LES Internal funding 2018LIF18_003

LES Entrepreneurship Fund(2018)

Background:

The LES Entrepreneurship Fund 2018aims at initiating strategic collaborations with new industry partners.

This is a competitive scheme providing fundingup to $5,000 for the initiation of relationships and/or to facilitate the establishment of a relationship with a new industry partner for possible future development of new collaborations.These may include, for example:

  • Visit to industry facilities;
  • Organisation of workshops;
  • Participation in industry conferences, trade shows or exhibition;
  • Any other possible idea with clear achievable benefits towards developing a strong relationship with a new industry partner.

Industry partners are hereto consideredas any “for profit” private or public company, not-for-profit organisation or governmental department and suchlike (i.e. any organisation that could be a “partner organisation” for the ARC Linkage funding scheme). The industry partner targeted in this application should be a new industry partner, i.e.having no previous collaborative history with the applicant(s). If not a new industry partner, a specific rationale to justify the requested support must be provided as part of the funding application.

Funding, eligibility and deadlines:

Funding requests should be in the range of $1,000 -$5,000 and all allocated fundsmust be spent before Monday 15 October 2018.

  • Chief Investigator(s) (CI) must be an employee of the School of Life and Environmental Sciences for at least half-time (0.5 FTE).
  • All LES staff, independent of level of appointment and/or teaching responsibility/research-only status,and/or SRC membership status are therefore eligible.
  • A CI can only be named on one application for this funding scheme.
  • Any staff that was a named investigator in any successful 2017 application (LES internal funding schemes, 2017) for which a final report was not submitted by the due date is not eligible for any LES internal funding scheme 2018 round.

If applicable, a letter of support from the respective SRC, or other co-contributing body, clearly detailing the intended total cash support for the project must be provided together with the application. (For SRC members, co-contribution from SRC is not mandatory but will be expected.)

The submission deadline is Wednesday 21 February 2018.

Applications received after this date will not be considered.

It is strongly encouraged to discuss your application with SEBE Research Partnerships team: Ashley Bowen and/or Daniel Priebbenow fore submission.

Selection Criteria

This is a competitive scheme and applications will be scored and ranked on the basis of:

Potential for Project Expansion and Follow-On Funding / 30%
Significance and Alignment with LES Research Activities of Targeted Industry/Sector / 20%
Track Record of Chief Investigators / 20%
Feasibility of the Proposal / 20%
SRC and/or Additional Co-Contribution Commitment (if applicable) / 10%

Assessment process

All applications will be assessed by a panel of experts chaired by the Associate Head of School (Research) and outcomes of funding will be notified by Monday5March 2018.

Successful recipient(s) will have to provide a one page summary (use template “LIF18_report”) on progress and achievements by 15 December 2018

Application Template

Instructions - applications must have the following formatting (exactly like the template provided below – simply use this document, without modifying anything):

  • Font: Calibri, 11
  • Line spacing: 1.5 lines
  • Margins: Normal (2.54mm Top, Bottom, Left and Right)
  • Total maximum number of pages:two (2)[plus cover page and support letter(s)]
  • Use the provided sub-headings
  • If you want to add additional sub-headings, figures and/or tables, you are entitled to do so, but the total number of pages for this proposal should not be more than 2 pages (plus the cover page).

Applications not consistent with these rules will not be assessed and will be considered as not valid.

Delete the first two pages of this document, and start with “Cover Page” (next page), followed by a max of 2 pages in total.

Submit your application by email toby COB 21 February 2018

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LES Internal funding 2018LIF18_003

Cover Page

LES Entrepreneurship Fund 2018

Project Title(20 words max):

Chief Investigators:(Names, affiliation and level of appointment)

Name / School / Appointment level / Teaching % / SRC membership

(Add additional rows below if needed)

Targeted NEW Industry Partner(s):(Names, Company name, and address-contact details)

Name / Company’s name / Address

(Add additional rows below if needed)

Budget:

AU$ (2018)
Total cash amount request:
Additional cash support (SRC and/or others):
(provide source details, and split into separate rows if multiple additional cash support are included)
TOTAL

Project Title(20 words max):

Abstract(100 words max):

  1. Background:
  2. Significance and alignment with LES research activities of targeted industry/sector:
  3. Description of proposed activity and feasibility:
  4. Potential for project expansion and follow-on funding:
  5. Total budget and justification:
  6. Investigators’ track record:
  7. Confirmation of no previous partnership history with targeted partner industry (or rationale for support if not a “new” partner):

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