Research Branch Bulletin

The 2009 HERDC has now been finalised and we thank you all for your input and cooperation.

Our total of 3065 publications in 2009 is 149 higher than 2008, an increase of 5%. We have recorded growth in journal articles, book chapters and conference papers.
If you wish to view publications, click on the following link to log into ORBIT https://orbit.adelaide.edu.au with your University staff id and password. Select Researcher Profiles and then click on the Publications tab at the top of the screen.

For further assistance with using ORBIT, go to https://orbit.adelaide.edu.au or contact the ORBIT Helpdesk at orbit@adelaide.edu.au or phone 83030391.

The CSIRO National Research Flagships program brings together large multidisciplinary teams to focus on Australia's major challenges and opportunities. Flagship Clusters help solve specific science problems whilst also building capability and fostering collaboration between CSIRO, universities and other publicly-funded research agencies.

Flagship Clusters will be funded for three years at ~A$1 million per annum. Co-investment from partner organisations is expected and Clusters are listed on the Australian Competitive Grants Register.

Applications for clusters will be accepted from:

• eligible Australian and overseas higher education institutions
• cooperative Research Centres & not for profit research institutions
• other Australian and international publicly funded research agencies

Each cluster must include at least one Australian university. Intending applicants should advise jim.deed@adelaide.edu.au  as soon as possible.

Internal deadlines will be advised soon.

The Project Grant application external assessments are being lodged in RGMS and the NHMRC will shortly be inviting Chief Investigators to read the assessments and submit their rebuttals.  It is advisable that CIA’s actively monitor their email accounts from Monday 28 June until the applicant response is received.  Most applicants will receive their assessments within the period 28 June – 30 July. 

CIA’s may wish to check that they can recall their RGMS password prior to being notified about their applicant response.

For instructions on how to complete the rebuttals process, please download the instructions for Project Grants Applicant Responses.

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is hosting the 2010 Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology (CBD S&T) Conference November 15-19, 2010, at the Hilton Orlando in Orlando, Florida.
The purpose of this conference is to identify and report the best new and dynamic developments in areas of basic and applied research within the chemical and biological defense landscape. The conference will create new opportunities for:

Business - DTRA frequently leverages the capabilities and expertise found in both the private sector and government, strongly advocating relations with firms and businesses, including those that are small and disadvantaged, and other organizations of interest.

Learning - There will be more than 800 combined keynote, platform, and poster presentations of the latest and best developments in chemical and biological defense research.

Networking - Opportunities for collaboration and synthesis are numerous.
Abstract Submission Deadline 2 July 2010

Topic descriptions can be found online under the Call for Papers page. Abstracts must be submitted through the conference website http://cbdstconf2010.sainc.com/ no later than 2 July 2010.

In anticipation of the ARC’s Funding Rules for Australian Laureate Fellowships for funding commencing in 2011, potential applicants are required to complete an Expression of Interest to the University countersigned by the appropriate Head of School and Faculty Executive Dean and returned to Research Branch by 30th July 2010.

Further information on completing an Expression of Interest can be found in the internal information sheet at: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/arc/.

The Expression of Interest will be used to shortlist applicants to be invited to prepare a full proposal.

The DIISR Minister has announced that both the ARC and NHMRC will be running complementary calls for Stem Cell Science funding.

• The ARC Special Research Initiative for Stem Cell Science is now open for proposals. Funding will commence in July 2011 and be offered for up to seven years. Further information on the ARC can be found at: http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/sri/stem_cell.htm
• The NHMRC will also invite applications for Centres for Research Excellence in Regenerative Medicine, encouraging leading medical researchers to undertake stem cell research with clinical applications in July. Funding will commence in 2011 and be offered for five years.

If you intend to apply for either the ARC or NHMRC Stem Cell Science funding, please contact rb@adelaide.edu.au as soon as possible. The applications for these initiatives are normally highly competitive and complex, and will require coordination between School, Faculty and central areas.

