External Learning Opportunities
Developing your skills, knowing research processes and identifying opportunities
There are resources from many different institutions, organisations and publications that can help you to improve your research skills, enhance collaborations or increase your chances of securing that grant. We have identified some relevant and useful resources from Australian and international sources in the areas of:
- Education - Online Learning and Activities
- Intellectual Property and Research
- Partnering with Industry
- Research Funding and Management
- Research Skill Development
If you are a Flinders University staff member, you may like to view the research education courses in the Staff Development Opportunities of the Flinders University website.
Education – Online Learning and Activities
- Association of Commonwealth Universities (UK) [website] - STARS Online Modules are research management and administration modules focussing on practical, cost-effective and sustainable approach to undertaking research in higher education
- Griffith University [website] - Information on Research and Publishing for higher degree students at Griffith University
- National Health and Medicine Research Centre (NHMRC) [website] - eLearning Modules with activities to build your skills to undertake clinical trials research
- Praxis Australia [website] - Research competency workshops and activities including research design, ethics, research/data management and research dissemination
- Research Impact Academy [website] - Workshops to develop skills on measuring impact of your research
- University of South Australia [website] - Evidence-Based Practice elearning resource provides access to modules and resources developed by International Centre for Allied Health Evidence (iCAHE)
Intellectual Property and Research
- Enago academy [website] - Intellectual Property rights: what researchers need to know
- IP Australia [website] - Provides access to the Australian IP Toolkit for Collaboration and is the Government agency responsible for trademark and copyright
Partnering with Industry
- Deakin University [website] - Research Development Workshop Series on Why work with industry and tips for success
- Innovations Connections [website] - Information about partnering businesses with research through facilitation
- University of Tasmania [website] - Benefits to Industry describing advantages of Universities working with industry partners to undertake research
Research Funding and Management
- Carpenter, S. [Online article] - Finding industry funding (14 March 2008) published in Science Magazine by the American Association for the Advancement of Science [accessed 9 December 2019]
- Excellence in Research for Australia [website]
- Latrobe University [website] - Frequently Asked Questions about applying for research project funding
- Lock, H. [Online article] - How to apply for research funding: 10 Tips for Academics (10 May 2015) published in The Guardian [accessed 9 December 2019]
- US National Institutes for Health (NIH) [website] - About Grants section of the NIH website provides information and resources on the complete process of writing grant applications from getting started to review and award stages. Many different types of resources are available including podcasts and YouTube videos on research methods, communication and research value and impact.
- University of North Carolina [website] - The Writing Center has developed Grant Proposals (or Give me the money!) guide with tips and tools for writing successful grant proposals
Research Skill Development
- AJE Scholar [webpage] - Information from research experts on How to write a grant
- BiteSize Bio [webpage] - Your supervisor wants you to apply for funding provides guidance on the process of applying for grant funding and how to write your grant proposal
- Johnson, A. [Online publication] - Charting a course for a successful research career – A Guide for Early Career Researchers [1.9Mb PDF
]. 2nd Edition, April 2011. - Research Impact Academy Blogs [Blogsite] - Research impact, communication, collaboration, knowledge translation and innovation
- University of Queensland [website] - Early and Mid Career Researchers has information for researchers who are within their first eight years of academic or other research-related employment, post-PhD
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