Funding now available for Monash Warwick collaborations
The first 2014 funding round for collaborative ventures between Monash University and Warwick is now open, with four schemes offering a range of targeted funding opportunities to academic staff and students at both universities.
The Monash Warwick Alliance funding scheme encourages current academic staff and students to collaborate and achieve results beyond those that can be accomplished by each institution individually.
Since 2012, Monash and Warwick have funded 32 projects, initiatives and joint appointments that have facilitated deep collaborations between the two universities. Monash’s Dr Sarah McDonald and Warwick’s Dr Nicholas Monk were last year awarded A$45,000(£24000) from the Alliance Development Scheme to support their virtual classroom project.
Their unit, 'Forms of Identity', is taught simultaneously at Monash and Warwick, with students functioning as a true cohort through face-to-face discussions, peer learning and out-of-class engagement via on-line forums.
Dr McDonald, from the Monash Faculty of Arts, said she encouraged academic staff to apply for Alliance funding as it offered unique support for international collaboration.
The Alliance funding has enabled Dr Monk and myself to successfully deliver an innovative teaching model that will hopefully be replicated by other disciplines as the demand for a global education grows.”
Four funding schemes are available:
- Alliance Seed Fund: open to academic staff to support mutually beneficial growth in research and teaching excellence at both institutions.
- Alliance Development Scheme: open to academic staff to develop existing Alliance linkages through staff exchanges or facilitated honorary / joint appointments; and/or project development attached to a clear deliverable.
- Alliance Major Initiatives Scheme: open to senior academic staff for initiatives that will create world-leading outcomes.
- Student Led Activity Fund: open to students from undergraduate to PhD level and supports activities that integrate students and transfer knowledge and innovation across institutions.
Applications
There are two rounds of funding this year. Applications for all funding schemes in 2014 close on 10 April and 10 November.
Academic staff searching for potential collaborators at Monash or Warwick can use Piirus, a free online tool developed by Warwick that links academic staff within their field or across disciplines.
Find out more at the Monash-Warwick pages