All external grant applications submitted by Flinders University staff must be submitted through the Research Services Office.

All non-ARC and NHMRC grant applications should be emailed to research.grants@flinders.edu.au and Maya Roberts (maya.roberts@flinders.edu.au) 10 working days prior to the external submission date for compliance checking and review. All external grant applications must be accompanied by a Flinders University Certification form:

Certification form February 2012 (DOCX 49KB)

Internal deadlines for ARC and NHMRC grant applications are set earlier because of the number of applications involved and the service the Office provides in compliance checking and reviewing those applications.


Required documents

Prior to submission to the Research Services Office, please check you have completed/attached the following:

1. Application including any supporting documentation


2. Flinders University Certification Form

Certification form February 2012 (DOCX 49KB)

Below are some useful links, to assist you to complete the form:
Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR)
Type of Activity classification
Field of Research (FOR)
Socio-economic Objective (SEO)

3. Ethics approval/radiation licence (if applicable and available)

4. Co-investment form (if applicable)


List of Research funding bodies explicitly stating an infrastructure levy is not funded.

  • Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation
  • FMC Foundation
  • Foundation Daw Park
  • Mesothelioma Research Foundation - Mesothelioma Research Grants

Budget resources

The following resources may assist you to compile a budget for an application:


Budget tool

This is a resource to help you prepare your project budget and incorporates the University infrastructure levy where applicable.

Download the current version at Flinders Budget Tool Feb 2012 (XLS 1MB) , last updated 15 Feb 2012.

To ensure full functionality of the Budget Tool please do the following each time you use the Budget Tool for a new Project, as this will ensure that you have a “clean” spreadsheet for each use:

Download the Budget Tool from the RSO website link above.

Save it to your computer, with a file name that relates to your Project.
Close Excel.
Restart Excel and open the named Project file before commencing data entry.
As there will be regular updates to the Budget Tool, we strongly recommend researchers re-download the budget tool from the website at the beginning of each new project.

If you encounter difficulties using the Budget Tool, or require technical assistance please contact Amy Petty . Any suggestions you can make to improve the Tool will be welcome.