Research Branch Bulletin

The NHMRC's Research Grants Management System (RGMS) will soon be operational for the Profile and CV component of Project Grant and Fellowship applications.

At present access to the RGMS is limited to existing users only. However, it is anticipated that open access to RGMS will be granted sometime in November 2009 following the implementation of 'Identity Lifecycle Management'(ILM). Key features include:

• new users being able to register for RGMS accounts online, allowing a 'head-start' on completing Profile/CV information in RGMS prior to preparing applications;
• allowing existing users to retrieve their username or password (if misplaced or forgotten) via an automated process.

To assist with creating new users of RGMS in a timely manner NHMRC will export, from its present system, the names and contact details of all current NHMRC Grant holders and 2009 peer review participants and import them into RGMS. Once this occurs, these potential users will receive an email advising that they have access and as such will be able to start completing their Profile/CV.

Please regularly check the website for further updates over the coming weeks.

Join the team at Adelaide Research & Innovation for Christmas drinks, to celebrate the University of Adelaide's 2009 applied research achievements. Please see the Invitation Flyer for more information.

Date & Time:
Wed 2 December 09
4:00 - 6:00pm

Guest speaker: Adam Spencer
ABC radio announcer & science ambassador

Venue:
National Wine Centre
Exhibition Hall (upstairs)

RSVP by Wed 25 November 09
online: www.adelaideresearch.com.au
email: aripl@adelaide.edu.au
fax: 83034355

The National Health & Medical Research Council is inviting interested people to attend an update on Harmonisation of Multi-centre Ethical Review (HoMER) project. Please see the attached flyer for further information and registration details.

The NHMRC has undertaken a review of the NHMRC-European Union (EU) Collaborative Research Grants scheme.  The scheme helps Australian researchers participate in projects with international researchers under the European Commission’s (EC) Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).  

The revised NHMRC-EU scheme Funding Policy, approved by Research Committee in May this year, and the revised application form, are now available on the updated webpage of the NHMRC website located at: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/types/granttype/strategic/austeu.htm 

Information about the recently published FP7 calls is available on the EC website at:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

The PRF offers three types of grants.

• Seeding grants are for new researchers working on new or established research projects.
• Tagged grants are for researchers working on new or established research projects in a specific area of physiotherapy using 'tagged' funds.
• General grants are for projects to integrate research evidence into clinical practice, promote research or conduct non-clinical research.

Applications for general grants will be considered throughout the year. For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://physiotherapy.asn.au/index.php/quality-practice/physiotherapy-research-foundation/grants

The ResMed Foundation (Australia) is a private charitable foundation to promote sleep-disordered breathing research and community awareness, of the dangers of untreated sleep-disordered breathing. It has two main objectives

• Promoting leading research for publication in appropriate scientific and medical publications
• Providing limited community support by promoting, enhancing and financing charitable, educational, literary, artistic, scientific and other community and philanthropic activities

Individual Grants typically range from AU$5,000 to AU$50,000. The ResMed Foundation will also consider supporting longer-term projects with annual funding.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.resmed.com/au/about_us/resmed-foundation.html?nc=aboutus

The Sudden Infant Death Research Foundation (SIDRF) call for applications for research support (which might include granting of Research Fellowships) in the field of sudden death in infancy. Applicants need to consider certain points before submitting a request.

• animal studies will not be considered
• if sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the focus of the proposal, it must abide by the 1993 NICHD definition of SIDS

SIDRF will be adopts a two stage selection process for awarding research funding. Stage one requires applicants to submit a short one or two page outline of their intended proposal including hypothesis, methodology, outcome measures, availability of resource material, statistical procedures and estimate of yearly funding.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.sidsandkids.org/research-grants-sa.html

The aim of the RM Gibson Research Fund is to support beginning researchers further their careers in gerontological research. There are up to three grants of
approximately $5-6000 each, to a total of $15,000, which will be made to members of the Association for the purpose of medical scientific research.

