ARC Centres of Excellence 2017 - Call for Notices of Intent - Due 25 March 2015

The Monash Research office has announced a call for Notices of Intent (NOI) for the ARC Centres of Excellence 2017 scheme.  Submissions are due at MRO (arc@monash.edu) by Wednesday 25 March 2015.  

The NOI application form is attached here.

Background

The ARC has advised that there will be a two stage process for ARC Centres of Excellence for funding commencing in 2017: the submission of an Expression of Interest; and shortlisted applicants proceeding to full proposal and interview.  The release of Funding Rules by ARC has been delayed but is anticipated in April 2015.

Call for Notices of Intent – ARC Centres of Excellence for funding commencing in 2017

Monash researchers wishing to participate on an ARC Centre of Excellence in the forthcoming round are requested to submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) to the Monash Research Office by 25 March 2015.  This applies to Monash-lead Centres as well as non-Monash lead Centres.  

Completing the NOI 

Please answer all questions in the NOI.  If you have already prepared (or for non-leads, received) background material / slide packs to share with collaborators, you may wish to send these with your NOI as appendices.

A note on Monash Contributions

The general rule for Monash contributions is that Monash support is shared between School/Dept (1/3); Faculty (1/3) and Central (1/3).  Central support for non-lead proposals is only likely to be approved if there are clear benefits to Monash.  At this early stage, the NOI is only seeking high-level indicative financial information.

Further information

Please subscribe to the CoE Email List if you would like to receive updates from MRO regarding the CoE scheme.

Please send general enquiries regarding the Notice of Intent process to: arc@monash.edu or call Michelle Armstrong, Manager ARC Team on 9905 9895.

The MRO Proposal Support Team (Luke McAvaney, Manager - mro.support@monash.edu) will be assisting the Monash-lead Centres with the preparation and submission of the ARC Expression of Interest.

Next Steps

NOIs will be reviewed by a panel convened by Monash and feedback provided to Lead CIs.