Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010

1. Faculty of Business & LawResearch Forum Friday 11 June 2010Associate Professor Jim JoseAssistant Dean Research

2. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Two aims of forum: Provide an update/overview on research matters/developments within the Faculty Provide an opportunity for feedback/input on research issues

3. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Current Funding Support Strategies Based On Past budgeting initiatives & Faculty/University constraints Ideas/suggestions from Faculty Retreats 2008/09 3. Key Aims of Converting research activity into research outcomes Increasing research publication output Targeting ECRs and mid-level researchers Assisting new staff/ECRs to establish their research agenda Developing/improving researcher track records Fostering external grant competitiveness Increasing External Grant Income for Faculty

4. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Current Faculty Support for Research Research Publication Awards (Revised/Updated/Increased 2010) – $55K Faculty Research Project Grants – $80K Early Career, New Staff, Career Interrupted Grants – $60K Conference Funding (Increased 2010) – $200K Incidental Research Assistance Support Scheme (New 2010) Visitors and Workshop Grants (Revised 2010) Support for Preparation of Applications for External Funding (Increased 2010) – $1,000 per external application External ACGR Support Program (New 2010) Near Miss Grants (ARC Discovery) – $20K Teaching and Learning Research Funding - see Teaching and Learning Centre for Institutional and Organisational Studies Funding CIOS Fellowships – 4 x Six Month; 2 x Twelve month (New 2010)

5. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Research Publication Awards (Updated/Revised 2010) – Budgeted: $55K Allocated: $56,961 Amounts automatically calculated by Faculty Research Office Submit publication details by last Friday in November

6. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Faculty Research Project Grants – Budgeted: $80K Allocated: $86,537 Early Career, New Staff, Career Interrupted Grants – $60K Budgeted; Allocated: $30,000

7. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Conference Funding (Increased 2010) – Budgeted $200K; Allocated: $207,342 2008 = $80,050 2009 = $150,556 2010 = $207,342 Further budget increase July 1 - $50,000 Total for 2010 = $250,000 300% increase since 2008

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9. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 ** Staff Question: Concern about the necessity of completing lengthy forms for conference funding. Five year publishing record no longer required Details about conference outcomes required which conference yielded which journal paper or book chapter a database has now been set up to track the outcomes of conference funding conference funding support to be tied to converting E1/E2/E3 (in whole or in part) to a journal article (s) or book chapter (s).

10. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Incidental Research Assistance Support Scheme (New 2010)= Budgeted $40K; Allocated: $200 Small amounts of “instant” funding for research tasks such as hiring a Research Assistant or other relevant support staff to pursue the “busy-work” tasks necessary to complete a research outcome such as: finalising a manuscript for publication preparing an application for external funding. [Up to a maximum of $1,400] facilitating short-term access to Australian based archival repositories to access material not available on line (eg where access might involve photocopying or microfilm expenses or limited travel for in-person access etc). [Normally up to $1,400]. meeting once-off research costs such as journal submission fees, or journal imposed copy-editing charges. Staff Question re journal submission fees:Should this be encouraged? –Yes: Staff should be supported.

11. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Support for Preparation of Applications for External Funding Increase of funding to $1,000 for assistance to prepare external grant application. 2. Competitive External Grant Application Support Program (New 2010) Stage 1 held on 7 April. Mainly ECR participation. Stage 2 to be held in week of 16 August – Scoping sessions reviewing synopses of potential project areas. Stage 3 (debriefing of unsuccessful DPs/Linkages and review of draft DP12 applications) in November Stage 4 (reviewing draft DP12/Linkages) in January 2011. All FBL applications administered by UoN must be reviewed in either Stage 3 or Stage 4 in order to be signed-off by the PVC/HoS.

12. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 CIOS Fellowships (New 2010) 4 x Six Month Fellowships (2 per semester) 2 x Twelve month Fellowships 2 x 12 month fellowships awarded for 2010 1 x Six month fellowship awarded for S1 (but not taken up) S2 Fellowships advertised – no applications

13. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Other Points Early Career Researchers Support Group coordinated by Dr Rebecca Mitchell Faculty Research Showcase 2010 – date tbd (possibly mid-November) Faculty based Web pages must be kept up to date and be an accurate record of staff details Research Portfolio Manager must be fully up to date

14. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 University/Externally Driven Issues Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Seven ARC Discipline codes met publication threshold (30 publications between 2003-2008) and were deemed strong enough to go forward 1402 Applied Economics 1501 Accounting, Auditing & Accountability 1503 Business & Management 1505 Marketing 1506 Tourism 1606 Political Science 1801 Law

15. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 FBL Journal Publications 2003-2008

16. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 University/Externally Driven Issues Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Implications for how future research behaviour targeted publishing strategies ARC/ERA code specific journals Emphasis on publishing in A* & A journals in high impact journals Develop mutually supportive citation practices generate controversial debate within colleagues conversion of conference papers into C1s recruitment strategies

17. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Sustainable Research Excellence Commencing 21 June 2010 for two weeks

18. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Staff Questions 1. Clarification as to how many faculty/CIOS project grants a staff member is allowed to have at any one point in time? TWO at any one time. 2. Necessity to have to complete lengthy forms for conference funding? See above. 3. Could the results of the RHD Supervision Survey be distributed widely? Yes. 4. Is the ERA journal ranking listing the convention now? What about new Business Deans’ list? ERA list is convention but for Faculty purposes from 1 July the rule of no disadavantage will be applied – both lists will be used for the time being. 5. What is the status of the ERA going forward (i.e. when will it be updated again)? ERA list will be updated at some future date, and it is likely that opportunities will emerge for universities to have input into its next iteration. 6. More detail on the new Incidental Research Assistance Scheme and it use? See above. 7. Should colleagues be aiming at journals that charge fees to publish in them? Faculty will support colleagues to get work published in all reasonable circumstances (ie where journals impose a fee to finalise publication)

19. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Suggestions about other forms of research support? Suggestions as to Research Budget Priorities for 2011?

20. Faculty Research Forum, 11 June 2010 Other Questions?