Visiting Professor Award Scheme
- Scheme Summary including Eligibility
- Level of Support and Use of Funds
- Application Material
- Conditions of Award
- Advice and Assistance
- Critical Dates and Lodgement Instructions
Scheme Summary
The Visiting Professor Award Scheme is an internal competitive research grant program. Funds for the Scheme have been allocated from the Board of Research. It has been introduced to encourage eligible research groups to attract suitable national or international researchers for short term visits to the University during 2008.
The objective of the Visiting Professor Award Scheme is to improve the international research profile of Swinburne with a view to strengthening its standing in a research quality exercise.
The scheme aims to:
- enhance the quality of research in key areas of research concentration at Swinburne;
- provide a stimulus to research groups by providing an opportunity for its staff and students to engage with an expert in one or more areas of the research centre or group's research;
- enable a research centre or group to obtain access to necessary expertise, ideas, techniques or methodologies not otherwise readily available to it;
- expand opportunities for new or extended collaboration with other researchers and research groups in Australia or overseas (e.g. via joint grant applications, publications, future reciprocal visits or exchanges); and
- develop the profile of high quality research and researchers at Swinburne and so help to increase the University's ability to attract high quality students, postdoctoral fellows and other research staff from Australia and overseas.
Eligibility
- Applications will be accepted from any researcher identified with a Tier 1 or Tier 2 research centre or other research group.
- Visiting Professors are expected to hold the rank of Professor or Professorial Fellow at their home institution.
- Preference will be given to Visiting Professors who have not previously visited Swinburne.
- Awards will be made for appointments to a Visiting Professor for a period of not less than four weeks.
Level of Support and Use of Funds
- Up to $50,000 is available in the Scheme, allowing for 8 - 10 awards to be made.
- The maximum grant available is $6,000 for an overseas Fellow and up to $4,000 for a Fellow normally based in Australia.
- Applications must provide funds from other external or internal sources which will be used to supplement the Award.
- Awards must be taken up between 1 January and 31 December 2008.
- Scheme funds may be used for travel (airfares), accommodation and daily living expenses, as well as other local travel expenses.
Application Material
Applicants for the Visiting Professor Award Scheme should download the following documents:
- For information on research clasification codes and specifically, Field of Research (FOR) codes, please view our codes webpage.
Conditions of Award
Conditions of Award 2008
Applicants should be familiar with the conditions under which funding is granted under this Scheme.
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Presentation framework guidelines
The Visiting Professor is required to present one open lecture of approximately 50 minutes in duration (plus question time), delivering content that is comprehensible to a general audience. The talk will be part of the 'DVC(R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series'. The talk should follow the lecture presentation framework guidelines
Final Report
Awardees will be expected to provide a Final Report within two months of the end of the visit.
Advice and Assistance
Advice and assistance is available from Swinburne Research - please contact Gwyn Morgan, Ext. 8069 or email gmorgan@swin.edu.au
Critical Dates and Lodgement Instructions
The original plus five copies of the application must be lodged with Swinburne Research, Mail 68 by 10 September, 2007. Late applications will not be accepted.
