As a researcher at UWA there are many grants, awards, fellowships and schemes available to you.

Internal funding

Supplementary Travel Grants:

Open - Applications may be submitted at any time throughout the year but they must be received at least one month before the conference.

Safety Net Scheme:

Open - Bridging support to fund the salary of key academic and professional staff normally supported by external research grant income but where an individual or group has failed to obtain continued funding for the position.

UWA Support for Developing Partnerships for ARC Linkage Projects:

Open - Applications may be submitted at any time.

ECR Fellowship Support Program:

Open - Applications may be submitted at any time for funding available in 2013

ECR Near-miss Support Program:

By invitation only 

UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Awards:

Closed - Closing date was Monday, September 5th 2011.

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships:

Closed - Closing date was Friday, April 13th 2012

Re-Entry Postdoctoral Research Fellowships.

Closed - Closing date was Friday, October 21st 2011.

Research Collaboration Awards:

Open - Closing date is July 3rd 2012

UWA Teaching Relief:

Open - Closing date is June 29th 2012.

The Research Matching Fund:

Open

Early Career Postdoc (Best Publication) Award:

Closed - Closing date was Tuesday, November 22nd 2011.

Young Investigator Awards:

Closed - Closing date was Tuesday, September 13th 2011.

External funding

Australian Research Council:

Grants, Postdoctoral Fellowships and Awards.

CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Fund:

The Flagship Collaboration Fund includes a contestable collaborative research program, visiting fellowships and postgraduate scholarships.

National Health and Medical Research Council:

Grants, Postdoctoral Fellowships and Awards

National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS):

A total of $542 million will provide researchers with access to major research facilities and the supporting infrastructure and networks necessary to undertake world-class research.

Australia-China Science and Research Fund (ACSRF):

Closed - Applications for the Group Missions component closed February 1st 2012.

National Institutes of Health:

The US NIH offer both domestic (US) and international grants.

The Research Matching Fund:

Open

Go8 Schemes

Australia Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme (DAAD):

The Scheme fosters research collaboration between Australian researchers from Go8 universities and German researchers.

Open - Closing date is 29 June 2012

Please submit the following documents to the UWA Research Grants Office:

3 paper copies of the completed and signed application form

1 completed and signed UWA Application Cover Sheet

1 electronic version of the application to Karen.Dalby@uwa.edu.au

Go8 European Fellowships:

The Group of Eight offers eight annual fellowships (worth A$20,000) to early career researchers in Europe to work in Go8 universities for up to six months.

Closed - Closing date was Friday, 21st October 2011

Please submit the following documents to the UWA Research Grants Office:

3 paper copies of the completed and signed application form

1 completed and signed UWA Application Cover Sheet

1 electronic version of the application to Olivia.Langensiepen@uwa.edu.au