NHMRC's Research Grants Management System (RGMS) is now open for the following grant scheme:

• Development Grants

For funding policies and application guidelines visit www.nhmrc.gov.au.
Further information on this system is now available on our website:  http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rb/nhmrc/RGMS.html.

The 2010 round of the Criminology Research Council research grants are now open.

Grants are considered if they are public policy-relevant, have practical application, contribute to the understanding, prevention or correction of criminal behaviour and will make a substantial and original contribution to criminological knowledge. Grants are considered for if they are related to criminological research (including the dissemination of information and advice and the publication of reports, periodicals, books and papers in connection with criminological research and the results of criminological research) as are determined by the Council.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.criminologyresearchcouncil.gov.au/applications/

The Cancer & Bowel Research Trust is an independent non-profit organisation whose objectives are to provide funding to scientific and medical research into the causes, cure and prevention of cancer related illness for all Australians, along with increasing community awareness of preventative measures into the causes of bowel cancer.

The Cancer & Bowel Research Trust does not fund programs of research. Grant assistance is intended to support work for which the applicants already have some or will have some support within their respective institutions.

There are no specific categories of research which have been nominated as having a higher or lower priority than others. However, the Trust reserves the right to support particular research needs as they emerge, and to support worthwhile research which would have difficulty in finding funding in terms of priorities set by other funding agencies.

Grants are offered each year to support research over a period of 1-3 years. The Trust reserves the right to offer an award for a period less than that sought in the application. Up to $40,000 is available any one year.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.cancerresearch.org.au/r-applygrant.html

NARF also announce the opening of the 2010 NARF Postdoctoral Award which recognizes outstanding research achievements by an Australian postdoctoral researcher at an early career stage.

NARF announces their annual award which recognizes outstanding independent health/medical/biomedical research achievements by an Australian postdoctoral researcher at an early stage of their career. The intention of the Award is to recognize such achievement and to encourage the career aspirations of young Australian investigators in health/medical/biomedical research. The NARF Postdoctoral Award for 2010 is AUD $1500.

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

Applications are invited for Project Grants for research in Otorhinolaryngology or the related fields of biomedical science to commence in 2011.

Project Grants are for a period of up to three years and must be conducted in an Australian or New Zealand institution.  Please note that a current awardee whose fellowship, scholarship or grant is due to conclude after 30 June 2011, is ineligible.

The annual level of support will be up to AUD100,000 and, within this cap, grants must include the salary of the applicant and/or research assistant(s), on-costs, maintenance, equipment and all other costs.  Usually commitments will not be made in which continued support over many years is implied.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.alfredresearch.org/funding/external/Garnett%20Passe.htm#Project%20Grants

Applications are invited for Grants-In-Aid for research in Otorhinolaryngology or the related fields of biomedical science to commence in 2011.

Grants-In-Aid are for a period of up to two years and must be conducted in an Australian or New Zealand institution.  Otolaryngologists or Trainees in the Specialty are eligible to apply.  Please note that a current awardee whose fellowship, scholarship or grant is due to conclude after 30 June 2011, is ineligible.

The annual level of support will be up to AUD50,000 and grants are restricted to equipment and maintenance.  Usually commitments will not be made in which continued support over many years is implied.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.alfredresearch.org/funding/external/Garnett%20Passe.htm#Grants-In-Aid

The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) was established at The Australian National University in 2003 as a component of the Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development (PHC RED) strategy. Its mission is to provide national leadership in improving the quality and effectiveness of primary health care through the conduct of high quality, priority-driven research and the support and promotion of best practice.
APHCRI has to date funded sixteen streams of research in a variety of primary health care domains. They include:

• Primary Health Care (PHC) Models / Delivery
• PHC Performance
• Practice Nursing
• Preventative Medicine
• Rural and Remote PHC
• Self – help organisations
• PHC Workforce
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PHC
• Access to PHC
• Adolescent / Child Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• E-health
• Mental Health
• Multidisciplinary Teams

