Mid-Career Industry Fellowships for funding commencing in 2023

Overview

The Mid-Career Industry Fellowships scheme creates a pathway to support academic researchers in establishing careers in industry, and industry-based researchers to work in university settings, with the aim of increased two-way mobility and skill-building in research collaboration, translation and commercialisation. The Mid-Career Industry Fellowships scheme objectives are to: develop a strong pipeline of researchers in Australia with capabilities in research collaboration, translation and commercialisation; open up and maintain a diversity of career pathways traversing university and industry settings;open up and maintain a diversity of career pathways traversing university and industry settings; increase strategic engagement and alignment between universities and industry; contribute to the solving of industry-identified challenges and opportunities; and create commercial, economic and other benefits for Australia through enhanced translation and commercialisation, including the development of start-up companies. The intended outcomes of the Mid-Career Industry Fellowships scheme are:  strengthen the industry collaboration skills of mid-career researchers;  encourage uptake of a wider range of career options for established researchers; supervise and develop future research and nurture their development of collaboration, commercialisation and translation skills; and deliver significant, actionable outcomes for industry partners and end-users.