Pre Award
The term ‘Pre Award’ refers to all aspects of research funding that occur prior to the application being deemed successful. Below you will find links to information about how to locate suitable research grants, internal and external funding schemes and Swinburne Research’s grant administration policies and procedures.
Coversheet for Research Funding Applications
Use the above link to download the Funding Application Coversheet that is to be completed in full and submitted with all applications.
- Applying For Grants - Information and Procedures Links to an information page about Swinburne Research grant application procedures. All grant applicants (particularly new researchers) should familiarise themselves with all administration procedures described in this page.
- Swinburne Board of Research Grant Programs link for information on all past and current Swinburne Board of Research Grant Programs.
- Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Schemes Use the above link for information on ARC schemes, application procedures and past results.
- NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council Funding Schemes Upcoming NHMRC grants and fellowships. Links to the 2007/2008 Funding Calendar.
- Grant Funding Opportunities Links to The Research Bulletin, The Grants Calendar, Community of Science (COS) Funding Opportunities Database, the Grants.gov database, JASON (Joint Academic Scholarships On-Line Network) for Postgraduate Scholarships, and other useful sites for information about funding for research.
- Calculating Salaries for non ARC/NHMRC Research Projects A step-by-step guide to calculating salaries for non ARC/NHMRC research projects.
- Research Codes Research Codes allow R&D activity within the higher education sector to be categorised. Please use this link for information on various types of R&D classification codes (including RFCD codes).