Applicants must be members of the Australian Association of Gerontology at the time of applying for a grant. Intending applicants who are not members should
apply for membership immediately. The grants are intended to support new researchers at the beginning or in the first five years of their careers, but there is no age limit.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.aag.asn.au/rm_gibson.php

The Trust is required to use the funds for research, development and extension into the growing, harvesting, storage, processing and marketing of grain in SA in order to increase profitability and sustainability of the grains industry. Preference will be given to projects which meet the following criteria:

• Emphasis should be on solutions (outcomes).
• Without losing sight of innovation, greatest emphasis will be placed on projects which are applied, and with short/medium term outcomes for farmers.
• Benefits to SA farmers, region, and industry need to be identified, where possible in quantitative terms.
• The Path to Market or the means by which the results will be transferred to farmers (assuming the results are applicable to farmers) should be identified.
• Where applicable, areas of potential IP and/or commercialisation of results need to be identified.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.sagit.com.au/site/page.cfm?u=47

The Tactical Research Fund (TRF) has been created as part of the FRDC’s continual improvement processes. The aim of the TRF is to allow the FRDC to fast track important stakeholder issues to take advantage of opportunities, avert threats, or manage unforeseen events, as they arise.

Investment criteria:
The FRDC's investment criteria specifically for the Tactical Research Fund are:

• The project should be a high priority and driven by the relevant stakeholders. The project proposal must formally demonstrate that the stakeholder supports the proposed project as a high priority, aimed at achieving a specific outcome or responding to an unforseen event.
• The project's outputs should be immediately adoptable by the stakeholder in order to achieve the specific outcome;
• FRDC investment (including any industry cash contributions) must not exceed $75,000 (this is not inclusive of in-kind contributions);
• The project must be completed within 18 months.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.frdc.com.au/research/applying-for-funding

Applications for an Award from the Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund are welcomed from all current financial members of the Australian Systematic Botany Society. The project must contribute to Australian systematic botany (including cryptogams); must be carried out within Australia; and the applicant must be attached to an Australian research institute (in the broadest sense). The maximum grant awarded will be $2000.

Students, recent graduates and newly-established botanists will be given preference. Applications will be assessed on the quality of the applicant and the proposed project. The project should be clearly defined in scope and preferably result in a publication.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/asbs/eichler/index.html

The Council decided to use the bequest to support short term research projects and young zoologists working in any aspect of zoology within Australasia.

EMR Grants are composed of small research grants.  They are intended for researchers who are just starting out in their respective fields of study and will cover minor costs. 

Applications are restricted to members of the RZS (If not a member, please join). A degree is not a prerequisite. However, applicants must be able to demonstrate in their application that they have the scientific competence to undertake and complete the proposed research project. The maximum grant awarded is $AUD1500 per year and applicants are free to re-apply for funding regardless of whether they have been successful in previous years. The size of the grant means that the EMR Research Fund may bridge a gap in existing funding, may be used to instigate pilot studies, may be devoted to travel costs in the field or may be used to purchase equipment. There are no restrictions on how the grant may be used in contributing to the nominated research program.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.rzsnsw.org.au/index.php?/Grants/EMR-Grants/the-ethel-mary-read-research-grant-fund.html

Australian Orchid Foundation requests applications that support:

• Studies to research orchids in their habitat and management practices to protect those orchids and their habitats
• Studies of wild populations of orchids, their biology, distribution, conservation and taxonomy
• Cultivation and propagation of orchids
• Education of the public
• Education of young people in particular in the sciences relevant to orchids
• Publications

Work must be performed in Australia and/or must relate to orchids in Australasia. For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australianorchidfoundation.org.au/grants.html

Dairy Innovation Australia Limited is calling for applications from researchers for its Processes and Products Grants for research and innovation. Proposed projects should be targeted to provide research solutions in line with DIAL strategic objectives and current priorities. Dairy Innovation Australia invests in and manages research projects that are in line with its strategic objectives and priorities.

Large and small project applications are welcome, especially those addressing industry technical problems, enhancing industry sustainability or potentially transforming industry practice and potential. A minimum of $200,000 in funding is available in each year of this program.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.dairyinnovation.com.au/grants.html

The Field Naturalists Society of South Australia Inc. (FNSSA) established the Lirabenda Endowment Fund with the intention of making available research grants to encourage and promote research into the biota and natural environment of South Australia. 

