The College has a range of funding programs targeted at capacity building in research, education innovation, and to provide support for conference attendance and other professional development.
These schemes align with the College’s fundamental principles of a commitment to our people, promoting outstanding culture, and striving for, and delivering on, excellence.
The table below provides a general overview of programs as well as the relevant guidelines and application forms.
Program |
Purpose |
Dates |
Guidelines |
Application form |
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FHMRI Research Uplift |
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Kickstart grants |
Research seeding grants for early career researchers across the Flinders footprint (both SA and NT-based). |
*Applications are via the Flinders Foundation Health Seed Grant round. Please ensure you tick the ECR box. Closing date: Friday, 9 September, 2022. |
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PhD top-up scholarships |
To support recipients of nationally competitive, externally funded PhD scholarships such as NHMRC, Garnett Passe etc. |
Closed |
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Conference support and professional development programs for staff |
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Early and mid-career (E/MCA) boost funding for conferences |
To support the attendance and participation of early and mid-career academic staff at national and international conferences. Early and mid-career academics are eligible for additional funding via this scheme when they apply through the OCS and ALSO programs. |
Travel scheme applications for 2022 have closed (31 October 2022) |
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Overseas conference fund (OCS/OCL) |
To assist academic staff invited to make a substantial contribution to overseas conferences of significant importance |
Travel scheme applications for 2022 have closed (31 October 2022) |
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All staff opportunity scheme (ALSO) |
To support academic and professional staff to undertake professional development activities (including domestic conferences) |
Travel scheme applications for 2022 have closed (31 October 2022) |
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Outside studies program |
To provide academic staff with a period free from normal academic responsibilities for professional development. |
Travel scheme applications for 2022 have closed (31 October 2022) |
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College support for students |
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Research student maintenance (RSM) | To assist College HDR students with the cost of their research projects. It is a grant-in-aid for project maintenance and consumables. | Applications must be received within the calendar year for funding in that year. | Guidelines and application form | |
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Casual Academic Teaching (CAT) |
Request college support for teaching activities, through employment of casual academic staff. |
Requests can be submitted anytime. The Committee meets fortnightly and requests will be added to the agenda of the next meeting scheduled. |
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Please email cmph.ero@flinders.edu.au for the latest CAT form. These forms are regularly updated with salary and oncost changes. |
Staffing |
Request funding for new positions, position variations, extensions and salary top-ups. |
Requests can be submitted anytime. The Committee meets fortnightly and requests will be added to the agenda of the next meeting scheduled. |
For fixed-term/continuing academic staff positions and all professional staff positions – not casual academics. Only to be used if the funding source is untied or college contribution is requested. |
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Scholarships and scholarships top-ups |
Request support for higher degree students, who have been awarded external scholarships / opportunities. |
Requests can be submitted anytime. The Committee meets fortnightly and requests will be added to the agenda of the next meeting scheduled. |
Can be applied for by the supervising Staff Member or the HDR Student. If request is from the student, Supervisor’s written support to be provided with the application. |
CMPH Resource Committee Submission Form Or |
Computers / Equipment / Furniture |
Request funding for common use equipment and furniture. Request funding for desktop or laptop computers, not covered by the Central Equipment Fund |
Requests can be submitted anytime. The Committee meets fortnightly and requests will be added to the agenda of the next meeting scheduled. |
Quote(s) to be submitted with the request. For queries regarding preferred suppliers of office/lab furniture, contact the College’s Space and Facilities Officer, Sheena Agan. |
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Minor works |
Request support for service or repair of common use equipment or for the refurbishment of college spaces. |
Requests can be submitted anytime. The Committee meets fortnightly and requests will be added to the agenda of the next meeting scheduled. |
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CMPH Resource Committee Submission Form
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Infrastructure / Space |
Request consideration of room allocation, space reassignment and major works in college spaces. |
Requests can be submitted anytime. The Committee meets fortnightly and requests will be added to the agenda of the next meeting scheduled. |
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CMPH Resource Committee Submission Form
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Travel support |
Request support of staff travel. |
Requests can be submitted anytime. The Committee meets fortnightly and requests will be added to the agenda of the next meeting scheduled. |
Applicants must exhaust College OCS, ALSO and Professional Staff Conference funding schemes, before applying to the Resources Committee. |
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Publication support |
The college is acutely aware of the high cost of publishing in some top ranked journals and when pursuing open access options. It also acknowledges the expectation on staff to pursue highly ranked journals given the likely positive impact on University metrics, and pursuing the open access option to maximise equitable availability and impact. While College based funding of all publication costs is not feasible given the high number of publications each year, a limited pool of funding is available to assist staff with such costs under some circumstances. |
Applications for 2022 have closed - funding for this type of support has been exhausted for the current year. |
A maximum of $2,000 per publication is available. Applications will be assessed by the Resource Committee on a case by case basis with priority given based on the following criteria:
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Sponsorship of an event of conference |
Request support for sponsorship of events or conferences clearly linked to the research or education activities of the college. |
Requests can be submitted anytime. The Committee meets fortnightly and requests will be added to the agenda of the next meeting scheduled. |
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Co-investments |
Requests for college co-investments to external grants and awards. |
Requests can be submitted anytime. The Committee meets fortnightly and requests will be added to the agenda of the next meeting scheduled. |
Please have the request reviewed by the college’s Research Development and Support Office (cmph.research@flinders.edu.au), prior to submission to the Resources Committee. |