ARC Grant Consults
Discovery Projects and DECRA Grants
The Australian Research Council Discovery Projects include sections whereby the applicant must outline the potential benefits of the research including the advancement in knowledge, economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia and international communities, along with the potential contribution to the Australian Government’s National Science and Research Priorities. These benefit sections constitute 15% of the application score and should not be taken lightly.
Writing about benefits requires a different approach than typical scientific writing and must be in a language that can be understood by the public and the Minister, this type of writing can be difficult to master.
Positioning
Clear benefits
Influential
What's involved:
We use the following process for our grant consult sessions and have found this to be the most valuable and time effective for researchers.
- Book and pay for your consult below.
- We will request your draft document in word document format 7days before review
- RIA will review and track changes on the document (1 hour estimate)
- RIA will set up an online consult, via Zoom, to discuss the review findings with the participant and suggest changes (1 hour)
- Session recording and any track changes documents will be sent to the applicant
What you'll get:
- Expert advice and guidance from one of our expert consultants.
- Online calendar booking to lock in online consultation time.
- Consultation reminders.
- Zoom recording and a session report following the consult.
- Word document with track changes
- Optional reduced rate final review
Basic review
ARC Discovery Projects & DECRA
$650
Excludes GST
– Project Description – (Benefit & communication of results)
Track Changes on your word document
One 1-hour online consult discussion
Basic plus ROPE
ARC Discovery Projects & DECRA
$1300
Excludes GST
– National Interest Test Statement
– Project Description – (Benefit & communication of results)
– ROPE – evidence of impact and contributions to the field
One 1-hour online consult discussion
Full grant review
This option reviews the whole grant for clarity, and strength of messaging
Contact us
Initial offline review
Two 1-hour online consults
Expert reviewers
What people say about our consulting
Feedback from our consulting clients
The team at Research Impact Academy are professional, thorough, and effective, and really lifted up my grant application.
Hannah Badland, RMIT University
I have just had my 1:1 consult with Tamika and wanted to say thank you for facilitating both the training webinar and the consultations with Research Impact Academy and Tamika. I will be finishing my PhD in the next 6-8 months and whilst at first I was hesitant to sign up, feeling like I didn’t have enough to consider or plan for, I’m so glad I did. The training itself helped me to understand about what impact is, how to plan for it and the different ways of capturing the impact data. The consultation with Tamika was brilliant- Tamika offered me so many insights about what to do with my PhD work- I had some draft ideas but now it will be more refined, and I will be able to plan for capturing the evidence of impact moving forward.
Kelsey Philpott-Robinson
We found the ‘in-person’ meeting the most valuable aspect of our service with the Research Impact Academy. Articulating impact is one of the hardest things to do in grant applications. Through a stimulating discussion, RIA were able to coach us through exactly what impact our project would have, and how to incorporate this into our application early and often. We had previously been unable to articulate this so clearly. Our interaction with RIA improved our grant considerably, however I learnt many skills in generic grant writing that I will be able to apply for future applications and that I can share with my research students.
Sjaan Gomersall, University of Queensland