Collaborative solutions bring together ideas from diverse disciplines and sectors, with teams that include people from different career stages and experience levels to enable innovation.
Australia is facing intractable challenges that put its environmental, economic and social future at risk. Innovative solutions that seek to address these challenges are expected to come from collaborations that break free from restrictive boundaries.
Emerging researchers working to solve these challenges often encounter boundaries that are specific to discipline, sector, career stage or age—limiting the reach and impact of their work. By creating opportunities for researchers to build collaborations across these boundaries, we open the door to possible breakthroughs that can help secure Australia’s future.
The Collaboration across Boundaries 2018 Conference, supported by the Theo Murphy Initiative (Australia), will create a space where researchers from diverse disciplines and sectors can meet and explore opportunities and collaborations that can further their ideas.
The Collaboration across Boundaries 2018 Conference will be held on Tuesday 4 December at University House, Australian National University, Canberra. This one-day event brings together researchers from ALL disciplines to showcase their ideas or projects at the pitch and poster presentation sessions under the motto: ‘Choose your problem—show us your collaborative solution’. Selected pitches and posters go in the running to win one of two $3,000 research grants (one for each category). The event will also present insightful discussions on how collaborations can change Australia’s future.
Conference registration is free and open to researchers and representatives from universities, government and the private sector. Postgraduate and research students are also welcome to attend.
The conference will be preceded by a skills development workshop on Tuesday 20 November. Registered delegates interested in learning more about the skills required to effectively collaborate with external stakeholders are invited to apply to attend.
Early- and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) and PhD students from ALL disciplines are invited to apply to present their collaborative solutions at the conference, either as a pitch or a poster.
Selected pitches and posters go in the running to win one of two $3,000 research grants (one for each category).
You could be:
Whoever you are, we look forward to hearing about and seeing your collaborative solutions!
Applications to present a poster or pitch close on Sunday 28 October 2018.
To participate in the pitch or poster presentations register to attend the event and follow the prompts to submit a 250-word abstract.
Individual and team submissions are accepted.
Teams must select a representative who is an EMCR or a PhD student to submit the application and present at the conference.
We encourage applications from EMCRs and PhD students from ALL disciplines.
An EMCR is defined as a researcher who received their PhD within the last 15 years (excluding any periods of career interruption), irrespective of their position or sector.
EMCR applicants must be a member of the EMCR Forum to apply. It is free to become a member.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the application, please contact us at emcr@science.org.au
We wish to make this event accessible to everyone. As part of our commitment, we will offer a number of carer support grants to encourage and enable the attendance of parents with young children and other primary carers who would otherwise be unable to attend the event due to caring responsibilities on the day of the conference and/or workshop. Submit an expression of interest when you register to be considered for a carer support grant. Applications close on Wednesday 17 October.
Collaboration across Boundaries 2018 is jointly presented by the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian National University Network for Early Career Teachers, Academics and Researchers (ANU NECTAR), and CSIRO.
Collaborative solutions bring together ideas from diverse disciplines and sectors, with teams that include people from different career stages and experience levels to enable innovation.
Australia is facing intractable challenges that put its environmental, economic and social future at risk. Innovative solutions that seek to address these challenges are expected to come from collaborations that break free from restrictive boundaries.
Emerging researchers working to solve these challenges often encounter boundaries that are specific to discipline, sector, career stage or age—limiting the reach and impact of their work. By creating opportunities for researchers to build collaborations across these boundaries, we open the door to possible breakthroughs that can help secure Australia’s future.
The Collaboration across Boundaries 2018 Conference, supported by the Theo Murphy Initiative (Australia), will create a space where researchers from diverse disciplines and sectors can meet and explore opportunities and collaborations that can further their ideas.
The Collaboration across Boundaries 2018 Conference will be held on Tuesday 4 December at University House, Australian National University, Canberra. This one-day event brings together researchers from ALL disciplines to showcase their ideas or projects at the pitch and poster presentation sessions under the motto: ‘Choose your problem—show us your collaborative solution’. Selected pitches and posters go in the running to win one of two $3,000 research grants (one for each category). The event will also present insightful discussions on how collaborations can change Australia’s future.
Conference registration is free and open to researchers and representatives from universities, government and the private sector. Postgraduate and research students are also welcome to attend.
The conference will be preceded by a on Tuesday 20 November. Registered delegates interested in learning more about the skills required to effectively collaborate with external stakeholders are invited to apply to attend.
Early- and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) and PhD students from ALL disciplines are invited to apply to present their collaborative solutions at the conference, either as a pitch or a poster.
Selected pitches and posters go in the running to win one of two $3,000 research grants (one for each category).
You could be:
Whoever you are, we look forward to hearing about and seeing your collaborative solutions!
Applications to present a poster or pitch close on Sunday 28 October 2018.
To participate in the pitch or poster presentations the event and follow the prompts to submit a 250-word abstract.
Individual and team submissions are accepted.
Teams must select a representative who is an EMCR or a PhD student to submit the application and present at the conference.
We encourage applications from EMCRs and PhD students from ALL disciplines.
An EMCR is defined as a researcher who received their PhD within the last 15 years (excluding any periods of career interruption), irrespective of their position or sector.
EMCR applicants must be a member of the EMCR Forum to apply. It is free to .
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the application, please contact us at
We wish to make this event accessible to everyone. As part of our commitment, we will offer a number of carer support grants to encourage and enable the attendance of parents with young children and other primary carers who would otherwise be unable to attend the event due to caring responsibilities on the day of the conference and/or workshop. Submit an expression of interest when you register to be considered for a carer support grant. Applications close on Wednesday 17 October.
Collaboration across Boundaries 2018 is jointly presented by the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian National University Network for Early Career Teachers, Academics and Researchers (ANU NECTAR), and CSIRO.
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