UNSW Internal Funding Opportunities

Major Research Equipment and Infrastructure Initiative

The Major Research Equipment and Infrastructure Initiative (MREII) is a strategic investment in major research infrastructure and equipment in order to enable UNSW researchers to work at the cutting edge of local, national and international research UNSW.  The funding scheme supports research in Faculties and disciplines to build a world-class research environment that undeprins research excellence in UNSW's areas of Research strength.

Applicants must be members of the academic staff of the University, and on the payroll of the University or have been formally appointed according to established processes for Conjoint or Clinical appointments for Area Health Services or Affiliated Research Institutes. Applications are submitted through, and ranked by, Faculties with the final decision on funding being made by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) in consultation with Deans and Associate Deans (Research).

The closing date for applications (for funding in the following year) is set by each Faculty, and is typically the end of each calendar year. Faculty Deans submit their ranked list to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) by the due date, and decisions are released typically in late November/early December, in order to take into account the outcomes of external ARC and NHMRC major exquipment schemes that are generally announced in November.

Click through for 2012 Guidelines and Application Form (Please note, these guidelines were used in 2011 by applicants applying for funding commencing in 2012. Please check this page toward the end of the year for the 2013 guidelines and application form).

UNSW Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowships

The UNSW Vice-Chancellor's Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships are awarded to early career researchers of exceptional calibre wishing to conduct full-time research at UNSW in any of its areas of research strengths. The number of Fellowships and selection criteria are reviewed very year.

Applications for the award of the 2013 Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowships will open in early June 2012.

Goldstar Awards

UNSW Goldstar Awards are awarded annually to UNSW researchers who achieved near misses in the major ARC and NHMRC funding rounds.  The Goldstar funds are to allow some initial research on the proposed research program to proceed, and to allow the investigator(s) to further refine and improve their application for re-submission.

Goldstar Awards  are awarded at the end of each calendar year to full-time employees of UNSW.  A condition of acceptance of this award is that the recipient will apply for grants in either one or both of the next two major funding rounds (ARC Discovery or NHMRC Project Grants).

There is no application process.  Successful recipients are selected based on the assessment and ranking information provided to UNSW by the funding agencies.