Applications for VU Research Fellowships in 2022 will open on Monday 20 September 2021 at 11am.
Applicants should read the VU Research Fellowship Program Guidelines (see above) for complete details of the program.
All academics wishing to apply for a VU Research Fellowship in 2022 must apply through this round. Note that the Out-of-Cycle round in 2022 will not be open to academics who were not on Extended Leave in the two weeks from September 2021.
Key dates
- Standard round opens – Monday 20 September 2021 at 11am
- Applications close – Wednesday 13 October 2021 (midnight AEST)
- Applicants and Colleges notified of final results – Tuesday 16 November 2021.
Applications
Applications must be made using the online application form
Information session
All information sessions will be held for interested applicants at 2pm Thursday 23 September.
This session will focus on key elements of completing an application for a VU Research Fellowship in 2022. Speakers are experienced in the deliberations of Institute Panels. To take advantage of the Q&A, we suggest you start your online application form (which is not a prerequisite for attending). Speakers will be:
- Dr Andrew Gaff, Deputy-Director, Research Partnerships
- Associate Professor Dianne Hall, Deputy-Director, ISILC
- Professor John Price, Deputy Director, IHES.
Use VU Develop to register for the information session.
Changes in 2022
Extra research allocations (on top of the basic research allocation) will be now available for:
- A report on activity in 2020 for those who held a VU Research Fellowship (Priority and Accreditation) in 2020, which will count 20% toward the Track Record Selection Criterion.
- VURFs who are embedded in or host an researcher from a community or industry partner for at least 1 day per week for 6 months (or equivalent) (0.05FTE extra available)
- VURFs who are Principal Supervisor of a PhD student who has an internship with a community, industry or government organisation for at least 60 equivalent full-time days within 18 months of their enrolment (0.05FTE per internship up to 0.1FTE available)
MORA & VU Research Fellowships
A provisional track-record selection criterion score (worth 40% of the overall score for any application) will be calculated using MORA. The Institute Panels will adjust this score in light of performance in 2020 (which is outside the MORA data collection period), and factors affecting research career opportunity.
The following table shows the provisional track record score for a number of MORA scores. (Provisional track record scores are interpolated from these MORA data points.)
MORA
|
Provisional track record score
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0
|
0.00
|
1
|
0.28
|
2
|
1.18
|
3
|
2.70
|
4
|
4.58
|
5
|
6.46
|
6
|
8.03
|
7
|
9.12
|
8
|
9.72
|
9
|
9.96
|
10
|
10.00
|