Snow Fellowships

Key dates for Snow Fellowships 2024

28 March 2024: Proposals open with Snow Medical
17 April 2024: Faculty/Institute Shortlisted EOIs due to UQ Research and Innovation (UQ R&I). Please submit the Internal Expressions of Interest (EOI) form and CV to your Faculty/Institute
8 May 2024: UQ Shortlisted EOIs due to UQ R&I
17 May 2024: UQ Shortlisted EOIs due to Snow Medical

Overview

The Snow Fellowships target emerging global research leaders who demonstrate the potential to drive, manage and influence the next generation of health and medical innovation. The scheme supports outstanding mid-career medical and biomedical researchers to build high impact multidisciplinary research programs and teams. Applications from researchers relocating or returning to Australia from overseas are encouraged.

How to apply

1) Expression of Interest (EOI) process

The 2024 Fellowship round consists of a three-stage process - EOI, invitation to submit a full application and, for successful applicants at the full application stage, an invitation to attend an interview with the Snow Medical Scientific Research and Assessment Committee.

Step 1: Complete the UQ Expression of Interest form

Familiarise yourself with the key Snow Medical and UQ documentation.
Complete the UQ Internal EOI form and full CV and submit it to your Faculty or Institute.

Step 2: Internal review and ranking

UQ EOIs will be reviewed and ranked by Faculty/Institute panels and submitted to UQ R&I.
UQ EOIs will be reviewed and ranked by UQ R&I central panel.
Applicants will be advised of internal review and ranking outcomes.

Step 3: Complete Snow Medical Expression of Interest form

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to complete the Snow Medical EOI form.
UQ R&I will provide review and feedback.

Step 4: Final submission

Completed Snow Medical EOIs will be submitted to Snow Medical by UQ R&I.

2) Full Application process

Snow Medical will notify applicants of the EOI outcomes, and invite successful applicants to submit full applications in late July. Review of full applications are due to UQ R&I by 2 September 2024. Full applications are due to Snow Medical on 16 September 2024.

3) Interview process

Snow Medical will notify applicants of full application outcomes, and invite successful applicants to interview in late November/early December 2024. Applicants will be interviewed January – early March 2025. Fellowships will be publicly announced in late March 2025.

Readership and researcher support

Before applying, we recommend you:

Contact your faculty or institute research manager for advice on peer readership programs.
Join the UQ R&I Mailer to stay up to date with round developments.
Access the UQ R&I Grants Library, a helpful resource of past successful proposals.
If offered, attend UQ R&I information sessions and access PowerPoint presentations from presentations and slides.