G R Steed & Associates Pty Ltd
Consulting Services for Research Management
70 Hopetoun Road
Rutherglen Victoria
Australia 3685
ABN: 12 082 815 861
List of current / recent projects
2000 - 2023
- Advice on NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence research grant proposal for The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (2022- current).
- Senior Associate at Outside Opinion, providing a range of grant reviews and advice.
- Review and provide strategic advice for ARC Discovery, DECRA, Future Fellow and Linkage project submissions for Griffith University (2019 - current). Provide advice on ways to improve submission quality.
- Review and provide strategic advice for successful ($600k) NISDRG project (2020- 2021)
- Review and provide strategic advice for select NHMRC grant submissions for Griffith University (2019 - current).
- Review ARC Discovery, DECRA, Laureate, Future Fellow and Linkage project submissions for Flinders University (2018- current). Provide advice on ways to improve submission quality.
- Review and provide strategic advice for select NHMRC grant submissions for Flinders University (2019 - current).
- Contribute to RMIT University development of a major Industry Transformation Training Centre bid for the biosolids, water and agricultural industries (November 2017). The Biosolids Training Centre was funded for five years and $13.7 million in October 2019.
- Review ARC Linkage project submissions for University of Melbourne. Provide advice on ways to improve submission quality. Advice on re-submission of failed proposals: (June 2007 - current).
Since 2013 UoM has consistently achieved achieved No1 or 2 status in Australia for Linkage project grants awarded and Linkage funds received. - Review ARC Future Fellows and Laureate Fellowship grant applications (2012- current).
- Work with Chief Investigators to develop bids for Cooperative Research Centres and Centres of Excellence in medicine, engineering, science, economics and humanities (2012- current).
- Review National Health and Medical Research Council Partnerships, Development, Synergy, Investigators and CoEs scheme submissions for University of Melbourne. Provide advice to improve submission quality (November 2008 - current).
In 2019 the UoM success rate for NHMRC Centres of Excellence was 40% (six Centres funded). - Coordinate, review and write a Feasibility Study for the UoM submission ($20 million) to the National Soil Carbon Innovation Challenge (2022).
- Programme Management for Universitas 21 (an international consortium of Universities) "Water Futures for Sustainable Cities" project. (May 2008 - 2014).
- Review ARC Discovery Project applications and provide advice to University of Melbourne researchers. (January 2008 and February 2015).
- University of Melbourne booklet: Top Ten Tips for Writing ARC Linkage Project Applications. (December 2007).
- Manage the development and contracting of 16 projects in the Water-Dependent Ecosystems portfolio of the National Water Commission. (Sept - Oct 2007).
- Coordinator for the Australian Winter Cereals Molecular Marker Programs for the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). 2000 - 2008.
- Administrator for the Malting Barley Quality Improvement Program (MBQIP). 2002 - 2006.
- Program Consultant to GRDC for research into improved varieties of oats, triticale and rye. 2001 - 2005.
- Education and Communication Strategy for Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG). 2005.
- Research Strategy for ACPFG 2006 - 2012. October - December 2005.
- Scoping study on capacity for R&D in molecular markers for pulse crops, for GRDC. July 2003.
- Development of agronomy R&D strategy for cereal hay production for Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. July - Sept 2002.
- Study of "Capacity to Change" in Dryland Salinity situations for the National Land and Water Resources Audit (Team led by Read Sturgess). 1999 - 2000.