Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Impact & Engagement (Early Career Researcher) 2025

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Thank you for your interest in applying for the 2025 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Impact & Engagement (Early Career Researcher).

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 and describe your research impact and engagement activities.

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.

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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Please enter your full name.* This field is required.

First Name

Last Name

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Please enter your email address.* This field is required.

example@example.com

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Please enter your gender.* This field is required.

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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

Science and Engineering

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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

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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

No

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

Date

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Was your PhD conferred within the past 5 years (i.e., since August 2020)?* This field is required.

Yes

No

No, but I have had significant career interruptions

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

Date

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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

No

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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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Your engagement and/or impact activities

For the purposes of this Award, engagement refers to interactions with external partners such as stakeholders and end-users that have made a direct contribution to the direction, growth, quality and impact of the research carried out by the researcher.

The definition of impact is broad and includes demonstrable contributions the research has made to the economy, society, culture, national security, public policy or services, health, the environment, sustainability, or quality of life.

The selection of the awardees will be based on a demonstration of how and to what extent the applicant’s research has involved engagement with external partners, stakeholders and end-users to shape the direction, growth, quality and impact of the research and/or achieved impact beyond contributions to academia.

For this Award, the impact must have been demonstrated within the preceding three years.

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Can you confirm that the impact activities detailed in this application are within the preceding three years?* This field is required.

Yes

No

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Please describe the extent to which your research has involved engagement and identify the external parties/stakeholders/end-users involved. Please provide a summary of the associated research. [maximum 750 words]* This field is required.

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Please describe the extent to which your research has achieved impact beyond contributions to academia and specify the beneficiaries. Please provide a summary of the associated research. [maximum 750 words]* This field is required.

0/750

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

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.

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Based on your responses, you are not eligible for the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Impact & Engagement (Early Career Researcher).

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.