The Florey Fellowship

The Fellowships aim to make candidates highly competitive for the NHMRC appointments at the completion of the Fellowship (e.g. RD Wright Awards, Research Fellowships or Clinical Practitioner Fellowships). It is also expected that the appointments will introduce new disciplines or skills to enhance existing research strengths of CALHN. 

Preference will be given to applicants who have had recent post-doctoral or post-medical specialist position experience either overseas or interstate, particularly if they will bring new and innovative skills and research to an active research group. Applicants who already hold post-doctoral or other research positions within the same laboratory or research group, will only be considered if they can demonstrate a high level of research potential and/or independence.

• Successful recipients must be employed within a CALHN Program and based within the Adelaide Biomedical Precinct.
• Term of fellowship will be up to 3 years subject to satisfactory Annual Progress Reports. Annual funding may not be extended if these reports are not submitted and approved.
• Funding is available to employ the Florey Fellow as a GSC3 level, full time (1 FTE).
• The successful applicant may be required to present findings if requested by CALHN Research Services.
• The project must commence by 1 January 2025.
• It is a condition of appointment that a Florey Fellow must apply for an appropriate research fellowship or other external salary funding no later than the 3rd year of appointment.
• No other fellowship or scholarship may be held concurrently.
• There is no right of private practice associated with the fellowship.
• Successful recipients should notify CALHN Research Services of any changes of circumstance or interruptions that may impact the undertaking of the Fellowship. If the work of the recipient of the award is interrupted for a period of time, CALHN Research Services may grant an intermission to tenure of the award, payments will be withheld during the period of intermission. The funding body has no provisions to grant paid maternity, parental leave or other extended leave.
• Current Ethics approval specific to the project and Governance approvals are required before commencement of the project and before funding is made available. For assistance please contact the CALHN Research Services Grants Team.
• Acknowledgement of support should be included with all published results, presentations/papers (journals and abstracts) arising from the research in the following manner. “This project was undertaken whilst holding a CALHN Florey Fellowship.” The researcher may be required to give a presentation of their findings if requested by CALHN Research Services.
• The recipient is required to provide a written annual progress report, due 1 March following the first and second year of the Fellowship detailing achievements of the research, publications resulting from the research conducted and whether any subsequent funding was achieved as a result of this award (within six months of the end of the funding period).
• A final report must be provided within 3 months of the completion of the Fellowship period to the CALHN Research Services Grants Team and CALHN HSCGB representative. The successful applicant may be required to present findings if requested by CALHN Research Services.
• Research is to be undertaken within departments and units of the Adelaide Biomedical Precinct or CALHN clinical site. The researcher agrees to abide by all policies and procedures, confidentiality, WHS obligations of these institutions as well as the Australian Research Code of Conduct.

Completing the online application form

As the form cannot be saved and edited in another session, we recommend that you complete a draft of your response in Word and then cut and paste the final version into the application form prior to submitting.

Check your application for accuracy and ensure all application documents are uploaded before you submit your application.

Please adhere to the specified word or page limits. Content in excess of these limits will not be included for assessment. Where applicable, these limits are indicated under each question on the online form.

Prior to submitting the form, you may select an option to have your responses sent to you.

Upon completion of the form, you will receive an automatic reply that your application has been received. If you do not receive this, or have other questions about this grant, please contact the CALHN Research Services Grants Team.

You must also submit a list of attachments via email to the CALHN Research Services Grants Team - see the list at the bottom of this section.

Contents of the online application form

Information you will be asked to provide:

• Applicant details
  • First name
  • Last name
  • Position; Current Employer, University; Department and Site
  • Contact phone number
  • Email address
  • Are you an Australian Citizen or do you have Permanent Residency?

• Previous research experience
  • List previous research support achieved.

• Proposed appointment and location
  • Proposed appointment
  • Research department/unit/CALHN site where the project will be conducted
  • Where else the project will be conducted (e.g. non-CALHN sites)
  • Who owns the intellectual property

• Research support
  • Other applications for this project (funding agency, project title, and funds requested)
  • Current research funding for this applicant
  • Specify why existing funding cannot be used for this application
• Research proposal
  • Explanation of the benefit and link to CALHN sites (maximum 500 words)
    

• Ethics and governance approvals
  • Is genetic manipulation required for your project?
  • Is ethics approval required
    • Yes - type required (human, animal, other)
    • No - justification
  • Ethics approval status
    • Not submitted - provide intended date of submission
    • Submitted - provide date and reference number
    • Using existing ethics - justify why this is appropriate
  • Please provide ethics and governance reference numbers where applicable, below:
    • Q or R Number
    • HREC Reference
    • SSA Reference
    • MYIP Number

• Scientific Reviewers
  • Nominate 3 three external scientific reviewers (including full name and contact details) who are competent to review your application without a conflict of interest
  • It is the responsibility of the applicant to obtain the consent of the nominated external reviewers prior to submission of their application.
  • Reviewers must not be from the applicant’s department or be associated with the project, nor should they have collaborated with the applicant(s) scientifically in the past five years.

Attachments required to be emailed separately

After submitting application form, please ensure you email the following attachments to the CALHN Research Services Grants Team.

It is preferable that all attachments are within a single PDF file, but multiple PDFs will be accepted: please ensure the applicant's last name is included at the start of each file name, such as 'NAME_Florey application attachments.pdf'

Attachments required (in a searchable PDF format):

1. (If relevant) Permanent Residency Letter of Confirmation (required for permanent residents).
2. Full Curriculum Vitae - Include academic qualifications, teaching experience, professional experience, prizes and awards, publication history (maximum of 8 most relevant recent publications - no abstracts), presentations etc.
3. Background and research plan required. No more than 5 A4 pages.
   
4. List of references (1 page maximum) - Please highlight with an asterisk (*) up to 6 key references
5. Ethics and Governance documents - If using existing/current ethics approvals, please provide confirmation from the relevant ethics committee that this new project proposal is covered under the current HREC or AEC approval, along with the relevant approval letters.
6. Head of Department/Division approval - A signed Letter of Certification from the Head of Department/Division certifying that appropriate general facilities will be available to the investigator if successful, and that the project will be carried out strictly in accordance with NHMRC Ethical and Scientific Practice Guidelines. This Letter of Certification must be from the CALHN Department in which they are proposing to be employed in (letters from a University will not be accepted).