ARC CCeMMP EduWeek 2024

How and when to use bibliometrics

Monash Library will be providing a workshop on how and when to use bibliometrics. Whether you are applying for an award, job, promotion, fellowship, grants or becoming a scientific society member, it is essential to be abreast of what bibliometric tools are available to you and how to use them effectively for the purpose that you are applying for. In this hands-on workshop, the team will introduce and run through the common bibliometric tools available, how to use them, and when to use them.

Presenter: Mario Sos and Penny Prasta (Liaison Librarians, Monash)

When: 10:30am – 12:00pm, Monday 9th September, 2024

Please register your attendance here. Lunch to follow.

Resume/CV and Interview training

This workshop will take participants through the tips ad tricks for preparing a job application and then going through the interview process.

1. General tips and tricks on overall approach to your job application and the ‘interview process/principles’ – Dr. Matthew Belousoff, Monash)
2. Applying for an industry position – Dr. Cathy Drinkwater, BioCurate
3. Applying for an academic position – Jo Dallas, Monash HR Recruitment
4. Mock interview panel with Dr. Matt Belousoff and Dr. Laura Humphreys, interviewed by Prof. Denise Wootten and Dr. Jackie How, going through the dos and don’ts 

When: 1:00-4:00pm, Monday 9th September, 2024

Please register your attendance for the session here.

FB Rice IP Protection and Commercialisation in the Life Sciences Workshop

This workshop will examine real-world intellectual property and commercial scenarios as they relate to the life sciences.

In the exercises, topics including filing patent applications, addressing authorised and non-authorised disclosures and understanding what constitutes a prior art disclosure, determining inventorship and ownership, in-licensing and out-licensing of patents, and patenting and freedom to operate (FTO) considerations.

The workshop will also aim to arm researchers with a practical guide to patent searching – from both a perspective of novelty/patentability and FTO. 

This workshop will conclude with a question-and-answer session, providing researchers with the opportunity to engage in discussion around any additional aspects of IP protection and patents that are of particular interest.

Presenter: Dr. Brittany Ashton (Senior Associate, FB Rice) and Dr. Declan McKeveney (Partner, FB Rice)

When: 11:00am – 1:00pm, Tuesday 10th September, 2024

Please register your attendance here. Lunch to follow.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Action: Enhancing Collaboration through Inclusive Teamwork

This 2-hour interactive workshop is designed for researchers aiming to deepen their understanding of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) within team environments. The workshop will explore the crucial intersection between EDI principles and effective teamwork, fostering an inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives and promotes meaningful collaboration. By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped with practical tools and strategies to enhance inclusivity and trust in their teams, creating stronger, more resilient, and collaborative research environments.

Presenters: Dr. Betty Exintaris and Dr. Nil Karunaratne (MOSIAC, MIPS)

When: 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Tuesday 10th September, 2024

Please register your attendance here.

BASH Scripting (Basic to Intermediate) Workshop

This is a follow up to last year’s popular workshop, Basics of BASH Scripting. BASH (Bourne Again Shell) is more than just an command line interface for linux/unix operating systems. It is a fully fledged scripting programming language. This short course will introduce the concepts of writing custom scripts for text file and file system manipulation. It will cover concepts of program loops, logic statements and how the syntax works in BASH. This is aimed towards beginner/intermediate level users and will be very helpful for those who do cryoEM!

Presenters: Dr. Matthew Belousoff (Monash) and Dr. Joshua Hardy (WEHI)

When: 10:00am – 12:00pm, Wednesday 11th September, 2024

Please register your attendance here. Lunch to follow.

ICHDR Townhall

This is the annual ICHDR townhall for ICHDRs only. This townhall is for discussing the CCeMMP HDR program.

Presenters: Prof. Denise Wootten (Monash Node Leader, CCeMMP) and Dr. Jackie How (Centre Manager)

When: 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Wednesday 11th September, 2024.

Tips and Tricks for Grants and Fellowships

This workshop aims to give advice and tips/tricks for putting together competitive grant and fellowship proposals. This workshop will focus on the ARC DECRA and DPs, and NHMRC Investigator Grants (EL1 & 2) and Project Grants.

A fundamental and essential skill in Australian research is the ability to attract funding through developing competitive proposals.  The Monash Research Office’s, Research Development Team (RDT) have read, reviewed and analysed hundreds of proposals (competitive and not) with the aim of improving the success of Monash researchers. Key learnings and insights the team have garnered will be presented at this workshop. Targeted to Early Career Researchers, become familiar with the ARC and NHMRC funding schemes and learn the basics of preparing competitive grant proposals. Participants will:

• Examine different Australian ECR Schemes including:
  1. ARC DECRA
  2. NHMRC Investigators
  3. ARC Discovery Projects
  4. NHMRC Ideas
• Learn the Monash Research Office’s RDT’s General Tips for Success
• Dissect the elements of the all important first page
• Discover and action the secrets to a stronger Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence (ARC) and Relative to Opportunity and Career Context (NHMRC) sections

Lessons learned will be reinforced during breakout sessions in which the RDT will provide examples for you to analyse alongside RDT members and your peers.

Presenters: Dr. Amanda Walmsley (Senior Manager, Major Initiatives, Monash Research Office), Brock Conley and Sharon Morley (Senior Research Development Officers, Monash Research Office).

When: 10:00am – 12:00pm, Thursday 12th September, 2024

Please register your attendance here. Lunch to follow.

Essential Elements of a Research Grant Proposal – Hands-on Grant Writing Workshop

There are a bunch of common parts to a research grant proposal, no matter the funder. This session will demystify those parts, enabling researchers to develop a skeleton draft of a research grant proposal, and help them develop an understanding of how to write about:

• the significant drivers and need for their research;
• how their research innovatively addresses an important problem in their discipline;
• how past outcomes of the applicant or applicant team make the new project feasible;
• the planned significant new knowledge, outcomes, products and/or services their project plans to deliver;
• engagements required prior to, during and after the project is executed to enable benefit and research impact.

Researchers will bring a project idea they are planning to develop into a grant application to the session.

Presenter: Dr Benedicta Rousseau, The GrantED Group

When: 1:30pm – 4:30pm, Thursday 12th September, 2024

Only participants that have a project idea/grant they can bring to the workshop will be accepted. Participants will need this to work on during the workshop. When registering, you will be asked to send a copy.

Please register your attendance here.