Deadline: 17-Feb-23
The ACT Government is inviting applications for the Research and Innovation Fund (RIF) Fellowship Program to support early-mid-year career researchers employed in the ACT Health system.
The RIF Fellowship Program is funded by the ACT Government and managed by the ACT Health Directorate (ACTHD) Centre for Health and Medical Research (CHMR). CHMR is responsible for supporting the ACT Government’s investment in whole of ACT Health System health and medical research in a manner consistent with legislation, guidelines, and policies.
Objectives
- The ACT Government 2022-23 Research and Innovation Fund (RIF) Fellowship Program contributes to the ACT’s learning health system by providing funding to support early-tomid-career researchers employed in the ACT health system, creating a cohort of potential future research leaders who will have opportunities throughout their fellowship to engage in networking and development. Guided by Better Together: A strategic plan for research in the ACT health system, the RIF Fellowship Program invests in people to build their research capability, make high-value contributions to improving the health and health care of the people served by the ACT health system and to encourage collaboration, leadership and capacity building in the ACT’s health and medical research ecosystem.
- The 2022-23 RIF Fellowship program seeks to support research and researchers that will:
- Build the capability of people of the ACT health system and help to establish the ACT as a national leader.
- Respond to the health needs of the ACT and its surrounding region.
- Respond to inequities in health outcomes and service access for different cohorts.
- Enhance the capacity and diversity of the health research workforce, especially of women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- Enhance the ACT health system through innovation in the application of technology, digital systems, in models of care or prevention to improve health outcomes and environmental sustainability
Funding Information
- A total of $1 million is available.
- Up to $200,000 per successful applicant is available for the full duration of the fellowship. This is not recurring funding and is not an amount per annum – it is the total maximum amount per fellowship.
- Up to three years, depending on nature and context of the proposal.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant is an individual practising professional in any field/discipline employed in the ACT health system.
- Applicant’s host organisation is supportive of the proposed fellowship and agrees to release the applicant from normal workplace duties for up to 50% of the applicant’s standard working hours over the course of the fellowship to engage in RIF fellowship activities.
- Applicant’s host organisation (or an administering organisation) is able to enter into a funding agreement with the ACT Health Directorate (on behalf of the Territory) to receive and administer the full amount of grant funds over the duration of the fellowship, across financial years if necessary.
For more information, visit ACT Government.
