REN Internal Grants Schemes
Open & Closing Dates in 2021
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Scheme
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Open
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Close
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Westmead Charitable Trust Early Career Medical, Allied Health/Nursing & Midwifery Career Development grants
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OPEN
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CLOSED
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Kickstarter grants (BMDH Medical, Allied Health / Nursing & Midwifery)
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Cancelled
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Cancelled
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The Westmead Fellowship
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OPEN
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11 October (Mon)
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REN grants EIO
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OPEN
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8 November (Mon)
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REN Grants Full
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3 December (Fri)
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31 January 2022 (Mon)
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The REN Grants for 2022
WSLHD Research & Education Network Grant Scheme for 2022
The Research
and Education Network (REN) of the Western Sydney Local Health District
(WSLHD) is pleased to announce the 2022 round of its internal
competitive research funding scheme, which is open to all researchers
employed across the LHD.
The goal of
this scheme is to foster a culture of clinical and translational
research by clinicians in all disciplines and at all levels; and to
assist with the career development and future external funding
opportunities for clinician-researchers. Research workers whose
work is located principally in the community or in relation to public
health should feel free to apply.
$300,000 is
available for grants up to $50,000. Each grant will have a duration of
up to 12 months.
We plan
again this year that at least one grant will be awarded to a project
led from Auburn Hospital and at least one led from Blacktown-Mt Druitt
Hospital.
The grants are
offered in three investigator categories (note: these criteria relate to the investigator’s previous competitive grant income, not the proposed project, or years of research experience).
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New Investigator Project –
for staff new to research who have obtained little or no previous
research funding (those with previous funding under a total of $5,000).
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Early-Mid career Investigator
Project – for staff who have experience in research and obtained
limited previous research funding. [those with previous funding of
$5,000 - $100,000 total]
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Established investigator
Project – for established researchers with a research funding track
record and a project for which pilot data or similar will support a
future grant application (those with previous funding over
$100,000 total]
A two-stage
application process will apply. The first stage is an Expression of
Interest [EOI] (this form). The EOIs will be assessed by the WSLHD
Research Management Committee and several full applications then
invited, which will be reviewed by the WSLHD Scientific Advisory
Committee.
Expressions
of Interest Close: Monday 8 November 2021 at 5pm.
Download the REN Grants Expression of Interest (EOI) Form for 2022 here
The Westmead Fellowship for 2022
The Westmead Fellowship for 2022
Fostering and enhancing research excellence
Applications are now open for the prestigious Westmead Fellowship, commencing 2022. This Fellowship will provide three years’ salary support of $150,000 pa and is available to early and mid-career researchers to undertake research at Westmead Hospital or elsewhere within Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD). A clinician-researcher will use these funds to secure protected research time (at least 50%). Funds can also be used to hire research staff to expand the research project.
The scheme aims to support outstanding applicants to build a solid career foundation, establish their own research group at Westmead or elsewhere within WSLHD and go on to attract future external funding.
Both existing Westmead/WSLHD researchers and external applicants are encouraged to apply.
Eligibility
- PhD (or doctoral equivalent) graduates who are 1-7 years postdoc (Early Career Researchers - ECR) or 8-15 years (Mid-Career researchers - MCR)
- Have applied or are planning to apply for external ECR or MCR fellowship support
- Competitive track record, relative to opportunity
- Evidence of upward career trajectory
- A clear vision for growing their research program
- A clear vision for how their program integrates with current WSLHD research
Submission
Submit your application electronically as an MS Word document (unsigned) and PDF (signed) to MarkT.Smith@health.nsw.gov.au by 5pm on Monday 11 October 2021.
Document Downloads
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The Westmead Fellowship Application form 2021
WSLHD Kickstarter Grants for 2022 - Cancelled
Given that the current COVID crisis continues and the intense workload on all WSLHD staff it has been decided to cancel the WSLHD Kickstarter round for this year.
We expect these grants should open again in mid-July 2022.
We apologise for the inconvenience