Due to the nature of the previous funding arrangement, most of these research projects have been systematic reviews conducted over a period of one to two years. Some longer intervention projects were funded in the earlier phase of the funding of APHCRI. APHCRI has now secured funding from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing through the Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development Strategy (PHC RED) for a further five years. This gives the APHCRI network an opportunity to broaden its funding scope in order to fund longer term research projects with an emphasis on research excellence, building primary health care research capacity, developing primary health care collaborations and providing evidence to support the national health care reform agenda whilst incorporating some flexibility in the research agenda. To this end the APHCRI Network now seeks to establish three APHCRI Centres of Excellence in primary health care research. These Centres will be funded for four years.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.anu.edu.au/aphcri/Spokes_Research_Program/2010_COE.php

Following the earlier call for applications to Think Tank, Postdoctoral Training Fellowship and Early Career Fellowship, NBCF is delighted to announce the submission opening to the NBCF Novel Concept Award.

The awards will provide investigators with the opportunity to pursue serendipitous observations and/or explore new, untested ideas relevant to breast cancer. The project will have the potential for advancing scientific knowledge and/or breaking new theoretical ground and/or challenges previously reported understandings. It is anticipated that research completed through a NBCF Novel Concept Award may provide sufficient preliminary data to enable the investigator to prepare a hypothesis-based proposal for future funding applications.

Applications must be on an entirely novel and highly innovative proposal. Existing research projects will not be considered. Please do not apply if you intend to use the funds for a pilot study of an existing project or idea.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.nbcf.org.au/page.asp?category_id=3&subcategory_id=4&page_id=66

The WH Gladstones Population and Environment Fund offers support for empirical research into how the size, distribution, material aspirations and other characteristics of Australia's population are likely to affect our environment not only our land and landscape, but also social cohesion, health, the economy and defence. Population pressures in other countries which may have an impact on Australia could also be part of the research.

Research to be supported should aim to quantify various aspects of the human footprint, and to model likely ecological and other consequences. The grant in 2011 will be $12,000. The renewed grant of $12,000 for 2012 will depend on the Academy of Science receiving a satisfactory progress report at the end of the first year. Applicants should have completed a PhD not more than 10 years ago. Persons engaged in research for a PhD may also be considered if their thesis topics are judged to be highly significant.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.science.org.au/awards/awards/gladstone.html

The Voiceless Grants Program offers financial support to non-profit organisations, councils and universities for the design and implementation of projects which improve the lives of animals in Australia.

Over the past six years, Voiceless has awarded over $1 million to an amazing array of projects spanning the country for a variety of high priority animal protection issues. 2010 applications will only be considered for projects that fall into one or more of the following categories:

• factory farming.
• The commercial kangaroo industry
• Building animal protection as a social justice movement.

In addition, all projects must relate to Australian animals and either change attitudes or build awareness about animal suffering, encourage the public to take action for animals in their personal lives, or work to modify or create new laws or policies to further animal protection in Australia.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.voiceless.org.au/Grants/2010_Grants_Program/2010_Grants_Program.html

The GRDC provides sponsorship assistance to organisations wishing to conduct a conference, workshop, seminar or field day that directly benefits the Australian grains industry.

The aim is to develop the skills and capacity required to achieve grains industry and GRDC objectives. GRDC places a high priority on the dissemination and communication of knowledge gained from the experience offered by conference sponsorship.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.grdc.com.au/director/apply/idaandconferenceawards/conferenceform

Gambling Research Australia (GRA) is responsible to the Ministerial Council on Gambling (MINCO) for managing and implementing a national gambling research agenda.MINCO has determined five research priority areas. These are:

• helping individuals set their limits including access to cash and pre-commitment
• responsible gambling environments
• gaming machine standards-developing better consumer protection
• a preventative and early intervention strategy targeted at those at risk of problem gambling
• development of harm minimisation measures for interactive gambling

This is a national study to determine who, what, when, why and how people are gambling using interactive technology in Australia. ‘Interactive gambling’ refers to the range of gambling activities that occur through interactive mediums.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
https://www.tenders.vic.gov.au/tenders/tender/display/tender-details.do?id=625&action=display-tender-details&returnUrl=%2Ftender%2Fsearch%2Ftender-search.do%3Faction%3Dadvanced-tender-search-new-tende

The announcement of the security research award comes in line with the Ministry of Interior's strategy that supports and encourages scientific research and studies in a bid to upgrade researcher's and students' performance and competence.

