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AAG SECG presents: Tips to Early Career Researchers
on your first grant application
Applying for research grants is an important part of the research process. Grants can provide funding for research projects, which can help researchers to advance their careers. Writing a strong grant proposal that will stand out from the competition can be a challenging task, especially for early-career researchers who are new to the process.
This webinar will offer insights into information and resources to help early career researchers navigate the grant application process. The three presenters will share their knowledge, experience, and advice on how to draft a competitive research grant proposal
Attendees of this webinar will:
- Learn about the grant application process for some of the most popular schemes including the AAG grant schemes
- Hear from successful candidates on how to draft an initial proposal
- Understand how to get feedback from mentors or peers and make your proposal stand out
Hear from our speakers:
Dr Emily Reeve
Senior Research Fellow
Monash University
Dr Reeve is a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety. She is funded by an NHMRC Investigator Grant (EL2: 2021-2025). She is also a qualified pharmacist with experience working as a clinical pharmacist in a large tertiary teaching hospital. Dr Reeve previously held an NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship. The first two years of this fellowship were undertaken in Canada with the University of Sydney and the Department of Medicine at Dalhousie University, with the final two years completed at the University of South Australia.
Dr Michael Lawless
Research Fellow
Flinders University
Dr Lawless is a gerontology and health services researcher with a focus on knowledge translation. He has a PhD in Psychology from the University of Adelaide and has been a core member of the knowledge translation research program in the NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence in Frailty and Healthy Ageing. A research fellow in the Caring Futures Institute, Dr Lawless' research has focused on stakeholder perspectives on frailty and frailty screening, the impacts of frailty and multimorbidity on older people, and how to support older adults to live independently in their own home. Dr Lawless is the successful recipient of the Australian Association of Gerontology Research Trust RM Gibson Research Fund in 2020.
Dr Meg Polacsek
Communications, Advocacy and Grants Manager
Australian Association of Gerontology
Dr Meg Polacsek is the Communications, Advocacy and Grants Manager of the Australian Association of Gerontology. Having started her career in print journalism, in her late 30s, Meg left a successful career in corporate communications to become a personal carer in residential aged care. Her commitment to improving the experience of ageing saw her move into policy and advocacy roles in aged and community care. She went on to complete a Master of Health Science (Aged Services Management) in 2014 and obtained her PhD in 2018. Since then, she has held research, policy and project management roles in academia, public health and service provider settings.
Facilitated by:
Dr Mae Lim
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of NSW
Dr Lim is a postdoctoral fellow at NeuRA and conjoint associate lecturer at UNSW. Her research focused on health literacy, fear of falling and intergeneration practice. She is particularly interested in understanding how health literacy can empower older people to take care of their health and increase the uptake and efficacy of evidence-based fall prevention programs.
Dr Nagarajan Manickaraj
Senior Lecturer
University of Tasmania
Dr Nagarajan Manickaraj is an experienced physiotherapist in the field of musculoskeletal physiotherapy and geriatric orthopedic rehabilitation, with an extensive academic, advanced scope clinical experiences, and research experience from diverse cultural and curriculum backgrounds. He is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at University of Tasmania.
Ms Shin Liau
PhD Candidate
Monash University
Shin is a registered pharmacist with experience in providing pharmaceutical services to older people including those in aged care as well as the local community in metropolitan, regional, and rural Victoria. Shin is currently undertaking her PhD at the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety at Monash University. Her research explores the patterns and outcomes of medication use according to frailty status in a range of practice settings, with a focus on Australian aged care services, in comparison to Japan, China, Spain and Finland.