rdu-development-programs/Navigating-Career-Uncertainty  
Supervisor Development Series: Research and Gen AI
  12:00pm – 1:00pm Monday, 5 May Hybrid (PAR-168-9-911)  GRs today operate in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT and Claude, offer promising efficiencies in writing, summarizing, and other research tasks. However, these tools also raise significant concerns regarding academic integrity, authorship, and the development of essential research skills.   This workshop is designed to provide supervisors with guidance on advising GRs about the risks and opportunities associated with using GenAI in their writing processes, ensuring that they develop the necessary skills for independent scholarship while navigating these emerging technologies.  
More information and to register:https://gateway.research.unimelb.edu.au/researcherdevelopment/rdu-development-programs/GR-supervisor-development-series  
Understanding Mentoring
  2:00pm – 4:30pm Wednesday, 14 and 28 May PAR-168-9-911  Research careers benefit from strong networks of enabling relationships, and sustained opportunities for mentoring and sponsorship are important throughout one’s career. Mentoring helps to navigate new challenges that arise at different career stages, including non-linear pathways where academics may move in, out, and between different phases of research activity. Across two sessions, you will have the opportunity to: clarify distinctions between mentoring, coaching, sponsorship, and guidance understand traditional models of mentoring and consider them against models that celebrate diversity rather than replication consider different models of mentoring including 1:1, peer, group and multiple mentors explore new, equitable traditions of enabling relationships that emphasise reciprocal and mutually empowering dimensions.  
More information and to register:https://gateway.research.unimelb.edu.au/researcherdevelopment/rdu-development-programs/understanding-mentoring