Category: Grant Administration

  1. Input into the Policy Review of the National Competitive Grants Program—9am, Monday 22 April

    The Australian Research Council and Commonwealth Department of Education has launched a Policy Review of the National Competitive Grants Program. This is an important opportunity for the research sector to engage with the Australian Government on research funding. MERI seeks your responses to the 9 Key Questions from the  Policy Review Discussion Paper, to understand […]

    meri-news.education.unimelb.edu.au/2024/04/17/input-into-the-policy-review-of-the-national-competitive-grants-program-9am-monday-22-april

  2. Affinity Software & Research Management UX Design

    Get to know Affinity Creative Software Affinity has replaced Adobe Creative Cloud. Learn more about Affinity and its suite of products: Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher. A recording of the session will be shared after the event for those unable to make it. Date: Thursday 18 January Time: 12-1.30pm Join Zoom Meeting https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/3DskCROAEnsrVEEWlH9fZle?do… […]

    meri-news.education.unimelb.edu.au/2024/01/17/affinity-software-research-management-ux-design

  3. 2024 Researcher Development Events

    ARC Discovery Projects 2025 (DP25) Daily Drop-In Date: Monday 22 to Tuesday 30 January 2024 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Provider: RIC – Research Innovation and Commercialisation Location: Zoom meeting Are you planning to apply for an ARC Discovery Project 2025 (DP25)? These sessions are to answer any questions you may have about the newly launched two stage […]

    meri-news.education.unimelb.edu.au/2024/01/03/2024-researcher-development-events

  4. RMS Replacement Project Update

    Exciting developments on the RMS Replacement Project!  After 6 months of discovery, reviews and analysis, the project is now moving into the detailed design of the new solution including To Be processes and forms.  This will also allow us to identify the change impacts and what this means for you.  For more updates on the […]

    meri-news.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/10/04/rms-replacement-project-update

  5. RMS Replacement Key Decisions

    The RMS Replacement Project is now in the Design phase!  After almost three months of Discovery Workshops where the focus was on validating business requirements and identifying items that require a business decision, the team are now working closely with Cayuse (our vendor partner) on the design of the new research management system.  Decisions relating […]

    meri-news.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/05/24/rms-replacement-key-decisions

  6. 2023 Category 1 Funding Opportunities

    Dear Researchers If you are considering to apply for the following schemes please contact the MERI Grants team ASAP. Scheme Due to RIC Website ARC Discovery indigenous Final applications due Thursday 23 February            https://sites.research.unimelb.edu.au/research-funding/arc/discovery-indigenous ARC Discovery Project Final applications Wednesday 8 March https://sites.research.unimelb.edu.au/research-funding/arc/discovery-projects                    NHMRC Investigator Grant Final submission due Monday 10am 20 March         […]

    meri-news.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/01/19/2023-category-1-funding-opportunities

  7. Researcher Dashboard Training Session

    UDS (University Decision Support) will be running a 60 minute training session on 29 September, at 10:00am for the Research Domain of InfoHub – this includes the RES04 Researcher Dashboard. The RES04 Researcher Dashboard provides up-to-date financial information for research projects and other GL accounts an academic has responsibility for. Academics have access by default. […]

    meri-news.education.unimelb.edu.au/2022/09/16/researcher-dashboard-training-session

  8. For MGSE input by COB 12 July: National Industry PhD Program – draft guidelines consultation

    The Commonwealth Department of Education is seeking feedback on draft program guidelines for the new National Industry PhD Program (Program), expected to commence this year. The Program is part of the Increase Workforce Mobility initiative, alongside the three new ARC Industry Fellowships programs, under the Commonwealth University Research Commercialisation Action Plan. The Program comprises two […]

    meri-news.education.unimelb.edu.au/2022/07/08/for-mgse-input-by-cob-12-july-national-industry-phd-program-draft-guidelines-consultation

  9. Reports for Due Diligence

    Research Due Diligence services are now available through ServiceNow. Please submit requests for due diligence assessments through the new ServiceNow form, and continue directing enquiries to research-due-diligence@unimelb.edu.au. Research Due Diligence advises researchers, academic divisions and University staff of the risks associated with entering research agreements with external partners. The concerns that would commonly trigger a […]

    meri-news.education.unimelb.edu.au/2022/03/25/reports-for-due-diligence

  10. Post Award Finance Support (PAFS)

    Submit a request for post-award finance support for research projects, provided by the Post Award Finance Support team in Research, Innovation and Commercialisation. You must lodge a ticket via ServiceNow Post Award Finance Support  This will mean requests, rather than going directly to Kushani and the HASS-Research email, will be ‘ticketed’. The form is University wide as it asks for […]

    meri-news.education.unimelb.edu.au/2022/03/14/post-award-finance-support-pafs