UQ-TUM Partnership Research Collaboration Grants Scheme
The University of Queensland (UQ) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) partnership fosters innovation and encourages entrepreneurial thinking, meeting the future-focused needs of our students, peers, industry, and government collaborators.
In support of this vision, UQ offers the UQ-TUM Partnership Research Collaboration Grants Scheme to promote a broadening of collaboration between UQ and TUM.
This scheme is currently open until Friday 29 November.
For any queries relating to the Scheme or further information on the Global Strategy, please contact the UQ Global Partnerships office at globalstrategy@uq.edu.au.
How to apply
Submit the below application form to globalstrategy@uq.edu.au by 5pm AEST, Friday 29 November 2024 . Please refer to the guidelines and application form for further information regarding the application process, eligibility criteria, and key contacts.
Scheme aims
The Grants can be used as a stand-alone award, but where possible, should be seen as a step towards applying for external funding. They may support collaborative events and strengthen links and foster new joint projects.
Key aims include:
- To support enabling activities that bring together academic staff with excellent and complementary expertise and capability.
- To address challenges with potential for significant impact that could not be as effectively carried out by one partner.
- To facilitate exploration of novel concepts to a point at which external funding can be sought.
- To promote and facilitate groundbreaking interdisciplinary research.
- To facilitate the development of new and shared educational provision leading to significant enhancement of the curriculum and student experience.
- To demonstrate clear added value from the partnership.
Funding details
Applications up to a maximum of A$20,000 are invited. Funding will be provided to the nominated overall lead applicant, who will be responsible for managing the project and the budget for both institutions, and reporting on outcomes.
Up to 2 Grants will be awarded.
Eligibility
The Grants will be available to the whole academic community at UQ and TUM. The lead applicant should have an ongoing role or contract at UQ that exceeds the project duration. Casual staff or students, including PhD candidates, are not eligible as the lead applicant.
Aside from international travel, funding awards can be used to support digital collaborations and other costs as listed below.
Eligible events and costs include:
- Digital collaborations, hosting online workshops, seminars, symposia, for the purposes of:
- Networking
- Co-creating of digital resources
- Sandpits - exploring new ideas (research, education, entrepreneurship).
- Development of joint education initiatives.
- Interactive (undergratduate and postgraduate students/ECR) experiences i.e. hackathons, grand challenges.
- Virtual guest lectures (pre-recorded content) teaching into existing modules content.
- Education sandpits - bringing academics together to explore new joint education ideas/concepts (joint-online courses, in-person exchange experiences, field-trips, summer/winter schools etc).
- Directly incurred labour costs of staff directly employed to deliver the core elements of the proposed activity.
- Venue and catering costs.
- External speakers/facilitators to participate in events.
- If international travel is supported by both partner institutions: travel, visas, accommodation and subsistence.
Where funding is requested for research or technical posts that are also partially funded by another grant and/or sources of funding, please check the terms and conditions of any pre-existing contract to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest.
International travel must be justified. Read the latest University policy updates on international travel.
The following items are not eligible for funding under this scheme:
- Academic salaries.
- Student fees/tuition.
- Indirect costs and overheads.