FT27 draft review

FT27 draft review

DRAFT - NOT READY FOR SUBMISSION

Inherited FT26 limits; verify against FT27 instructions when released.

Mechanical validation

• Field limits and budget arithmetic pass. PDF page counts pass.

Historical budget: ARC $1,004,936; Monash cash $167,871.

Decisions and evidence still required

• Confirm FT27 application structure, page/field limits and formatting in the released instructions.
• Applicant to confirm the FT27 research direction and approve the revised narrative.
• Refresh and verify career evidence, publication metrics, allocations and patent status.
• Obtain current institutional budget rates, quotes and confirmed travel plans; revise D1/D2/D3 together.
• Obtain a reissued and authorised Monash C2 letter; the current text is a historical draft.

Source notes

• meta.status: DRAFT baseline carried from FT26. Part C (Project Description) and C2 (Letter of Support) are flagged for revision pending the applicant’s instructions on the new perspective for FT27. Part D budget years and salary/stipend rates need re-indexing to a 2027–2030 commencement (currently still shows the FT26 2026–2029 figures verbatim).
• form_fields.B9_mentoring_leadership.note: [FT27 TODO] Confirm supervision, publication and presentation counts; condensed from FT26 evidence.
• form_fields.B10_research_output_context.note: [FT27 TODO] update publication/citation/h-index counts to current figures before submission.
• form_fields.B12_current_arc_projects.note: [FT27 TODO] Refresh from the participant’s current RMS record.
• form_fields.B14_eligibility_extension.note: Historical FT26 answer; confirm against FT27 eligibility dates and current certification.
• form_fields.B17_professional_equivalent_to_phd.note: [FT27 TODO] The source PDF page 11 records Yes even though B13 lists a PhD. Confirm this response with the Research Office; retained faithfully here.
• form_fields.E1_government_priority_areas.note: [FT27 TODO] confirm these policies are still current/announced at FT27 lodgement; add any newer ones.
• reference.B11_note: [FT27 TODO] review for any papers published since Nov 2025 that should displace a weaker entry; recompute h-index/citations in B10 to match.
• reference.D1_budget.note: [FT27 TODO] These are the verbatim FT26 figures (commencing 2026, so effectively 2026-2029). For FT27 (commencing 2027), re-index: (1) shift the four years to 2027-2030, (2) update Dr Yin’s Level B salary point and on-costs to the rate current at FT27 lodgement, (3) update the ARC HDR stipend rate for the relevant year, (4) re-check conference years/venues in the travel plan (D2) still make sense for a 2027 start, (5) recompute all year and grand totals once rates are updated.
• parts[0].status: carried from FT26 — figures/amounts inside may need refreshing (see notes)
• parts[0].sections[0].blocks[5].note: [FT27 TODO] Confirm the cumulative NCI/Pawsey allocations and valuations; these are FT26 figures.
• parts[1].status: FT26 research baseline; figures restored; FT27 research direction awaits applicant input
• parts[2].status: carried from FT26 — needs re-dating and reissue by Monash Research Office for FT27
• parts[2].sections[0].blocks[0].note: [FT27 TODO] replace with new letter date once reissued for the FT27 round.
• parts[2].sections[0].blocks[6].note: [FT27 TODO] refresh ERA/QS ranking citations if newer editions are out by FT27 lodgement.
• parts[3].status: carried from FT26 — years/rates/conference plan need re-indexing to 2027-2030 (see D1 note)
• parts[3].sections[0].blocks[1].note: [FT27 TODO] confirm salary point/on-cost rate current at FT27 lodgement.
• parts[3].sections[0].blocks[3].note: [FT27 TODO] confirm ARC HDR stipend rate for the FT27 round.
• parts[3].sections[1].blocks[15].note: [FT27 TODO] recheck conference years/venues (AIP Congress, APS Global Physics Summit, MRS Spring, Gordon Godfrey Workshop) are still appropriately scheduled for a 2027-2030 fellowship.
• parts[3].sections[2].blocks[3].note: [FT27 TODO] reprice VASP licence and workstation hardware at FT27-lodgement prices.
• parts[4].status: carried from FT26 — dollar figures need re-indexing alongside D1/D2