The aim is to further reinforce scientific research and policing and security studies in order to keep abreast with development and modernization, relying on cutting edge technologies and modern systems in all security areas. Such development and modernization could be attained only with the availability of well-trained human resources, capable of using new technologies and systems.

The theme of the research is “ Partnership and its role in Confronting Crime and Curbing its Effects’ and the research attracts total prize money of around US $60,000 of which the first prize is around US $26,000.

Guideline topics are:

• activation of the partnership concept in addressing youth delinquency
• role of Civil Society institutions in reinforcing partnership to combat crime and limit its effects
• role of partnership in enhancing care for victims of crime
• levels of local, regional and global partnership and its impact on confronting crime and curbing its effects
• development of harm minimisation measures for interactive gambling

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/index.php/granting-program.html

The fiscal year (FY) 2010 Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) challenges the scientific community to design innovative research that will foster new directions for and address neglected issues in the field of combat-related orthopaedic injury research. Though the PRORP supports groundbreaking research, all projects must demonstrate appropriate judgment and sound rationale. Applications involving multidisciplinary collaborations among academia, industry, the military services, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other Federal Government agencies are highly encouraged.

The PRORP Career Development Award mechanism supports a mentored research experience to prepare military investigators for productive, independent careers in orthopaedic research. It seeks to allow individuals in the early stages of their careers to obtain the experience necessary to pursue career opportunities at the forefront of orthopaedic research and make significant contributions to combat-relevant orthopaedic research and/or clinical care. The PRORP encourages Career Development Award applications for research with significant clinical relevance.

All applications must have a direct relevance to orthopaedic injuries sustained during military combat or combat-related activities and must address at least one of the focus areas listed on Pages 2 and 3 of the full Program Announcement.

Maximum funding for this award is $225,000 in direct costs, plus indirect costs, for a period of performance of three (3) years

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prorp.shtml

WADA invites applications for its 2010 Social Science Research Grant Program. This Program encourages research in social science in order to obtain information that will enable more efficient doping prevention strategies. For the 2010 Program, WADA has identified three categories of projects:

• Increasing knowledge of causes of doping behaviour and influences that effect such behaviour
• Evaluating anti-doping intervention
• Improving social science research on doping prevention (e.g., design and validation of measurement tools, behavioural models, specific cultural or regional perspectives, etc.)

Within the priorities of its 2010 Program, WADA will favour projects focusing on youth, coaches and the effect policy making has on developing education programs.

The majority of the Foundation's General Research Grants to doctoral students are in the $3,000-to a maximum of $13,500 range; the limit of funding for a single proposal submitted by a post-doctoral applicant or a senior scientists is $22,000. Small grants cover research expenses directly related and essential to the project (i.e., travel, living expenses during fieldwork, supplies, research assistance, and other relevant expenditures). Aid is not offered for salary and/or fringe benefits of applicant, tuition, non- project personnel, equipment, travel to meetings, institutional overhead, or institutional support.

Advanced doctoral students as well as established scientists are eligible for general research grants. High school and undergraduate students are not eligible. There are no citizenship restrictions.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/index.php/granting-program.html

The Leakey Foundation was formed to further research into human origins. Recent priorities include research into the environment, archeology and human paleontology; into the behavior, morphology, and ecology of the great apes and other primate species; and into the behavioral ecology of contemporary hunter-gatherers. Other areas of study are rarely considered.

