Seed funding
STATUS: Closed. The next funding round will take place in 2022
The Indigenous Knowledge Institute (IKI) aims to advance research and engagement in Indigenous knowledge systems. The IKI is one of five current Melbourne Interdisciplinary Research Institutes, which aim to promote research linkages and collaboration across the University and play a lead role in articulating University research to external audiences.
The IKI invites proposals for innovative and interdisciplinary research projects with a focus on Indigenous knowledges. Indigenous knowledge, sometimes called traditional or local knowledge, refers to the understandings and practices developed by Indigenous peoples through thousands of years of experience. Indigenous knowledge systems are characteristically holistic, relational, and rooted in a strong and continuing connection with the land, sky and waters. The research project should address an identified need or gap in the field of Indigenous knowledge research.
All University of Melbourne researchers are eligible to apply for this seed funding opportunity for projects up to a maximum of $20,000. Proposals will be assessed against five selection criteria:
- Advances research in Indigenous knowledges
- Commitment to partnership
- Feasibility and impact
- Interdisciplinarity
- ECR development
Key dates for this seed funding opportunity are set out in the table below:
Applications open | Monday 5 July 2021 |
Information/drop-in sessions |
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Applications close | Monday 30 August 2021 (COB) |
Assessor reviews | 13-17 September 2021 |
Funding outcomes | Week commencing 27 September 2021 |
Funding commences | October 2021 |
Guidance on equitable remuneration of community research participants can be found at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute's website.
Download the Seed Funding Information Pack Download the Application Form
2021
Project lead: Dr Joe Greet (School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences)
Birrarung’s billabongs: understanding their past to better manage them today
Project lead: Dr Candice Boyd (School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
Social and Emotional Well-Being among Custodians of Australian Indigenous Knowledge
Project lead: Dr David Sequeira (Faculty of Fine Arts and Music)
YOYI (dance)
Project leads: Dr Andrea Rawluk, Maddison Miller, Professor Rod Keenan (each School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences), and Dr Gillian Howell (Faculty of Fine Arts and Music)
Revitalising and sharing knowledge through creativity: developing interdisciplinary research practice
Project lead: Professor Marcia Langton (Melbourne School of Population and Global Health)
Indigenous knowledges in the criminal “justice” context
2020
Project lead: Dr Justin Wejak (Asia Institute)
“If you look after nature, the land will look after you”: Indigenous knowledge of medicine and food in Lembata, Eastern Indonesia
Project lead: Associate Professor Duane Hamacher (School of Physics)
Aboriginal Astronomical Knowledge of the Kulin Nation
Project leads: Enterprise Professor Bruce Pascoe and Associate Professor Kate Howell (Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences)
Developing a food safety roadmap for commercialising Cumbungi
Project lead: Dr Erin O’Donnell (Melbourne Law School)
Yoongoorookoo: First Law, legal comparison, and a Martuwarra/Fitzroy River creation story
Project lead: Daniel Riley (Victorian College of the Arts)
Wagambirra
For more information about seed funding, please contact:
Kirsten Clark
Indigenous-knowledge@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 9035 9511
Or attend one of our seed grant information sessions.