Information on financing

• The maximum budget is AUD 10,000 for one year.
• The research grant may be allocated up to the budget submitted, but may be less than the initial amount requested.
• Start of the project: The research project must begin no later than 6 months after the initial award and last no longer than one year from that date.

Use of funds

• Stipends, analysis costs, fieldwork, small equipment, including software, conference costs for presenting research results funded by Agate, publication costs, bench costs, other research costs with justification.

Funds cannot be used for

• Computer equipment, bench fees, conference registration fees unrelated to the current project, travel expenses for conferences, departmental overheads/expenses, access fees, medical insurance, excess baggage, expenses relating to accompanying dependants and expenses incurred by project participants not associated with the applicant organisations.

Potential winners

• The programme is open to all researchers based in African universities who meet the eligibility criteria.

Eligibility criteria

• Applicants must be citizens of an African country
• Applicants must have obtained a doctorate within the last 10 years
• Candidates may not submit more than one application per round.
• Applicants who received grants in 2021 are not eligible.
• Students cannot apply but are eligible for the Student Scholarship Fund
• The subject of the research can be any topic in the earth and planetary sciences.
• The online application form for a grant programme proposal must be completed and sent with all the requested documents before the application deadline.
• No more than one grant will be awarded per organisation
• This year, an additional grant will be awarded to a WAXI-affiliated project, excluding WAXI module leaders, but you do NOT need to be a WAXI partner to apply for an Agate research grant.

For more information, please visit the Agate project .