The Lirabenda Research Grants Committee considers all applications for grants from the Lirabenda Endowment Fund with this intention in mind. It promotes the conservation of natural features and habitat and the preservation of native flora, fauna and fungi of Australia and, in particular, South Australia.

Applications are encouraged from research institutions for supervised project funding at the Honours Degree, Masters Degree and PhD levels and for projects conducted by researchers at South Australian Research Institutes. 

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/involved/field_naturalists.html

The Indo-Australian Fund for Scientific and Technological Cooperation (Indo-Australian S&T Fund) is jointly managed by the Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and the Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST). The call for Indo-Australian S&T Fund applications (Round 4) opened on Monday 16 November 2009.

The Indo-Australian S&T Fund provides support on a competitive basis for collaborative research activities and workshops. Projects may range from short international visits to more complex projects spanning up to 3 years. The maximum amount of funding that can be awarded to a successful project by the Australian Government has been capped at $300,000 (GST exclusive). For Round Four, the Governments of Australia and India have agreed to introduce a higher cap of $400,000 (GST exclusive) for projects that can demonstrate at least one active ‘end user’ partner. Applications will only be accepted in the bilaterally agreed areas of:

• Agricultural research;
• Astronomy and Astrophysics;
• Environment sciences;
• Micro-electronics devices and materials;
• Nanotechnology;
• Renewable energy;
• Marine sciences;
• Earth Systems Science; and
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
https://grants.innovation.gov.au/AISRF/Pages/STFund.aspx

Applications for funding in 2010 are now open. They are seeking applications for the following purposes or in the following regions:

• Aid and support for people with disabilities
• Blind and vision impaired people
• Animal welfare and the preservation of animal wildlife
• Care, welfare and education of children
• Education, early intervention and rehabilitation of
• Disadvantaged young people
• Medical research and advancement of medical science
• Assistance for the homeless and families living in poverty
• Support for the aged
• Social and educational advancement of Tibetan Buddhism
• Organisations working within the Jewish Community
• Myeloproliferative disease
• Lupus
• Parkinson's disease

If you are interested in applying for funding, Perpetual is holding Grant Seeker Workshops in all major capital cities. Funding is generally provided for a one year period. Multi-year funding will only be considered by invitation of Perpetual, and can not be applied for without invitation. As a guide, gifts generally range between $10,000 and $100,000.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.perpetual.com.au/philanthropy/5290.htm

AIATSIS is a national funding body for research in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies. The Research Grants Program supports research into areas such as:

• history (including family and community history)
• politics, law, and public policy
• health (social, cultural and environmental aspects) and biological sciences
• education and cultural transmission
• Indigenous knowledge systems
• linguistics
• social anthropology
• archaeology and
• the arts

Within these categories, AIATSIS places special emphasis on applications dealing with:

• relations with Government
• knowledge about and caring for Country
• Indigenous knowledge systems

Note: Please note that these grants are open for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/grants/grants.html

Research Branch Contact: Dr.Don McMaster(#33347)

The Ian Potter Foundation is one of Australia's leading private philanthropic organisations. The Foundation has a track record of funding projects led by far sighted individuals and organisations that improve the Australian community's ability to respond creatively to social, environmental, science and health issues, and that develop our capacity as a nation through the arts and education.

Applications in this round will be accepted for the following program areas:

• Arts
• Education
• Community Wellbeing
• Community Wellbeing International Travel Grants
• Healthy Communities
• Medical Research

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://foundation.ianpotter.org.au/how_to_apply.html

This Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity is focused on basic research, defined as research directed towards attaining greater knowledge and understanding of fundamental principles of science and medicine.

The DMRDP Basic Research Award is designed to promote new ideas that are still in the early stages of development and have the potential to yield highly impactful data and new avenues of investigation. This mechanism supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate the delivery of new medical countermeasures and information to protect military personnel from a variety of health threats inherent in the military operational environment, and to effectively diagnose and treat these personnel when they are ill or injured.

These awards will also support basic research to enhance the training and education of military personnel and health care providers. Presentation of preliminary data is not required. However, investigators must demonstrate logical reasoning and a sound scientific rationale established through a critical review and analysis of the literature for the proposal to be competitive. Research projects should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale.

