Macquarie University
Faculty of Science
Higher Degree Research Project Support Funds
Application Form and Budget Justification
Year____

	
1. Applicant	
Family name		Given name		
University phone		Department		
E-mail		Student Id.#		
Research degree 		
Date of first enrolment in this degree		
Total of budget estimate for this year	$	
Total for whole/remainder of project	$	

2. Project title. (max. 20 words)	

3. Project summary. In no more than 100 words of plain English, provide an informative project summary, indicating the aims, significance and expected outcomes.	

	

4. Supervisor/s	
Supervisor 1		
Department		Email		
Supervisor 2		
Department		Email		

5. Funds available from other sources for this applicant/project	
Source	Amount	Account name and number	
MQ PGRF			
MI Travel Grant			
Research Grant			
Other (please specify)			

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6. Research plan and methods (max. 1 page). Explain how you will carry out the proposed research this year, and provide an approximate timeline for the work.	

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7. Justification of the Budget (max. 1 page). Explain why each item in the Budget Template is needed with reference to your aims, research plan and methods. Indicate your sources of information regarding costs of each item	

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8. Past support. 	
Have you ever received financial (dept, division, uni) support for this research project?	Yes  No 	
If Yes, state total amount: $___________
Please attach a report on previous expenditure (when, amount, purpose, outcome) (Max. 1 page)		

9. Ethics	
Does the project require human or animal ethical or biosafety approval?          	Yes   No	
If yes, indicate the type/s of approval required. 	Human 	Animal  	Biosafety  	
Has approval been obtained?  If yes, provide the reference number.		
Please note: no funds will be released until the appropriate approval/s have been received and evidence supplied to the departmental Finance Officer. If you have any questions or you would like further information about the ethical conduct of research at Macquarie University, please contact the Ethics Secretariat ethics.secretariat@vc.mq.edu.au.	

10. Certification 
Applicant
“I certify that the budget items requested are appropriate for the project described in this application. Should the research proposed here require ethical clearance, I certify that approval has been obtained  or has been sought  from the relevant University Ethics/Biosafety Committee. I certify that the information contained in this application is, to my knowledge, true and correct.”
	
Name		Signature

Date			

Supervisor/s 	

“I/we certify that the budget items requested are appropriate for the project described in this application. Should the research proposed here require ethical clearance, I/we certify that approval has been obtained  or has been sought  from the relevant University Ethics/Biosafety Committee. 
I/We certify that the information contained in this application is, to my/our knowledge, true and correct.”
	
Name 		Signature

Date			
Name 		Signature

Date			

Head of Department or Delegate	

Budget approved
	
Name 		Signature

Date			
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