The majority of the Foundation's General Research Grants to doctoral students are in the $3,000-to a maximum of $13,500 range; the limit of funding for a single proposal submitted by a post-doctoral applicant or a senior scientists is $22,000. Small grants cover research expenses directly related and essential to the project (i.e., travel, living expenses during fieldwork, supplies, research assistance, and other relevant expenditures). Aid is not offered for salary and/or fringe benefits of applicant, tuition, non- project personnel, equipment, travel to meetings, institutional overhead, or institutional support.

Advanced doctoral students as well as established scientists are eligible for general research grants. High school and undergraduate students are not eligible. There are no citizenship restrictions.

Projects must have a defined end date, for a maximum duration of three years. Research proposals requiring more than three years (such as longitudinal studies) may be admissible for funding only by breaking down the project into phases and re-applying under the program for funding for each phase separately. Even if the first phase of a multi-phase project benefits from a grant, there is no guarantee that any subsequent phase will be funded. Each phase will be considered on its merits and will compete with other applications that year.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.wada-ama.org/en/Education-Awareness/Social-Science/Applying-for-research-grant/

The purpose of the Career Development Research Fellowship is to provide an opportunity for outstanding biomedical and health researchers with proved track records to undertake research that is of major importance in the broad field of gastroenterology, hepatology or related disorders. The Fellowship is intended to provide bridging support to allow GESA members to successfully apply to the NHMRC for either a Career Development Award or a Senior Research Fellowship. This fellowship is tenable in association with a gastroenterological unit (medical, surgical or paediatric) in a teaching hospital, a university department or research institution that has demonstrated interest in research into gastrointestinal health and disease. Applicants must hold a higher degree. The current value of the Career Development Research Fellowship is $85,000 p.a.

The applicant is required to:

• Be a current financial member of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia, defined as “being a financial member of the society for at least one year prior to application for this award”;
• Hold a relevant postgraduate research degree (MD, PhD or equivalent);
• Be not more than five (5) years but no more than ten (10) years from the awarding of their postgraduate research degree and wish to make their career in Australia undertaking research in an Australian academic institution;
• Have a demonstrated role as an independent investigator committed to full-time research in gastroenterology/hepatology;
• Be a senior member of a team with current research funding as evidenced by project or program grant funding (i.e., from NHMRC, ARC, NIH, hospital foundation or university sources);

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.gesa.org.au/researchawards/awards/AZ-CDRF.cfm

The Australian Rotary Health Research Fund (ARHRF) invites applications from individuals holding a PhD looking to build a research career in the area of mental health for the Colin Dodds Postdoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship may be held in any University Department or Research Institute undertaking relevant research.

The Colin Dodds Postdoctoral Fellowship shall be open to individuals who hold a doctorate in an appropriate discipline. The appointee would be expected to have a strong commitment to research in the area of mental illness and to provide academic leadership in this area. Applicants must be available to attend an interview in Sydney, on Wednesday 13th or Thursday 14th October 2010.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australianrotaryhealth.org.au/Information-About/Research/Current-Opportunities.aspx

The Australian Rotary Health Research Fund (ARHRF) invites applications from individuals holding a PhD looking to build a research career in the area of mental health for the Geoffrey Betts Postdoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship may be held in any University Department or Research Institute undertaking relevant research.

Applicants must be an Australian citizen or have Permanent Resident Status and not be under bond to any foreign government. Applicants are to provide, where appropriate, evidence of resident status. Applicants must be available to attend an interview in Sydney, on Wednesday 13th or Thursday 14th October 2010.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.australianrotaryhealth.org.au/Information-About/Research/Current-Opportunities.aspx

The Bill Gole MND Postdoctoral Fellowship is directed towards postdoctoral scientists with a track record in areas of neuroscience related to motor neurone disease.

This grant scheme is recognised as an Australian Competitive Grant and budgets should not include any funding to cover the University's indirect cost recovery for overheads. The University obtains funding of its overheads through other mechanisms.