Maximum period of performance is 3 years and maximum allowable funding for the entire period of performance is $1,000,000 for direct costs.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=50186

JDRF fosters the development and productivity of the best and the brightest established independent researchers who will bridge the gap between the bench and bedside. The primary purpose of the Career Development Award is to attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careers and to give them the opportunity to establish themselves in areas that reflect the JDRF research emphasis areas.

In the five-year term of the award, awardees will focus their research efforts on a subject directly related to JDRF mission goals and research priorities, and position themselves to work at the leading edge of type 1 diabetes research. These awards are designed to assist exceptionally promising investigators. Although JDRF is especially interested in fostering careers in clinical investigation, Career Development Awards may emphasize either basic or clinical topics.

The Career Development Award is intended for individuals in a relatively early stage of their career. Ordinarily, their first degree (MD, PhD, DMD, DVM, or equivalent) will have been received at least three but not more than seven years before the award. The applicant must hold an academic faculty level position (including assistant professor or equivalent) at the time of the application, at a university, health science center, or comparable institution with strong, well-established research and training programs for the chosen area of interest.

There are no citizenship requirements for this program. Career Development Award research may be conducted at foreign and domestic, for-profit and non-profit, and public and private organizations—such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, units of state and local governments, and eligible agencies of the federal government. The award is up to USD 150,000 per year, including indirect costs.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103207

The JDRF Early Career Patient-Oriented Diabetes Research Award will provide crucial support to investigators who plan to pursue a career in diabetes-related clinical investigation. These prestigious awards are made in the later stages of training and include the ability for recipients to transition to independent faculty or research appointments. The award has a five-year term.

The successful candidate will have an MD or MD-PhD, hold an appointment or joint appointment in a subspecialty of clinical medicine, and conduct human clinical research. In exceptional circumstances, non-MD candidates will be considered if their work is likely to contribute significantly to a clinical outcome. The candidate must hold an appointment or joint appointment in a clinical department.

For the purposes of this award, clinical research is defined as research conducted with human subjects for which the investigator directly interacts with the subjects. Areas of relevant research can include (but are not limited to):

• mechanisms of human disease;
• therapeutic interventions;
• clinical trials;
• the development of new technologies.

There are no citizenship requirements for this program. Research may be conducted at foreign and domestic, for-profit and non-profit, and public and private organizations-such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, units of state and local governments, and eligible agencies of the federal government. Awards are in the amount of up to USD 150,000 total costs per year, including indirect costs.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103207

Research Grants support hypothesis-driven research at the genetic, molecular, cellular, systems or behavioral levels that may, directly or indirectly, lead to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of dystonia or to new therapies for dystonia. Research Grants are funded up to $65,000 per year for one or two years, at the Foundation's sole discretion.

The applicant seeking Foundation funding must be employed at a for-profit or non-profit organization or institution (each referred to as a “Grantee Institution”) within the United States, Canada, or those foreign countries where supervision of grant administration is possible.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.dystonia-foundation.org/pages/funding_opportunities/142.php

The International Research Grants Program (IRGP) is designed to promote innovative research that has a high potential to significantly advance the knowledge of Parkinson’s disease (PD) but little likelihood of securing funding through more traditional sources. By supporting novel, “high risk/high reward” research, the goal of the IRGP is to enable investigators to demonstrate the feasibility of their ideas while generating preliminary data necessary for the support of future funding.

IRGP awards will now reach a maximum of $75,000 per year for two years (compared to the previous maximum of $50,000 for only one year of research), subject to review of first year progress. The IRGP is open to applicants both nationally and internationally and basic, translational and clinical research proposals are eligible for support. All applicants must possess a Ph.D. or a M.D. (or equivalent).  Preference will be given to scientists who are at an early stage in their professional careers.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.pdf.org/en/grant_funding_irg

Applications for a PhD Scholarship, commencing in 2010, researching Melanoma are being called for by Australian Rotary Health. The value of the PhD Scholarship is $28,000 per year for a maximum of 3 years. The funds will be provided through the Australian Rotary Health Funding Partners Program and the Rotary Club of Wollundry-Wagga Wagga.

