HASS Partnership Funding Scheme 2024

The HASS Partnership Funding Scheme is designed to promote research collaboration between HASS researchers and industry partners to conduct preliminary work that will support highly competitive proposals for external industry-focussed funding schemes, including (but not limited to) the ARC Linkage Projects Scheme. The objective of this scheme is to fund research or research development activities to:

1. Improve the competitiveness of substantial research proposals (e.g. ARC Linkage Projects) to external funders.
2. Encourage the establishment or development of active research partnerships with industry partner(s) led by HASS researcher(s).

The HASS Partnership Funding Scheme will operate in three rounds from 2024-2026 (details in Timeline section below), with up to $10,000 available per project. Expenditure of funds must be completed by the end of the year awarded. Funding may cover research assistance, infrastructure equipment, industry workshops/meetings, travel. Ineligible budget items include teaching relief, investigator salaries, academic publication and dissemination costs, abstracting services, projects which consist substantially of conference travel and student support (including stipends).

• The lead applicant must be employed in a continuing or fixed-term role within the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
• The lead applicant must demonstrate (in the application) the capacity to undertake the project in their current role and the likelihood of being able to submit and undertake an externally funded Industry Project following the completion of the HASS Partnership Project.
• Industry Partner must be either a business, government, not-for-profit, non-governmental or organization. Universities and Institutions of Studies locally or abroad are not eligible industry partners.
• Unsuccessful applicants may re-apply in the following round (if applicable).

• Step 1: Familiarise yourself with the above documentation.
• Step 2: Discuss your application with your local units Directors of Research (DoR)/Representative and Head of School.
• Step 3: Complete the application form (below), along with the signature from your Head of School, or Institute/Centre Director.
• Step 4: Submit the application to the HASS Office of the ADR (research@hass.uq.edu.au) by the Monday 10 June 2024 (Round 1).

Applications will be assessed by selected members of the HASS Faculty Research Committee and outcomes will be advised in July 2024 (Round 1).

The HASS Office of the ADR can be contacted on research@hass.uq.edu.au to provide advice on this scheme and the application process.

• Guidelines
• Application Form
• Conditions of Award

Round 1- 2024

• Scheme opens: Monday 22 April 2024
• Scheme closes: Monday 10 June 2024
• Outcome notification: July 2024
• Project Meeting- Progress Update* September 2024
• Funds must be fully expended: 1 December 2024
• Reports* due: 17 February 2025

Round 2- 2025 (subject to change)

• Scheme opens: Monday 3 February 2025
• Scheme closes: Monday 10 March 2025
• Outcome notification: Late March 2025
• Project Meeting- Progress Update 1* June 2025
• Project Meeting- Progress Update 2* September 2025
• Funds must be fully expended: 1 December 2025
• Reports* due: 16 February 2026

Round 3- 2026 (subject to change)

• Scheme opens: Monday 2 February 2026
• Scheme closes: Monday 9 March 2026
• Outcome notification: Late March 2026
• Project Meeting- Progress Update 1* June 2026
• Project Meeting- Progress Update 2* September 2026
• Funds must be fully expended: 1 December 2026
• Reports* due: 15 February 2027