About Us
The Awards, Grants and Fellowships team was introduced midway through 2007 to assist staff to develop and administer competitive teaching and learning-focused award, grant and fellowship applications at both the UTAS and national level. The Promoting Excellence Initiative (2008) has allowed for the expansion of Team initiatives and the Awards, Grants and Fellowships office is now funded through to the end of 2010.
Awards and Grants sits within the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students & Education) and works to ensure that appropriate mechanisms are in place to support staff to collect evidence about their teaching, identify staff who are achieving at a high level and support them in the development of applications for University of Tasmania and Australian Learning and Teaching Council awards, grants and fellowships.
Other responsibilities include establishing networks and collaborating with other universities and agencies for the purpose of developing grant applications; coordinating institutional funding applications for developments associated with teaching and learning; and, providing project management support for project initiatives on behalf of the University.
If you would like to organise a school or faculty-based information session about UTas or ALTC awards, grants or fellowships, or if you would like assistance to prepare an award, fellowship or grant application, please contact Awards.Grants@utas.edu.au or (+ 613) 6324 3740.
The Awards, Grants & Fellowship team, consisting of a Senior Lecturer (Academic Development), Awards and Grants Support Officer, and staff within the office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students & Education), and various project staff, is available to provide a range of support to staff, including:
Academic support
- Working with Heads of School and Associate Deans (Teaching & Learning) to identify staff who should be encouraged to apply for awards, grants and fellowships and to identify strategic priority areas for grant and fellowship applications.
- With a focus on capacity building, developing resources, conducting workshops and providing feedback to staff regarding the development of award, grant and fellowship submissions.
- Establishing networks and collaborating with other universities and agencies for the purpose of developing grant and fellowship applications.
- Providing project management support for project initiatives. At present this includes the Multi-Campus and Curriculum Review projects mentioned in the report for 2008.
Technical and administrative support
- Communicating UTAS and ALTC award, grant and fellowship submission key dates to UTAS staff.
- Confirming submissions comply with UTAS procedural requirements prior to seeking Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students & Education) endorsement.
- Provision of advice as to ALTC submission requirements, tips for completion of competitive applications, and budget review.
- Monitoring of approved applications and reminders to recipients of report due dates and other milestones.
- Provision of add-on project administrative and/or management support upon request, such as steering committee secretariat support, project action plan maintenance, coordination of publications, and recruitment and supervision of project coordinators.
- Ensuring that funding agreements for each successful ALTC project have been reviewed by the relevant Head/s of School/Section and the legal office prior to signing and acceptance of funding.
- Maintenance of a database to track UTAS and ALTC award, grant and fellowship applications.
- Provision of reports to University committees as appropriate.
- Strategies for Fostering Excellence in Teaching and Learning