Applicants must be eligible to undertake study at an appropriate University or Research Institute in Australia. For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australianrotaryhealth.org.au/getdoc/b95f7ec6-5e80-46da-b95f-488e746c8a0f/RESEARCH%20GRANTS%20AND%20SCHOLARSHIPS%20OPEN%20NOW.aspx

Applications must be relevant to the field of Spinal Cord Injury Research. It is intended that Australian Rotary Health/Rotary Club of Parkes Scholarship will provide salary and incidental support for a postgraduate student who is undertaking full-time research in an area of research relevant to Spinal Cord Injury.

The annual value of the Australian Rotary Health/Rotary Club of Parkes Scholarship is $25,000. The award will be made for one year in the first instance but can be extended for a maximum of three and a half years (total) upon receipt of satisfactory annual progress reports. Only applicants about to commence, or already those engaged in their first year of a PhD are eligible to apply for the Scholarship.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australianrotaryhealth.org.au/getdoc/b95f7ec6-5e80-46da-b95f-488e746c8a0f/RESEARCH%20GRANTS%20AND%20SCHOLARSHIPS%20OPEN%20NOW.aspx

Fellowships are designed to assist post-doctoral fellows establish careers in research relevant to dystonia. Fellowships are funded at up to $50,000 per year for a period of two years, at the Foundation’s sole discretion.

The applicant seeking Foundation funding must be employed at a for-profit or non-profit organization or institution (each referred to as a “Grantee Institution”) within the United States, Canada, or those foreign countries where supervision of grant administration is possible.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.dystonia-foundation.org/pages/funding_opportunities/142.php

Bogliasco Fellowships are awarded, without regard to nationality, to qualified persons doing advanced creative work or scholarly research in the following disciplines:

• Archaeology
• Dance
• Landscape Architecture
• Philosophy
• Architecture
• Film/Video
• Literature
• Theatre
• Classics
• History
• Music
• Visual Arts

Applicants for Fellowships are expected to demonstrate significant achievement in their disciplines, commensurate with their age and experience. Fellowships usually have a duration of one month. For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.bfny.org/english/fellowships.cfm

Postdoctoral fellowships provide two years of funding to support ambitious, synthetic research on any aspect of evolutionary biology and relevant disciplines. Annual stipends will be $39,000 with $5,000 in research expenses, plus medical and dental coverage. Proposals can include any type of synthetic project, but fellows should plan on mainly working on-site, to add to our intellectual community.

For further information and application instructions, please visit: http://www.nescent.org/science/postdoctoral.php

They are intended for those who are already leaders or have the potential to assume leadership roles that can influence social and economic policy reform and development outcomes.

The Australian Leadership Awards program comprises of Scholarships and Fellowships. ALA Fellowships are for short term study, research and professional attachment programs in Australia delivered by Australian organisations.

ALA Fellowships complement the longer term ALA Scholarships providing opportunities to senior officials and mid-career professional who cannot leave their positions for extended periods. The ALA Fellowships is a highly flexible program that offers Australian organisations opportunities to provide short term study, research and professional development activities in Australia for leaders of mid-career professionals from eligible countries.

Applications addressing the priority areas of disability and development, economic growth, education, environment, food security, gender, governance, health, human rights, infrastructure, regional stability, rural development and water and sanitation are particularly encouraged.

For further information and application instructions, please visit: http://ausaid.gov.au/scholar/alafellow.cfm

The Australian Academy of Science, in association with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), invites applications from Australian researchers to undertake Postdoctoral and Invitational Fellowships in Japan. Postdoctoral Fellowships are for a period of twelve to twenty-four months; Invitational Fellowships are either short term, for fourteen to sixty days, or long term, for two to ten months.

Researchers in any field of natural sciences, including technology, engineering and medicine may apply.

