Mid-Career Industry Fellowships for funding commencing in 2025

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: increase the pipeline of researchers in Australia with capabilities in industry-focused and/or industry-based research collaboration, translation and commercialisation; open up and maintain a diversity of two-way 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, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia through enhanced translation and/or 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;   develop and supervise research, which may include the participation of Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students and early-career researchers (ECRs), that fosters the development of industry collaboration, commercialisation and translation skills; and  deliver significant, actionable outcomes for industry partners and research end-users.