The SSA funds up to three people each year through its post-doctoral transitional development funding scheme, which involves salary support for up to 12 months towards post-doctoral development of research applications.
The post-doctoral transitional development scheme is currently under review, so the SSA is not accepting applications at this time. If you are interested in applying or have already started an application, please contact the SSA’s Executive Officer, Graham Hunt, for more information.
Information on eligibility and conflicts of interest
You are ineligible for this scheme if you are an employee of the alcohol, cannabis, gambling, nicotine, pharmaceutical, or tobacco industries. This exclusion also applies if you are an employee of an Industry Social Aspect Organisation*.
You are ineligible for this scheme if you have received funding of any kind, either directly from, or through representatives of, the alcohol, cannabis (except pharmaceutical), gambling, nicotine (except pharmaceutical), or tobacco industries. This exclusion also applies if you have received funding from an Industry Social Aspect Organisation*.
To be eligible, you must provide details about all potential conflicts of interest when requested. This information will be used to inform decision-making and applications may be rejected if the SSA deems there to be a risk of bias, ethical concerns, or a risk to the reputation of the SSA.
*Industry Social Aspect Organisations are those that are funded by addictive product industries – sometimes through secondary organisations – that often have a stated purpose to reduce the harms of those addictive products.