The applicant must be an Australian citizen or have permanent residential status and at 27 August 2010, applicants must have no more than three years research experience from the date their doctoral thesis was passed. Applicants who will submit their completed doctoral thesis before the end of 2010 will be considered, but the Fellowship cannot be taken up by the applicant until the thesis has been passed. The Fellowship can commence on 1 January 2011 and must commence before 1 July 2011. Salary for a full-time research fellow will be funded at $75,000 p.a. for a period of up to three years.

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

Applications are invited for a one-term, four-year Overseas Research Fellowship, the first two years of which are to be spent overseas and the two subsequent years in Australia or New Zealand, for research in Otorhinolaryngology or the related fields of biomedical science to commence in 2011.

Outstanding researchers, who are either medically qualified or science graduates with no more than six years total postdoctoral research experience or its equivalence, and who are Australian or New Zealand citizens or are graduates from overseas with permanent Australian or New Zealand resident status not under bond to any foreign government, are eligible to apply.

The annual level of support will be in the NH&MRC Training Support Package Level 1 range, medically or clinically loaded if appropriate.  Accommodation, cost-of-living, maintenance and travel allowances will also be provided together with once-only minimum-cost airfares for the successful applicant and his/her dependants to cover direct travel to, and return from, the overseas institution.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.alfredresearch.org/funding/external/Garnett%20Passe.htm#Overseas%20Research%20Fellowship

Applications are invited for Research Scholarships in Otorhinolaryngology or the related fields of biomedical science to commence in 2011.

Individuals who are either medically qualified or science graduates, and who are, or will be, enrolled for a higher university degree, are eligible to apply.

Scholarships will be for a period of up to three years, subject to satisfactory progress, and are tenable in Australian or New Zealand institutions.

The stipend offered will be at the NH&MRC Medical/Dental Stipend rate for medical graduates (currently AUD30,378) and the Standard Stipend rate for science graduates (currently AUD20,427) or equivalents in New Zealand.  Successful applicants will also be provided with a supplementary allowance for minor items of equipment, consumables and travel of up to AUD7,500 per annum.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.alfredresearch.org/funding/external/Garnett%20Passe.htm#Research%20Scholarships

Applications are invited for Research Training Fellowships in Otorhinolaryngology or the related fields of biomedical science to commence in 2011.

Individuals who are either medically qualified or hold a PhD degree are eligible to apply.

Fellowships will be for a period of up to two years but may, in special circumstances, be extended for a third year upon written application to the Foundation.  Fellowships are tenable in Australian or New Zealand institutions.

The annual level of support will be in the NH&MRC Training Support Package Level 1 range, medically or clinically loaded if appropriate.  Successful applicants will also be provided with a maintenance allowance of AUD7,500 per annum.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.alfredresearch.org/funding/external/Garnett%20Passe.htm#Research%20Training%20Fellowships

The HWK announces the launch of a focus program in the area of European studies in 2010. The HWK-Europe-Fellowships are dedicated to foster the studies of European history, politics, culture and societies and to broaden the knowledge about Europe in the world.

The Fellowships are intended for scholars of social sciences and neighbouring disciplines (such as economics, legal studies, history, ethnology, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, etc.) who want to pursue a project on Europe and whose research will benefit from the possibility to study Europe from within. The HWK strongly encourages the application of researchers who plan to set up a temporary study group on their topic at the HWK.

The HWK allows for different financial solutions regarding reimbursement of fellows, such as direct compensation or reimbursement of the home institution. Applicants should at least hold a PhD or equivalent qualification. A Fellowship is to last between 3 and up to 10 months, the fellowship can be split into two or more stays at the institute.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.h-w-k.de/wie-wird-man-fellow1.html?&L=1#c3752

The AISEF Postgraduate Fellowship is directed at promoting scientific exchange and collaboration between Israel and Australia and provides funding to assist a student enrolled in a postgraduate research degree at an Australian University to spend up to 6 months working in a research laboratory in Israel.

