Guidelines

Applicability

• Grants are available upon application to the School for:

• Academic Staff and General Staff on contracts 12 months or longer on 0.5 FTE or more, are eligible for a grant.
  

Conditions

• General Staff must apply for a UWA Staff Development Grant before the School will consider a travel grant.
  
  
• Academic Staff cannot apply for a travel grant within one year of commencing or one year of returning from study leave, whichever the staff member elects.
  
  
• A conference grant will only be approved if the staff member is presenting a paper, organising a session, or participating as a discussant. Full documentation is required.
  
  
• Only one successful grant application per staff member per calendar year will be allowed. If, however, a staff member wishes to forgo a grant in one calendar year and apply for a double grant in the following year, this will be considered.

Procedure

• Applications must be submitted to the Head of School or through the Discipline Chair.

• Relevant supporting documentation must be attached to the application including:

or

• There is usually one to three weeks between an application being submitted and the applicant being informed of the result.

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Application form