Current Grant Opportunity View - GO7318

The National Intelligence Postdoctoral Grant (NIPG) program sponsors unclassified academic research designed to achieve Australian Government objectives for research and innovation in national intelligence and security.

The program offers funding for Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions for early-mid career researchers to undertake academic research in relation to Research Topics – specific areas of interest and relevance to the National Intelligence Community (NIC). This round of the program has 20 Research Topics (see documents). The program will run annually with each position funded full time for a period of two (2) years or part time where approved by ONI for a period of up to four (4) years. The Grant will be paid in a single instalment (up to $365,000 GST Exclusive) by ONI before the end of the 2024-2025 Financial Year.

To be eligible the postdoctoral candidate must:

• Be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or New Zealand Special Category Visa Holder,
• Have a PhD in a relevant field, conferred before the beginning of the post-doctoral position and within ten years of the application closing date (Career Interruptions will be considered),
• Post-doctoral Candidates and their proposed research must be sponsored by an accredited Australian University.

To be eligible the Research Advisor must:

• Be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or New Zealand Special Category Visa Holder,
• Must be engaged as a full-time staff member of the sponsoring accredited Australian University.

The maximum grant period is two (2) years for full time and up to four (4) years part time (where requested and agreed to by ONI) following the commencement date and your grant activity (i.e. your research) must be completed within this period.

Part time requests will only be approved for the following reasons:

• Carer/family responsibilities up to 0.5 FTE (four-year grant period).
• Teaching appointment in a field relevant to the NIPG project up to 0.33 FTE (three-year grant period).

$365,000.00

Applications must be submitted electronically via Grant Connect by 4pm on 21 February 2025. Applicants must submit the following documentation to satisfy the eligibility criteria. Please submit 3 pdf documents only. See Guidelines section 7 for information and instructions:

1. Cover Page and Commitment Forms.

·         Application cover page with items for both the Postdoctoral Candidate and Research Advisor.

·         Signed Research Advisor Confirmation of Commitment Form; and

·         Signed University Commitment for Sponsored Research Form

2. Research Proposal and budget

3. CV and Publication Lists

Any alterations or omissions to the form may result in rejection of your application.

This Application Pack includes:

1.     Round 5 - NIPG 2024-25 - NIPG Guidelines

2.     Round 5 - NIPG 2024-25 - Research Topics

3.     Round 5 - NIPG 2024-25 - Research Proposal Template

4.     Round 5 - NIPG 2024-25 - Cover Page and Commitment Forms 

Also included for information: 

5.      Round 5 - NIPG 2024-25 - FAQs

6.      DRAFT Round 5 NIPG Commonwealth Grant Agreement 2025