Is the process for targeted research grants different from the usual Project Grant rounds?
Yes. Project Grant rounds are held annually with calls made in December. The call asks for full applications to be submitted. Targeted research programs call for research at Research Committee’s discretion throughout the year and may ask for Expressions of Interest to be submitted. The Expression of Interest step was developed to encourage researchers to apply for targeted research grants by making the first step of the application less time consuming, and by ranking the Expressions of Interest, increase the success rate of those invited to submit full applications. Expressions of Interest are short applications, which contain the essence of the project but should not be an onerous task to prepare. The Expressions of Interest are ranked by an Assessment Panel and the higher ranked applicants are invited to submit a full application. In both targeted and Project Grant rounds the full applications are subjected to peer assessment with the highest ranked being recommended for funding. How