The long-term objective of the Foundation is to foster exchange and collaboration between Israel and Australia. Eligibility for the Fellowship is restricted to Israeli or Australian nationals or those holding permanent residency visas for either country. The research activity undertaken by the student must be part of, or contribute to, the Australian postgraduate degree for which they are studying. The period spent at the Israeli research laboratory can occur at any point during the student's study for the Australian degree but must be completed in 2011 and prior to submission of the thesis for examination. The minimum period of the Fellowship is 3 months. One Fellowship will be offered.

The funds cover economy return airfares from the student's home university to the Israeli research laboratory and contribute to living and accommodation costs for a period up to 6 months to a maximum of A$5000. Successful applicants will be expected to arrange accommodation through the Israeli laboratory in which they will be working.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/hosting/aisef/aisefpgfellow-app-aust.html

The Endeavour Research Fellowships provide financial support for postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows from Australia to undertake short-term research (4-6 months), in any field of study. The research must be undertaken in participating countries in the Asia-Pacific, Americas, Europe and Middle East. Aimed at building international linkages and networks, these Awards provide opportunities for award holders to further develop their knowledge and skills.

The Endeavour Research Fellowships aim to:

• enable high achieving scholars from participating countries to undertake research in Australia and for Australians to do the same abroad
• further develop Award Holders’ knowledge and skills in their field of research
• strengthen bilateral ties between Australia and the participating countries
• showcase Australia’s educational sector
• strengthen mutual understanding between the people of Australia and Award Holders' home countries
• build international linkages and networks.

Total funding is available up to $AUD23,500. All Endeavour Award Holders must commence their approved program and Award between 15 January and 30 November 2011 and 1 July 2011 and 30 November 2011 (second round). Applicants who have commenced or intend to commence their program at their host organisation in 2010 are ineligible to apply.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.endeavour.deewr.gov.au/Australian_applicants/research_fellowships.htm

The Endeavour Research Fellowships for Indigenous Australians provide financial support for Indigenous postgraduate students, Doctorate candidates and postdoctoral fellows to undertake short‐term research (4‐6 months) towards an Australian Masters or PhD; or postdoctoral research in any field of study. The research is to be undertaken in participating countries within the Asia‐Pacific and Middle East regions. Aimed at building international linkages and networks, these Awards provide opportunities for award holders to further develop their knowledge and skills

The Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Fellowships aim to:

• enable high achieving Indigenous Australian scholars to undertake research in participating countries within the Asia‐Pacific and Middle East regions
• further develop Award Holders’ knowledge and skills in their field of research
• strengthen bilateral ties between Australia and the participating countries
• showcase Australia’s educational sector
• strengthen mutual understanding between the people of Australia and Award Holders' host countries
• build international linkages and networks.

Total funding is available up to $AUD23,500. All Endeavour Award Holders must commence their approved program and Award between 15 January and 30 November 2011 and 1 July 2011 and 30 November 2011 (second round). Applicants who have commenced or intend to commence their program at their host organisation in 2010 are ineligible to apply.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.endeavour.deewr.gov.au/Australian_applicants/research_fellowships_indigenous.htm

The Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Fellowships provide financial support for postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows from participating Asian countries to undertake short‐term research (4‐6 months) towards a Masters, PhD or postdoctoral research in their home country, in any field of study in Australia; and for Australian postgraduate and postdoctoral students engaged in a Masters, PhD or postdoctoral research in Australia, to undertake short term research (4‐6 months) in any field of study, in participating Asian countries. Aimed at building international linkages and networks, these Awards provide opportunities for award holders to further develop their knowledge and skills. Total funding is available up to $AUD23,500.

The Endeavour Research Fellowships for Indigenous Australians aim to:

• enable high achieving scholars from Asia to undertake research in Australia and Australians to undertake research in Asia
• further develop the social and economic environment of Asia and Australia
• strengthen bilateral ties between Australia and Asia
• showcase Australia’s educational sector
• strengthen mutual understanding between the people of Asia and Australia
• further develop Award Holders’ knowledge and skills in their fields of study
• build international linkages and networks.

