Applications open for Workshops Program Grants – Australia

The purpose of the Workshops Program is to be a catalyst for innovative ideas in social science research and social policy, to build capability amongst young researchers and to foster networks across social science disciplines and with practitioners from government, the private sector, and the community sector on issues of common concern.

Over the past 30 years the Academy has supported over 200 workshops involving thousands of leading experts across Australia. It continues to be an exciting and integral means of delivering on the Academy’s goal to recognise and champion excellence in the social sciences.

Funding Information

• The funding requested from the Academy must not exceed $9,000 (excl GST). However, seeking additional funding or in-kind support from other parties is encouraged, and the Academy welcomes co-badging of workshops.
• Most expenses associated with delivery and promotion are eligible, such as travel and accommodation, catering, venue or equipment hire, note-taking assistance and publication related expenses. Items not eligible for funding include international travel and alcoholic drinks.

Eligibility Criteria

• Team
  • The Workshops Program is open to all social science researchers across Australia, including researchers working in non-university organisations, and researchers who have previously applied for or received a Workshops Program grant. At least one of the applicants must be employed by a university or research organisation with capacity to administer, acquit and report on grant expenditure.
  • Applications can include teams of up to four workshop convenors, and at least one of them must be an Academy Fellow. The requirement to include at least one Fellow supports the Program’s goal to foster networks and collaboration among researchers in different career stages. Exceptions to this rule will only be made where applicants can clearly demonstrate that no appropriate Fellow(s) were available.
  • Inclusion of early and mid-career researchers in the convening team is highly encouraged.
  • A researcher can be listed in more than one application within the same application round.
• Delivery
  • Workshops must be delivered in Australia.
• Participants
  • The number of workshop participants should be at least 15 and not larger than 25. Diversity is encouraged (career stage, disciplines, location, sectors, organisations, gender, ethnicity). Participants must include at least two early to midcareer researchers.

For more information, visit Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.