Melbourne ResearchResearch Grants and Contracts

Example 1: Waterways Development Corporation (Research Grant)

Professor Haresh Thakur is considering applying for a grant from the Waterways Development Corporation (WDC). He is seeking funding for a project involving the identification and treatment of pollutants in catchments. The project, running over 12 months, will be undertaken at the School of Chemistry, in his newly refurbished laboratory.

Direct costs sought from WDC:

Item
Cost
Senior Research Fellow
RA Grade 2
PhD student stipend
Boat
Computers (x3)
Consumables/maintenance
Travel
$112,000
$64,000
$21,000
$40,000
$10,000
$5,400
$6,000


University Staff working on the project:

Staff
Annual Salary Inc. On-costs
Time on Project
Professor Haresh Thakur
Dr Lionel Jones
Dr Zhou Xiaomei
$175,000
$99,000
$95,000
4 days/month (0.2 FTE)
4 days/month (0.2 FTE)
4 days/month (0.2 FTE)

Involvement of students:

The only student involved in the project is the full-time PhD student funded by WDC.

Other background information:

Personnel costs requested are based on known Enterprise Bargaining increases and include 28% on-costs (superannuation, Workcover, payroll tax, leave loadings).

Budget form:

View a completed and annotated UoM Budget Form to see how the grant price has been calculated.

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