2023 EMCR Funded Awards - Closed

2023 EMCR Funded Awards are now closed

The Award Opportunity

WHRTN is offering one-off financial support to facilitate career advancement and development for women in early and mid-career stages of their research careers.

This support will strengthen and bolster the career development of women working across the breadth of women’s health research.  WHRTN is also committed to building capabilities in women researchers across under-represented groups, diverse disciplines and in Indigenous research.  Awards provide timely funding for women with flexible and diverse needs to engage, train, empower and connect with women in priority setting, research and translation. 

Award Duration and Value

• Competitive, one-year funding to commence 1 September 2023 and to conclude on or before 31 August 2024

• One-off financial support to a maximum of $10,000 for career development and advancement activities

• Successful applicants will have the opportunity to join the EMCR Researcher Network to share experiences, build collaborations and broaden skills

Award Information

Prior to submitting an application, it is important to read the EMCR Funded Award 2023 Applicant Information document. This provides details on: : 

• Award requirements

• Eligible and ineligible expenditure

• Selection criteria

• The application process

• Key dates

Further Information

·       The EMCR Funded Award 2023 Applicant Information.

·       Frequently asked questions.

·       You can email WHRTN if your inquiry is not addressed via the above

Eligibility and Ineligibly Criteria

Eligibility criteria

• ECRs and MCRs who identify as a woman, working in women’s health and research translation

• Employee or affiliate of an NHMRC accredited Research and Translation Centre; or
  Employee of affiliate an organisation partnering or affiliated with an NHMRC accredited Research and Translation Centre

• Pursuing women’s health research or translation in public health, clinical or health service
  Research must be in one or more WHRTN women’s health research and translational priority areas
  Research must specifically be for women only

• Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia

• Awardee’s funded activity must be supervised by an experienced post-doctoral researcher who is affiliated with an AHRA Centre

• Awardee’s funded activity must be a discrete project/activity with a clear beginning and end date

• Commencing 1 September 2023, the funded activity must be able to be completed in 12 months and on or before 31 August 2024

Ineligibility criteria

• Applicant’s research not focussed solely on women (eg, research that includes men is ineligible)

• Applicant’s funded activity is part of another grant or project

• Application for basic/discovery science

• International funding application

• Joint application

• Incomplete application

• Application received after the closing date

Submitting an Application

In preparation for your application, we strongly recommend you read the following documents:

• EMCR Funded Award 2023 Applicant Information

• FAQs

  
  The application is an online form and you must upload the following completed documents when you submit your application:

  1.       EMCR Funded Award 2023 Applicant Proposal Activity

  2.       Statement of support and confirmation of ECR/MCR status from your Award supervisor

  3.       Statement of acknowledgment from your affiliated organisation's Research Office for the proposal activity

• You can save your application form and continue later; however, you must be signed into your Google account

• Prior to submitting your application form, we suggest you use the EMCR Funded Award 2023 Application Checklist to ensure you have complied with all application requirements

• Once your application has been submitted, it cannot be recalled for editing and you cannot submit another application

• The 2023 EMCR Funded Awards are now closed.

• Applications will be acknowledged via email

WHRTN Women’s Health Research and Translational Priority Areas

1. Preconception, pregnancy, postpartum and intrapartum health of women and babies

2. Mental health

3. Reproductive health

4. Chronic disease and preventative health including cancer and heart disease

5. Healthy lifestyle, nutrition, physical activity and the prevention of obesity

6. Violence and abuse

7.  Indigenous health

8. Healthy ageing

9. Sexual health

Key Dates

• 4 April 2023: Applications open

• 29 May 2023: Applications close

• 8 August 2023: Funding announcements

Successful awardees

• 24 August 2023: Mandatory Award orientation

• 1 September 2023: Award activity commences

• 27 February 2024: Award activity progress report due

• 31 August 2024: Award activity ends

• 30 September 2024: Award activity final report and financial acquittal due

Resources to assist your application

• Read the 2021 EMCR awardee project summaries.

• WHRTN Webinars:

  • Consumer and Community Involvement (CCI): everything you wanted to know about CCI, but were afraid to ask

  • ECRs: Writing a Grant Application - to be presented on April 20, 2023

Documents

1.  EMCR Funded Award 2023 Applicant Information.pdf

2.  EMCR Funded Award 2023 Applicant Proposal Activity.doc

3.  EMCR Funded Award 2023 FAQs.pdf

4.  EMCR Funded Award 2023 submission checklist.doc