Grant applications

Brian Martin

All my applications to the Australian Research Council (and its forerunner, the Australian Research Grants Committee) are listed here. There are links to all the applications available in electronic form.

Note that applications are submitted in about March of the year before the date indicated. For example, the application for 2003 funding was submitted in March 2002, with the decision announced in October 2002.

In some years in the 1990s, about one fifth of applications were "culled" and not sent to assessors. They were deemed uncompetitive and not worth assessing. After being culled three successive times, in November 1997 I wrote "An ARC story", which received a bit of media attention. Whether this influenced my success the following year is impossible to know.

For my analysis of grant systems, see my article "Research grants: problems and options".

2009, Tactics of deception
Submitted, March 2008.

2008, Tactics in complex conflicts
Unsuccessful.

2007, Nonviolent action and complex warfare
Unsuccessful. The ranking of the application relative to other applications according to the four selection criteria was: significance and innovation, 38%; approach, 27%; national benefit, 75%; track record, 42%.

2006, Tactics of social transformation
Unsuccessful. The ranking of the application relative to other applications according to the four selection criteria was: significance and innovation, 65%; approach, 64%; national benefit, 42%; track record, 85%. Rated in the top 10% of unfunded projects. Awarded a "near miss" grant by the University of Wollongong.

2003, Theory and action for opposing political repression
Successful, funded at half the requested amount for 2003-2005.

2002, The methods and dynamics of cyberactivism
Unsuccessful.

2000, The failure of whistleblowing
Unsuccessful (culled).

1999, Communication technology for nonviolent struggle
Successful, funded at roughly the requested amount for 1999-2001.

At this stage I wrote "An ARC story".

1998, Communication technology for nonviolent struggle
Unsuccessful (culled).

1997, Communication technology and nonviolent struggle
Unsuccessful (culled).

1996, Communication technology and nonviolent struggle
Unsuccessful (culled).

1993, Science and technology for nonviolent struggle
Successful, funded at roughly the requested amount for 1993-1995.

1992, Science for nonviolent struggle
Unsuccessful.

1991a, Scientific controversy and public decision-making (with Evelleen Richards and Pam Scott)
Unsuccessful.

1991b, The social and policy impolications of road transport informatics (with Pam Scott)
Unsuccessful.

1990, Scientific controversy and public decision-making (with Evelleen Richards and Pam Scott)
Unsuccessful.

1989a, Vulnerability and resilience in Australian telecommunications
Unsuccessful.

1989b, Scientific controversy and public decision-making (with Evelleen Richards)
Unsuccessful.

1987, The vulnerability of some key Australian technological systems to military threats
Successful, funded at one-third the requested amount for 1987-1988.