For applicants to be considered for funding, they must meet the following eligibility criteria:
The applicant will be considered the Chief Investigator A (CIA) on this project.
CIA must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, an Australian permanent resident or have applied for Australian permanent residency at the time of the application
CIA must be involved in Cardiovascular Research (including stroke research)
CIA must be from an NHMRC Administering Institution
CIA must also be based in Australia for at least 80% of the funding period
Applicants are expected to have spent at least two years actively contributing to cardiovascular research.
Applicants may choose to apply to one of three levels:
Applicants should refer to the Indicative Criteria for the expectation of performance at each of the levels.
Applicants may apply to progress through the Future Leader levels; however, they cannot receive the same level twice.
Applicants may apply at a level higher than they are eligible for based on the number of years since their PhD confirmation, however, applications will only be considered in the requested category.
Applicants may apply in a level lower than they are eligible for if they can demonstrate that their ‘effective’ number of years since the date that their PhD thesis was passed falls within the eligibility range, once Career Disruption (detailed in question ‘Relative to Opportunity’) is considered. For information on career disruptions please review the Research Funding Guidelines.
Applicants may apply to undertake the Fellowship between 0.6 FTE to 1.0 FTE
Applicants may only apply within one Heart Foundation Fellowship category or type (including the Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships) in any year. Should an applicant apply within multiple Fellowship categories or types, all applications from that candidate will be removed from further consideration.
An applicant may not concurrently hold more than one Fellowship. For information on holding multiple fellowships please refer to the Research Funding Guidelines.
|
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Project support |
$40,000 p.a. |
$50,000 p.a. |
$50,000 p.a. |
Salary support – Year 1 |
$90,000 |
$110,000 |
$120,000 |
Salary support – Year 2 |
$91,500 |
$112,000 |
$122,000 |
Salary support – Year 3 |
$93,000 |
$114,000 |
$124,000 |
Salary support – Year 4 |
$94,500 |
$116,000 |
$126,000 |
Applications open: Monday 22 April 2024
Applications close: Friday 7 June 2024
Successful applicants notified: October 2024
Applications must be submitted via the Heart Foundation Grants Management Portal.
Download the Research Program Funding Guidelines for more details.
Download the Research Plan template, you will be required to upload this to your application in the Grants Management Portal.
Last updated19 June 2024