All Endeavour Award Holders must commence their approved program and Award between 15 January and 30 November 2011 and 1 July 2011 and 30 November 2011 (second round). Applicants who have commenced or intend to commence their program at their host organisation in 2010 are ineligible to apply.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.endeavour.deewr.gov.au/Australian_applicants/cheung_kong_research_fellowships.htm

The Foundation has awarded 219 individual Travel Grants since 2003. The grants are offered to further the career opportunities of early career Australian post-doctoral researchers by enabling them to make presentations of their research findings at international conferences/meetings/related activities ("conferences") where they may meet colleagues and establish the foundations for ongoing research collaborations. Application forms will be available on the website from 1st July. Internal closing date is 13 August for conferences / travel between 1st November 2010 and 31st May 2011.

Please visit, their website in January for further information and application instructions:
http://www.cassfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=17&Itemid=54

The ASPET-Astellas Awards in Translational Pharmacology are intended to extend fundamental research closer to applications directed towards improving human health. The awards will be given to 1) recognize those individuals whose research has the potential to lead to the introduction of novel pharmacologic approaches or technologies that may offer significant advances in clinical medicine in the future and 2) to facilitate that translational process. The awards are made possible by a grant to ASPET from the Astellas Foundation.

Three (3) awards of $30,000 each will be made to individuals. The money may be used for supplemental research funding, travel, training, or in any way that furthers the goals described above. In addition to the $30,000, award winners will receive travel to and lodging at the ASPET annual meeting for the winner and his/her spouse.

There are no restrictions on nominees for this award. Any ASPET member in good standing may nominate an individual for this award. Awards will be judged in two categories, viz. junior and senior investigators, with at least one award being given in each category. Junior investigators are defined as individuals at the assistant professor or equivalent level. In the event that there are insufficient meritorious candidates in either the junior or senior category, the committee reserves the right to make all awards in a single category. Self-nominations will not be accepted.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.aspet.org/awards/ASPET-Astellas/

This Award is aimed at recognising and promoting the outstanding research performed by young investigators, as well as providing an opportunity for young researchers to present their research in a way that is readily understood by the general population. In addition, the Award provides an ideal forum for promoting media interest in the excellent and varied research being carried out at the hosting institutions and in the high quality investigators performing this research.

Judging will be a three-stage process with three finalists being chosen from eight semi-finalists after a selection panel reviews their applications. The finalists will be asked to present their work at the Award evening on 27 October 2010. The winner of the Award will receive The Hon Carolyn Pickles Award of $10,000, including $1,000 being untied. Prizes of $3,000 each will be awarded as runner-up prizes with $1,000 of each prize being untied. The three finalists will also receive media training prior to the Award evening.

For further information and application instructions, please visit:
http://www.cywhs.sa.gov.au/yia/home.html

The Australian Academy of the Humanities has an exchange programme with the Swedish Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, which provides for an Australian scholar to visit that institution for a maximum of one month to do research in Sweden. The exchange provides for accommodation and a per diem for the scholar of up to 40, 000 SEK.

The Award is open to all established Australian scholars working in a discipline under the auspices of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. A reciprocal arrangement covers the cost of one Swedish scholar to visit Australia per year.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://www.humanities.org.au/grants/international/Sweden/default.htm

Susan G. Komen for the Cure is excited to announce the release of Request for Applications (RFAs) for Promise Grants for 2010-2011. 

Promise Grants provide up to $6.5 million over five years to support programs with collaborative and cross-disciplinary research projects that provide integrated approaches to solving critical challenges to the rapid translation of scientific discoveries into new or enhanced clinical tools and applications that have the greatest potential to significantly reduce breast cancer incidence and/or mortality within the next decade. Integrated programs of research projects addressing critical challenges in population disparities in breast cancer outcomes and triple negative breast cancer are of special interest and may receive funding priority.

Pre-Applications will be peer reviewed, and only those applicants who submit proposals deemed most meritorious and aligned with Komen’s research objectives will be invited to submit Full Applications.

For more information and application guidelines, please visit:
http://ww5.komen.org/ResearchGrants/FundingOpportunities.html