Note: Applications in the humanities and social sciences are also accepted but ONLY for the Postdoctoral Fellowships. Medical doctors without a doctorate are not eligible to apply for the Postdoctoral Fellowship.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
Postdoctoral Fellowships: http://www.science.org.au/internat/jspspd.htm
Invitational Fellowships (short term): http://www.science.org.au/internat/jspsfst.htm
Invitational Fellowships (long term): http://www.science.org.au/internat/jspsflt.htm 

The ACU Titular Fellowships provide opportunities for nominees of member universities to spend periods of time in other member universities or relevant institutions outside their own country. The purpose is to enable the universities of the Commonwealth to develop the human resources of their institutions and countries through the interchange of people, knowledge, skills and technologies. Fellowships are NOT intended for degree courses, or for immediately postdoctoral programmes; they cannot be held in the country in which the applicant currently works and they cannot be held concurrently with other awards.

Preference will be given to workers in the following priority subject areas: agriculture, forestry and food sciences, biotechnology, development strategies, earth and marine sciences, engineering, health and related social sciences, information technology, management for change, professional education and training, social and cultural development and university development and management. The value is up to £5,000 according to the actual programme, and intended to cover international return air fare; in-country ground travel; medical insurance; board and lodging; fees (where the approved programme includes a formal training programme).

For further information and application instructions, please visit: http://www.acu.ac.uk/member_services/fellowships_mobility/acu_titular_fellowships

Since its inception The Churchill Trust has awarded Churchill Fellowships to over 3,300 Australians who, like Churchill, are innovative, filled with a spirit of determination and possess a strong desire to benefit their community.

A Churchill Fellowship is the provision of financial support to enable ordinary Australians from all walks of life to undertake a period of overseas study, or an investigative project, that cannot be readily undertaken in Australia. Churchill Fellowships allow you to design your own research project, travel the world and further your knowledge in your chosen field, before returning to make a real contribution to Australian society.

For further information and application instructions, please visit: http://www.churchilltrust.com.au/

The Society's Foundation Travel Grant sponsors Australian Microbiologists, especially those in the formative stages of their careers, to undertake professional development in appropriate laboratories in Australia or New Zealand.

The Foundation Travel Grant normally provides from several hundred to a maximum of $2,000 per scholarship. Applicants who have secured significant support (ca. 50%) from other sources will be assessed more favourably than those who have not.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.theasm.org.au/awards/national

Nominations for The Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Scientific Research 2010 are now open. The award will be presented for scientific research in the following category:

Category II: Human Health or Medical Sciences (Human) Genetics, Immunology, Human Physiology, Human Anatomy, Pathology, Necrology, Epidemiology, Endocrinology, Radiology, Microbiology, Medical Parasitology, Nuclear Medicine, and related human sciences

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.sciencevictoria.org.au/

The Foundation's research grants are organized under four areas of inquiry that identify broad topics we believe have fundamental and abiding importance for educational improvement:

• The Relation Between Education and Social Opportunity
• Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems, and Higher Education Systems
• Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources Purposes and Values of Education

Value of the small grants is up to $40,000. For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/how-to-apply-to-areas-of-inquiry

Applications are now open for Round 1 of the Australian Space Research Program. Potential applicants should read the program guidelines and frequently asked questions (available at http://www.innovation.gov.au/Industry/Space/Pages/AustralianSpaceResearchProgram-Applyingforagrant.aspx) before deciding to submit an application in Round 1 of the program. 

Applicants must submit their application on the Australian Space Research Program application form. A project budget and curriculum vitae (CVs) of key people should be included as attachments to the application form.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.innovation.gov.au/Industry/Space/Pages/AustralianSpaceResearchProgram-Applyingforagrant.aspx

Relevant Research Branch contact: Dr Tim Anson (#35175)

Multidisciplinary

Cotutelle students are PhD students who have their doctoral studies supervised jointly by academics from an Australian University and a French University. If successful, the student will be awarded a joint doctoral degree by the two institutions, stating that the award was made as a consequence of a Cotutelle agreement with the partner institution.

Cotutelle is possible in all French universities, under French national regulations, with any foreign country. Cotutelle is at present possible only in certain Australian universities, each university having its own regulations. Some universities have accepted the principle of Cotutelle with all foreign countries but other only with France. A Cotutelle PhD implies a project in cooperation between two institutions. In consequence, all grants relative to research projects are possible supports for the Cotutelle. All grants for post-graduate or PhD students can also be used. (Some restrictions on participation in the programme may apply to recipients of Australian Commonwealth Government funded scholarships).

