Apply for Funding
Funding is available for selected events and individual applications that best reflect the aims of COSNet. This is a competitive process. Details from the COSNet Rules of Governance follow:
7 Funding of COSNet-Supported Events and Individual Applications
7.1 Any proposal for funding of events by COSNet should aim:
- to fit COSNet’s aims
- to be inclusive (interdisciplinary and not too specialized – events should have an organizing committee chosen to help ensure this)
- to have a plan for outreach to the wider scientific community (e.g. to other ARC Networks and/or to build COSNet)
- to have a plan for outreach to the public
- to involve venues that are easily accessible (expensive locations will be discouraged)
- to take advantage of the timing of other activities (e.g. time the event as a satellite meeting to a major conference)
7.2 Applicants of event funding are encouraged to discuss their proposals with their relevant Node Coordinator; the Convenor may seek advice on any proposal for funding from the relevant Node Coordinator.
7.3 All applications for COSNet funding will be processed in an open and transparent manner, with due adherence to the principle of equal opportunity for all, irrespective of age, sex, race, religion or belief.
7.4 Co-funding of events and activities will be encouraged and COSNet will not offer full funding in the first instance.
7.5 The Convenor has the discretion to approve funding of up to $5,000, providing that the application meets all the basic criteria, that total discretionary funding does not exceed $20,000 per year, and that all such decisions taken are formally noted at a subsequent Management Committee meeting.
7.6 Support beyond $5,000, whether for projects initiated by COSNet Participants, Members of the Management Committee, or by the COSNet Executive, taking account of the prescribed funding rules and principles.
7.7 COSNet accepts applications for funding support in the following areas:
- Sponsorship of conferences, workshops, summer and winter schools and short courses held in Australia and organized by COSNet Participants
- Travel Grants for attending COSNet sponsored conferences, workshops, summer and winter schools and short courses held in Australia
- Travel Grants for conducting collaborative research within Australia by a Postgraduate Student or Early Career Researcher (within 5 years of award of PhD degree)
- Travel Grants for conducting collaborative research within Australia by a Researcher
- Overseas Travel Grants for conducting collaborative research with overseas colleagues, for attending approved summer or winter schools or short courses, or for presenting papers at conferences
- Travel Grants for attending a workshop or summer school, or to make a collaborative visit to a researcher, at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI), Ohio State University
7.8 Specifics of the funding rules for each of the funding areas are listed in the attachments below. Applicants are required to use the relevant application forms accessible from the appropriate links and to submit applications electronically.