Vice-Chancellor's Award for Mid-Career Researchers 2025

Thank you for your interest in applying for the 2025 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Mid-Career Researchers.

This award is open for self-nomination rather than peer nomination. Rules and eligibility information are available in the Award Guidelines.

Online application form:

In this Jotform application, you will provide your details, summarise your research achievements, and upload two ResearchNow reports (both available as a pdf via FLIP):

your summary of research outputs,
your summary of research projects/awards (i.e., grants).

If you would like to have a preview of the questions to draft your responses, you can download a Word version of this application form here.

ResearchNow reports:

Step-by-step instructions to obtain the two summary documents from FLIP are available here.

Please note: These ResearchNow reports will be considered the source of truth for your research outputs and your research grants. The committee will not consider additional publications or research grants that are not included in the ResearchNow reports. As such, please ensure that your ResearchNow records are up to date. This post provides advice about whom to contact to correct errors in your data.

Submission:

You will submit your application online via this Jotform. You can save your progress and return to your application later. Once you submit your application, a confirmation email will be sent to you with a record of your responses. We encourage you to check your responses to confirm that your application is complete and accurate.

Questions and Contacts:

If you have any questions about the award or your application, please review our list of Frequently Asked Questions in the first instance. If you have further questions, please contact the Researcher Training, Development and Communication team via email (researcher.development@flinders.edu.au).

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First Name

Last Name

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Which College are you from?* This field is required.

Business, Government and Law

Education, Psychology and Social Work

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Nursing and Health Sciences

Medicine and Public Health

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What is your role at Flinders?* This field is required.

I am in a balanced academic position

I am in a research-only position

I hold Academic Status at Flinders

Other

Which level are you?* This field is required.

Level A

Level B

Level C

Level D

Level E

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Have you been an academic staff member or held academic status at Flinders University for a period of at least 12 months?* This field is required.

Yes

When did you start at Flinders?* This field is required.

Date

Was your PhD conferred 5–15 years ago (i.e., between August 2020 and August 2010)?* This field is required.

Yes

No, but I have had significant career interruptions

When was your PhD conferred?* This field is required.

Date

Did you have any significant career interruptions (e.g., parental leave, carer’s responsibility or illness) that you would like the committee to consider?

Yes

Please provide a concise explanation of your career interruptions. Please specify the number of years since your PhD conferral, taking into account the career interruptions. [maximum 150 words]

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What is your general research field? [maximum 10 words]* This field is required.

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Briefly describe your research and its implications, as you would for a broad community audience (i.e., school students, journalists). [maximum 200 words]* This field is required.

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The committee will consider your research achievements since the conferral of your PhD, in the following categories:

Research publications,
National and international impact of your research,
Research fellowships, awards, or prizes,
Grants obtained where income has come to Flinders University, and
Patents awarded.

Please describe your research achievements, excellence and impact at Flinders University using the categories mentioned on the previous slide. We strongly encourage you to use those headings in your written statement. [maximum 1,000 words]* This field is required.Please note: 1. For your publications: The Committee will see your full list of research outputs from your ResearchNow report. In this section, you should: a. provide additional context about your outputs, such as the standard of your publications within your discipline and your role in multi-authored publications, and b. highlight your top 5 publications and, using up to two lines of text for each of the selected career-best outputs, provide clear information about its research impact. Rather than repeat the full citation details, please refer to your publications by the name of the first author and year. 2. When explaining the impact of your research, you can speak to impact within and/or outside of academia (i.e., citation metrics or evidence that it has been adopted, adapted for use, or used to inform further research). 3. For your fellowships, awards, or prizes: Provide context so the Committee can appreciate the significance of the recognition you have received. 4. For your grants: The Committee will see your full list of research grants in your ResearchNow report. Please provide context about your grants and explain your role if your grant(s) involved multiple investigators. Rather than repeat full grant details, please refer to them by the name(s) of the investigator(s) and year. 5. For your patents: Provide context so the Committee can appropriately judge the significance of this work and how it relates to your research.

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Please upload the PDF of your summary of research outputs from ResearchNow.* This field is required.Step-by-step instructions to obtain this report are available here.

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Please upload the PDF of your summary of research projects/awards (i.e., grants) from ResearchNow. * This field is required.Step-by-step instructions to obtain this report are available here.

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On the next page, you will have a chance to review and submit your application.

Please remember that your application must include two uploads from ResearchNow (available via FLIP):

your summary of research outputs, and
your summary of research projects/awards.

If you are ready to submit your application, please click the 'review and submit' button below.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Researcher Training, Development and Communication team at researcher.development@flinders.edu.au.

Based on your responses, you are not eligible for the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Mid-Career Researchers.

If you think this is an error, or if you would like to discuss further, please contact the Researcher Training, Development and Communication team at researcher.development@flinders.edu.au.

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Mid-Career Researchers 2025