Call for Proposals: Australia-France Grant Program

Funding Information

• Grants available through this program are for a maximum of $5,000 AUD and are aimed at providing seed funding to foster the development of a larger research program.
• Funding through this program is designed to facilitate:
  • Researcher exchange between Australia and France or to a research-related Indo-Pacific nation.
  • Researcher mobility, especially to attend international workshops (excludes business class airfare).
  • Funding grants to undertake research or fieldwork.
  • Funding is available to support activities within a two year (24 month) time frame, activities outside of this period should seek funding from subsequent rounds.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible applicants are France and Australia-affiliated researchers, and experts in public and private sectors. As the Academy and the Embassy of France in Australia encourage the participation of early and mid-career researchers, one researcher involved in the project should be fewer than fifteen years beyond the completion of their PhD. PhD students are also eligible to apply. They recognise career interruptions can have a significant impact on the period between the conferral of a researcher’s PhD and the submission of an application. They therefore allow extension of the eligibility periods for specified career interruptions.
• The following significant and non-overlapping career interruptions will be eligible:
  • Reason for career interruption/time which can be claimed (minimum period of one month):
    • International relocation
    • Time commensurate with the interruption, not exceeding three months per international relocation.
    • Child-care as a primary carer (includes periods of parental leave as well as part-time work while caring for one or more children)Up to two years per dependent child
    • Other caring responsibilities (including care of a dependent child due to illness or disability)
    • Time commensurate with the interruption.
    • Medical condition or disability
    • Time commensurate with the interruption.
    • Non-research employment (if not concurrent with research employment) or unemployment
    • Time commensurate with the interruption.

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