Funding for Facilitating Research Collaboration

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Funding for Facilitating Research Collaboration

Applications for this initiative are now open for ECU researchers seeking to build research collaboration and enhance their current and future research activities.

Funding of $5,000 each is available for up to 10 collaborations to support ECU researchers to travel or collaborators to visit ECU to discuss and plan future research projects and activities.

Expressions of Interest are invited from ECU researchers seeking to establish and develop quality collaborations with world-class researchers and research groups outside of Western Australia.

For further information, refer to the Facilitating Research Collaboration Guidelines. The closing date for the expression of interest is Monday 8 April 2024.

To apply, submit an Expression of Interest to research@ecu.edu.au

ECU Facilitating Research Collaboration grants awarded for 2024

The 2024 Facilitating Research Collaboration scheme provided up to $5,000 in funding to assist ECU researchers to establish and develop quality collaborations with world-class researchers from overseas and in Australia, outside WA. In total, 32 applications were received, seeking to establish 10 interstate collaborations and international collaborations in 13 countries.

Due to the high quality of the submissions and proposed collaborations, six additional grants were awarded above the ten stated in the funding scheme guidelines, hence grants were awarded to 16 of the applicants, a 50% success rate. The list of successful applications can be accessed below:

Lead Name	School	Collaborator
Dr Benjamin Parmenter	NHIRI, Medical and Health Sciences	Professor Aedin Cassidy Queens University, Belfast, Ireland
Dr David Blake	CPPP/Science	Dr Samantha Grover RMIT University, Australia
Dr Kate Buchanan	Nursing and Midwifery	Sally Pairman Chief Executive, Inter Confederation of Midwives
Dr Magdalena Wajrak	Science	Prof Dudley Shallcross University of Bristol, UK
Dr Manonita Ghosh	Arts and Humanities	Dr Fran Garry University of Limerick
Dr Rob Davis	Science	Professor Rob Heinsohn ANU
Dr Pieter Jan Bezemer	Business and Law	Dr Nicholas Burton Northumbria University (UK)
Dr Suzanne Meldrum	Medical and Health Sciences	Prof Natalie Munro Southern Cross University, Australia
Dr Fabian Boesl	Science	Prof Michael Bird James Cook University, Cairns
Dr Ros Sambell	Medical and Health Sciences	Dr Yolande Smit Stellenbosch University, SA
Dr Masoumeh Zargar	Engineering	Prof Johannes Vrouwenvelder King Abdellah's University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Dr Catherine Gough-Brady	Arts and Humanities	Dr Agata Lulkowska Staffordshire University, UK
Assoc Prof Helen Adam	Education	Kyle Zimmer Director of Research and Insights, First Book
Dr Lauren Blekkenhorst	NHIRI, Medical and Health Sciences	Dr Helen Parker The University of Sydney
Dr Shihao Yan	Science	Prof Robert Schober University of Erlangen_Nuremberg, Germany
Dr Trish Collins	Education	Professor Elena Makarova Institute for Educational Sciences, Switzerland

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