Research Funding and Early Career Fellowships · Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) • Journal Rankings 2010 (A*, A, etc)

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Research Funding and Early Career

Fellowships

Presenters:

September 2015

monash.edu/library

Luke McAvaney (Manager, Research Development)

Science, Research and Innovation in red

1 June 2015Slide from ARC 2

Where’s all the money?

Commonwealth Investment in R&D 2014–15 ($m)

1 June 2015Slide from ARC 3

Industry R&D Tax Measures, $2,430

Block Funding (incl. RIBG, JRE, SRO, APA +

RTS) , $1,947

NHMRC, $930

ARC, $876

CSIRO, $745

DSTO, $408

Business Innovation, $304

Rural, $303

ANSTO, $253

CRCs, $150

Energy and the Environment, $126

Geoscience Australia, $125Other Health, $58

Other R&D, $537

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Monash Research Income 2012 HERDC

9/4/2015

$160 M

$140M

9/4/2015

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Research Grant Applications at Monash 2013

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DP

Project

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CASSCOLLIER

ECF

Semester 1 Semester 2

LPFT

Planning (Next major round)

MAJOR ROUND

ECF Success Rate

Publication metrics

ECF Criteria

ECF BENCHMARKING

Criterion

NHMRC 2011 Output Monash 2014 Output (n=16

successful)

Peer reviewed journal

publications (aim for

FLAP)

11 (2-60)

8 Bio, 12 Clin, 14 HSR

50% First author

15 (5-46); Aust. ≥ 7

8 Bio, 23 Clin, 23 HCR

Ave 50% First author

Review articles >1 Ave. 2.5 (0-12)

National / International

meeting presentations

Average 5 (Nat), 3 (Int) Average 8 (Nat), 4.5 (Int)

Grant Funding –

competitive scheme

NHMRC Project 10%,

NHMRC Postgrad 19%,Clin/PubHealth NHMRC 33%

NHMRC Postgrad 19%,

CI Research Funding 25%

(Biomed 1/9; C/PH 4/7)

Involvement – journal

review, committee

member, media interview,

supervision

>1 >1, e.g.

Hons mentoring/sup. 75%

PhD supervision 30%

Peer-review exp. 88%

CDF BENCHMARKING

Criterion

NHMRC 2011

Output

Monash 2014

Output

Peer reviewed journal publications >17 39 (range: 10-

89)

Review articles >2 10 (range: 1 -23)

International meeting presentations >2 >12 (range: 4-

20)

Grant Funding – competitive scheme CIA CIA

Leadership Leads research

group

Leads research

group

What is impact?

Research Impact

Publication Metrics

Change to policy and

practice

Invitations and

elections

Media

Awards and prizes

IP: Patents

and Inventions

Funding

Research impact in practice

Inputs: income, staff, etc.

Activities: research work

Increase inputs

Generate more knowledge

Generate more outputsOutputs: publications etc.

Generate knowledgeTrack more outcomes

Track outcomes: cites, integration into policy

Track benefits outside academia

Understand significance to academia

Definition of Research Impact

Research impact is the demonstrable contribution that research makes to the economy, society, culture, national security, public policy or services, health, the environment, or quality of life, beyond contributions to academia.

http://www.arc.gov.au/research-impact-principles-and-framework

Research Impact Pathway

Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes Benefits

∙ Research income

∙ Staff

∙ Background IP

∙ Infrastructure

∙ Collections

∙ Research Work and

Training

∙ Workshop/Confere

nce Organising

∙ Facility Use

∙ Membership of

Learned Societies

and Academies

∙ Community and

Stakeholder

Engagement

∙ Publications

including E-

Publications

∙ Additions to

National

Collections

∙ New IP: Patents

and Inventions

∙ Policy Briefings

∙ Media

∙ Commercial

Products, Licences

and Revenue

∙ New Companies –

Spin offs, Start Ups

or Joint Ventures

∙ Job Creation

∙ Implementation of

Programs and

Policy

∙ Citations

∙ Integration into

Policy

∙ Economic, Health,

Social, Cultural,

Environmental,

National Security,

Quality of Life,

Public Policy or

Services

∙ Higher Quality

Workforce

∙ Job Creation

∙ Risk Reduction in

Decision Making

Link via: http://www.arc.gov.au/research-impact-principles-and-framework

Funding environment context for excellence

Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC)

Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)

• Journal Rankings 2010 (A*, A, etc)

• Rating of departments against world standard

San Francisco Declaration of Research Assessment (DORA)

