Stay in your lane: Examining experiences of Indigenous women researchers with mainstream grant opportunities

Centre of Critical Indigenous Studies
Faculty of Arts, Wallumattagal Campus, Macquarie University NSW 2109
Ph: +61 (0) 2 9850 8891

Chief Investigators:
Distinguished Professor Bronwyn Carlson   Bronwyn.carlson@mq.edu.au
Associate Professor Debbie Bargallie   d.bargallie@griffith.edu.au
Dr Terri Farrelly  terri.farrelly@mq.edu.au

Funded by The Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW) and relates to the Indigenous Pillar that has a focus on institutional and systemic racism.

Ethics approval granted by the Macquarie University Human Research Ethics Committee – Approval number: 520241760258476

Welcome to our survey exploring the experiences of researchers who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women, and/or as members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
This survey focuses on your experiences—particularly in relation to applying for mainstream grant opportunities—and aims to inform more inclusive and supportive research funding practices.

Please note:

To participate in this survey, you must be 18 years or older, identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander woman, or as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. You must also be working in a higher education role that requires you to be research active.

If you do not meet this criteria but feel you still have something to contribute that we should be made aware of, we welcome you to contact Dr Terri Farrelly at terri.farrelly@mq.edu.au to discuss further.

This survey will take approximately 15 minutes of your time, and you will be asked questions related to your experience of applying for national competitive grants such as from the ARC or NHMRC, industry grants, or internal grants at your institution. We are interested to hear about both successful and unsuccessful applications. Participation is voluntary, and you can exit at any point.

Please note: If you would prefer to answer these questions in a zoom or in-person interview (if location allows) please contact Dr Terri Farrelly at terri.farrelly@mq.edu.au or on 0421 580 730.

If you would like further information about this project, or to submit a complaint, please contact any of the researchers listed above, or contact the Ethics Committee Director on +61(0)2 9850 7854 or ethics@mq.edu.au

Important information

Please note that the information you provide in this survey is confidential and can be accessed only by the researchers named above. While the results of this research project will be published and/or presented in a variety of public forums, your responses will be de-identified and care will be taken to ensure that any presentation of findings does not include any identifiable information. 

During the project, data will be stored on Macquarie University’s SharePoint. At project completion, data will be repatriated through deposition into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive (ATSIDA) – a specialised and trusted research data management facility for Australian Indigenous research data on topics involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples managed by the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Data Archive Group based at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning and the UTS Library at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). 

By completing this online survey, you are acknowledging that you have read and understood the information above, and agree to participate in this research, and that you understand that you can exit the survey at any time and withdraw from further participation in the research at any time without consequence.  You are also giving consent for your data to be repatriated through deposition into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive (ATSIDA).