International Program Development Fund

The International Program Development Fund (IPDF) provides funding to University of Sydney academics to support initiatives in internationalisation. The aim is to foster international partnerships in research, teaching and learning, capacity building and other areas with high profile partners in priority areas.

Successful applicants will receive a letter of confirmation. Recipients will be required to fill in the online Acceptance of Funding form and provide a Responsibility Centre code. All forms must be submitted by the due date to receive funds in mid-January the following year.

If you would like to be added to the IPDF mailing list for 2013, please email a request to the Program Manager, Amanda Sayan.

Key dates

Please note that some faculties have an internal deadline that will precede those noted here. It is very important that you contact your faculty representative(s) to be informed of the processes that may apply to your faculty. Faculty representatives are listed below.

IPDF round 2013/2014 announced: 15 April
Online application opens: 6 May
IPDF information sessions: Friday 19 April & Wednesday 1 May
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Venue: Seminar room, John Woolley building (Old US Studies centre)
Application deadline: 31 May, 5:00pm
Applicants will be notified: end of September
Funding to be dispersed: mid January 2014

Preparing an application

• Contact your faculty representative (listed below) to determine the processes and any internal deadlines for your faculty.
• Applicants must have a login to IRMA, if you don't have access please contact the ICT helpdesk and choose option 3.
• Please ensure that you read the IPDF guidelines, complete all requirements and attach the supplementary documentation. Incomplete applications cannot be submitted online.
• Examine whether the assessment criteria can be addressed before investing time in developing your application. Meeting the assessment criteria is key for a successful application, so consider these points as you develop your application.
• Applicants should start preparing their applications well ahead of the submission date as the supporting documentation required for a full IPDF application can take some time to compile.
• In the application it is important that you emphasise the following criteria:
  - Academic quality and impact
  - Sustainability
  - Relevance
  - Innovation
• For a list of the questions in the online application click here.
• Please note that previous IPDF grant holders are not eligible to apply for the IPDF in successive years.

Faculty contacts

Please contact your Faculty representative for any queries relating to your application.

International Program Development Fund Report pro-forma

Please note: Respondents can go back to previous pages in the survey and update existing responses until the survey is finished or until they have exited the survey. Press the Done button to submit.

Contact details

Program Manager IPDF and South Asia, Office of the Vice-Chancellor and Principal
Amanda Sayan
T: 9351 2310
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