2025 Mary McConnel Career Boost Program for Women in Paediatric Research

Fill Out
Now
This is a preview of the 2025 Mary McConnel Career Boost Program Application Form form. When you’re ready to apply, click Fill Out Now to begin.
 

Applicant Details

* indicates a required field.

Completing your Application

Before you commence your application, please review the Application Guidelines and the Frequently Asked Questions for the 2025 Mary McConnel Career Boost Program for Women in Paediatric Research. These guidelines contain all eligibility criteria, assessment criteria, acceptable uses for award funding, and tips for completing the application form. If you have any queries about applying for a Mary McConnel Career Boost Program grant, please direct them to your Research Administration Office (i.e. the CHQ Research Directorate) in the first instance.

Eligibility Criteria

I identify as female and hold a salaried position at Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ), or a formal conjoint appointment between CHQ and a university with a paid CHQ component. * Required
At the round closing date (16 April 2025): * Required
Response required.
Clear the selected value for At the round closing date (16 April 2025):
Must be a date. For Early-career and Mid-career Researcher applicants only
I have a demonstrated commitment to the field of paediatric research. * Required
I will not use the funds for my own salary, capital works, infrastructure, or indirect costs (overheads). * Required
I have NOT previously received a Mary McConnel Career Boost Program grant. * Required
I am only submitting one application in this round. * Required
I have provided a letter of support from the CHQ Director of Research (using the template provided), and my line manager is supportive of this application. * Required
My research program aligns with the CHQ Research Strategy 2023–2025. * Required
I understand that successful grants will be administered by CHQ. * Required
I am based in Queensland and at least 80% of my research activity will occur in the state of Queensland. * Required
I will make myself available for an interview via Microsoft Teams on the morning of 4 June 2025. * Required

Applicant Details

Must be an Australian phone number. 
CHQ appointment type * Required
Response required.
Clear the selected value for CHQ appointment type
Office Address * Required

Educational Qualifications

Year AwardedQualificationInstitution
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required

Must be at least 1 rows

Current Employment/Appointments

Start YearRoleInstitution/Organisation
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required

Must be at least 1 rows

Top 5 Publications

Provide your top 5 research publications, prioritising recent outputs, including journal impact factor and number of citations to date. Indicate what your contribution was to the research, why that was significant to the research and what was the importance of the research. 

Novice applicants: Please enter N/A in the first field if you do not have any research publications.

Word count:
Must be no more than 50 words. 
Word count:
Must be no more than 50 words. 
Word count:
Must be no more than 50 words. 

Must be between 1 and 5 rows

Research Metrics

We collect these metrics as part of our standard processes. They may not necessarily contribute to the assessment of your application, but awardees will be asked to provide responses again in the follow-up report. Please refer to Section 6 of the guidelines for Assessment Criteria.

MetricResponse
Must be a number. 
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required
 * Required

Must be at least 10 rows

Have you submitted at least one nationally competitive grant application (i.e. to an Australian funding body) as the lead chief investigator? * Required
Please include applications submitted to Australian funding bodies only.

Commitment to the Field of Paediatric Research

Describe your demonstrated commitment to the field of paediatric research. For example, this can include previous paediatric research projects you have undertaken, collaborations with paediatric researchers, publications in a paediatric field.

Word count:
Must be no more than 200 words. 

Career Disruption/Relative to Opportunity

Describe career disruptions, relative to opportunity circumstances, barriers and field-specific impacts that have hindered career progression/sustainability and/or impacted research outputs. Please address how these are specific to or are amplified as a consequence of being a female researcher. Please also include calculations if you are claiming career disruptions for eligibility purposes (refer to the Guidelines for instructions).

Word count:
Must be no more than 400 words.