Disciplinary context for excellence

Investigate your field:

• Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators

• Research leaders in your field (e.g. on Scopus)

– Nationally

– Internationally

• Discuss discipline expectations with your supervisors and mentors

Excellence Statements

• Grant and fellowship applications

• Awards and prizes

• Pitch to industry

• Promotions

• Online profiles

Executive Summary

I am an emerging leader in health services research. My 2011 PhD,supported by an NHMRC scholarship, enabled me to master biostatistical and epidemiological modelling skills to analysepopulation-based datasets. I conducted the first study in the world to analyse historical trends in ambulance usage and to forecast future demand for services. Published in MJA (2011), this first author paper was awarded the prestigious Sir Richard Stawell Memorial Prize by the Australian Medical Association for best research article.

NHMRC Early Career Fellowship

Executive Summary Continued

My 12 published and accepted peer reviewed articles appear in Q1 and Q2 journals (Thomson Reuters). Additionally, I have delivered 14 oral and >20 poster presentations, including as invited speaker at the International Conference of X, the premier international conference in my discipline. In 2011, I successfully applied for and now lead a $500,000 grant for safe emergency discharge of the elderly.


Excellence Statements

• Grant and fellowship applications

• Awards and prizes

• Pitch to industry

• Promotions

• Online profiles

Experts in

your field

Non-expert

academics

IndustryBroader

Society

Grant or Fellowship Executive Summary

One line to a few paragraphs summarising your strongest case for appointment or award.

Audience: Expert and non-expert academics

Aim: Show excellence at application and your rising trajectory

Content: It depends on the selection criteria

Publication output: quantity and quality of pubs, conferences, etc.Research Contribution: significance and innovationContribution to Field: committees, conference org, peer review etcEsteem measures: awards and invitations

All considered relative to opportunity

Publication Summary

My PhD on the mechanisms of rapid oxygen loss during apnea in infants gave rise to 4 first author publications, including one in the top-ranked journal in computational biology (PLoS Computational Biology), and an editorialized publication in the top-ranked journal in the field of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM).

To date I have co-authored 20 original peer-reviewed publications, 1 book chapter, and 1 invited review; 7 as first/joint-first author. I have upcoming presentations on 3 papers at the premier respiratory and sleep meetings in the coming months demonstrating potential for increasing publications in the near future.


Citations

Scopus reports my citations as more than doubling every yearsince beginning my PhD with 3, 7, 17, 50 and 108 citations foreach of the last 5 years. I anticipate a further doubling this year.My H-index is 9 with increases of 3 for each of the last twoyears.

Successful NHMRC CDF

Contribution to Field

I am emerging as a young leader in my field. I have reviewed 8manuscripts for international journals Brain Stimulation and Journal ofApplied Physiology. I am on the organising committee for theinaugural Australasian Brain Stimulation meeting and the localadvisory committee for the Australian Schizophrenia conference. Inaddition, I am the chairperson of a local student group and was amember of the Monash Neuroscience and Mental Health NetworkEarly Career Researcher Committee (201X-201X). I have spokenannually at high schools as part of Brain Awareness Week and havevolunteered during Mental Health Awareness Week every year for thepast three years.


Esteem Measures

In 201X I won Society for Gynecologic Investigation Young InvestigatorAward 201X and President’s Presenter Award for my plenary addressat SGI Orlando USA 201X, the world’s leading Obstetrics &Gynaecology Conference.

I also won the Royal Australian & New Zealand College ofObstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Women’s Health CarePrize 201X and was invited to give a plenary address at the ASM. Theprevious year I won RANZCOG Provincial Fellows ASM Award and bestposter presentation Healthy Start to Life.

NHMRC ECF Application

Relative to Opportunity

Only three years post-PhD I have...

In four years FTE research time since award of my PhD (having spent 1productive year in industry applying X to Y to achieve Z) I have...

Prior to submission of my PhD (expected Dec 2013) I have already...

In the 5 years I have worked 2 years FTE in research. Therefore Irequest my publication output of 10 peer reviewed journal articles beconsidered equivalent to 25 articles in five years.

Pitch to Industry

Audience: Industry representatives

Aim: Show you have achieved industry-relevant outcomes previously and can meet their current need

What to include:

• Previous industry-relevant achievements

• Industry relevant publication overview (tech reports, working papers, contract research)

• Knowledge of the industry need and a plan to meet it

• Expected return on investment

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Research Funding and Early Career Fellowships · Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) • Journal Rankings 2010 (A*, A, etc)