The Embassy of France offers each year a number of travel grants (up to A$ 2500 per grant) for Australian or French students registered in a cotutelle program. For this 2010 Cotutelle Call for proposals, the French Embassy will provide up to 10 grants-in aid of up to $2,500 per student towards international travel between France and Australia. Priority will be given to complete applications (with signed agreements) and to Australian students.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.ambafrance-au.org/france_australie/spip.php?article3621

The Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting research to advance the understanding and treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), announces the availability of funds to support innovative research relevant to PWS. FPWR is particularly interested in supporting projects that will lead to new interventions to alleviate the symptoms associated with PWS.

Priority will be given to the following areas of research, although alternative areas of high scientific merit will also be considered:

• Molecular basis of the PWS phenotype
• Regulation of appetite and energy homeostasis in individuals with PWS; development and evaluation of therapeutic interventions to regulate appetite in PWS
• Understanding the basis of behavioral and psychiatric disorders in PWS; development and evaluation of therapeutic interventions
• Etiology of medical complications in PWS; development and evaluation of therapeutic interventions
• Development of novel therapeutic interventions using mouse models of PWS

A more complete list of research priorities may be found on their FPWR website.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://fpwr.org/prader-willi-syndrome-research

Multidisciplinary

The Dan David Prize is a joint international enterprise, endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University. The Dan David Prize recognizes and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms. It aims to foster universal values of excellence, creativity, justice, democracy and progress and to promote the scientific, technological and humanistic achievements that advance and improve our world.

The Dan David Prize covers three time dimensions (Past, Present and Future) that represent realms of human achievement. Each year the International Board
chooses one field within each time dimension. Following a review process by independent Review Committees comprised of renowned scholars and professionals, the International Board then chooses the laureates for each field.

Three prizes of one million US dollars each are granted annually in the fields chosen for the three time dimensions. The prizes are granted to individuals or
institutions with proven, exceptional, distinct excellence in the sciences, arts, and humanities that have made an outstanding contribution to humanity.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.dandavidprize.org/

An environmental organisation, the Norman Wettenhall Foundation’s objective is to support projects that enhance or maintain the vitality and diversity of the Australian natural living environment. The objectives of the grants are:

• to build capacity in local communities to effect long-term beneficial change in the natural environment
• to support and encourage research, monitoring and knowledge sharing relating to all aspects of Australia's natural environment

Please note that pre-approval must be obtained before submitting a full application.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.nwf.org.au/grants/index.html

The MBF Foundation seeks submissions via Expressions of Interest process for the funding of new initiatives that provide clear benefit to the Australian community in one or more of the following key strategic areas:

• Keeping healthcare affordable; and
• Promoting wellness and/or tackling obesity.
• Healthy ageing;

The Foundation's activities must fall within the charitable objectives set out in its constitution and charter, which are to promote:

• Health research (including research into health outcomes, health information, health policy and health financing and ageing;
• Health education; and
• Development of programs for leading healthy lives for the broader community.

The Foundation looks to fund initiatives from $100,000 to $500,000 for up to three (3) years with potential outcomes of national significance and takes a partnership approach to all investments. For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://mbf.com.au/AboutMBF/TheMBFFoundation/Grants

Each calendar year the Society donates approximately $150,000 to maintain its programme of sponsorship of Australian adventurers, scientific and environmental research, and community projects. Over the years it has spent more than $8,000,000 supporting Australian endeavour in all these fields.

Australian scientists, community organisations and individuals developing projects in Australia and abroad are welcome to apply for Society sponsorship. In 2010 there are three types of sponsorships available through the Australian Geographic Society:

• Seed Grants (up to $3000)
• Project Sponsorships ($5,000 to $15,000)
• Nancy Bird Walton Sponsorship for Female Adventurers (one grant of $5,000)

In 2010 the total amount of funds allocated in each funding round for Seed Grants will be a maximum of $20,000 and for Project Sponsorship a maximum of $15,000.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/AG-Society-sponsorship-applications.htm